Becoming a Fry Cook

This title is for you, Kiersten!

Anyway… As I have mentioned a few times in previous blog posts, I currently work at In-N-Out Burger in Orem, Utah. Before you scoff at me for working in the fast food business let me just tell you that my job is great. It is the perfect college job because it pays well, I can have a free meal every time I work, and they are really flexible to work your schedule around classes and all the other craziness.  

Now that that’s cleared up, I want to tell you about my current In-N-Out goal. My goal is to go from a level 3 to a level 4 before I transfer to the In-N-out in Centerville at the end of the semester.  At In-N-Out there are seven different levels of employees and each time an employee is certified in a higher level they receive a raise. As a level 3 I am specifically good for working the drive through, and I got my raise by becoming certified in taking orders over a head set, etc. For my level 4 though I have to learn how to make fries, which is not as easy as it sounds haha My goal is to become a “certified fry cook” by the end of April!

Hello Sunshine!

With the warm weather (okay well warm for Utah) I have been thinking a lot about summer recently and I can’t wait! I will be moving back up to my home in Salt Lake City and working full-time at In-N-Out, or possibly getting a second job. The details are a little shaky still, but the point is it is going to be nice to have a break from school. College has been a major adjustment and I think I need some time to recuperate haha

This brings me to another bucket list item, which may in fact be impossible, but that I am still going to try to do this summer. It is my goal this summer to be active and to spend so much time outside that I get a tan for the first time in my life. I’m not saying like a slightly darker shade of white like usual, but full on golden brown. I realize that this is most likely physically impossible (if you have seen my parents you would understand), but hey a girl can dream right? Really I just want to get out there this summer. I want to go on a road trip with my best friend, go on countless hikes, rock climb, swim… ah. All I can say is that summer cannot come soon enough!

Who knew I would like blogging?

This blog has unintentionally turned into a continual bucket list, but I am okay with it. At first I thought I would only post a few times about my “bucket list” items, but the more I wrote, the more I realized how many more goals I had to write down!  I realized that this blog is mostly just for me anyway because I’m usually the only one who reads my required three blog posts a week haha I started this blog because I had to, and I had no intention of keeping it around when writing 150 was over. But now I think that having a blog of goals will be a great motivation to me and will be interesting to look back on as my goals in life change. I have heard that you are much more likely to reach your goals if you tell others about them, so I figured this would be a good first step in becoming a goal reacher rather than just a goal maker. Even though I won’t post three times a week anymore I think I will keep this blog around, because it will be nice to have a place that I can always come and write down what I want to do before I “kick the bucket”

Oh the places I’ll (hopefully) go!

Let me start out by saying if I could I would go everywhere, but these are just a few of the most enticing places and what I can think of at the moment.

·         The Netherlands. My dad served his mission there and has so many good things to say about it. From how he describes it, it seems to be the most beautiful place you could be during the spring because of the countless tulips.

·         Africa (as established earlier), the specific country doesn’t really matter.

·         Paris. Who wouldn’t want to see the Eiffel tower?

·         Greece. Judge me all you want but I watched The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and one of the girls spent her summer there and I knew I needed to get there someday!

·         New York City. Technically I’ve been there, but it was only for an hour or so because we were just passing through. I want to walk through time square, visit the Statue of Liberty, and go to a Broadway musical.

·         Argentina. That is where my older brother Jordan served his mission.

·         Alaska. I REALLY want to see the northern lights.

·         A rainforest. It doesn’t matter which one.

·         India. I want to go back, because I had the two most amazing weeks of my life there!

Extremes

My “extreme sports” goals…

·         First off, I want to skydive. My brother went just a few years ago and he described the adrenalin rush, the weightlessness, falling through the sky, and floating alongside the clouds. It seems irresistible to me now. I think it would feel magical, and I’m pretty sure that is the closest thing I could ever feel to flying.

·         I also really want to go river rafting. Growing up in Utah has exposed me to a lot of scout troops, and I swear almost every one of them got to go river rafting at one time or another. In young womens on the other hand, we got to do a lot of crafts… So this is one of those things I want to do just in spite of all those years I was painting nails at girl’s camp and the boys were out there being adventurous.

·         I am going to Hike Angel’s Landing in Zions National Park, because I wimped out the first time (not exactly extreme, but I need to get it done).

·         I want to go paragliding. My brother also got his paragliding license last year (writing this I can definitely see who the adventurous one in the family is), and it looks like so much fun! 

BL

#1

I have always wanted to go to Africa, and I’m not exactly sure why, but I do. First off, I want to see all the safari animals— the lions, the tigers, the elephants, they all seem unreal! But the main reason I want to go to Africa is that I want to do a service project there. Ideally I would go to Africa for a job (or maybe an internship) and stay there for months straight building schools, teaching, providing healthcare, etc. I would love to learn about the people and make friends that live thousands of miles away from the places I know. I think service is the best when you are immersed in the culture of those you are serving and you truly get to know them.

#2

I want to catch a fish with my bare hands. I realize this isn’t going to be a life changing experience, but I’m pretty sure it would be awesome (Not to mention it would give me certain bragging rights).

#3

I want to go to 50 LDS temples. There is such a special spirit in the temple and I know that spirit doesn’t change, even when the temple’s location does. 

Before I "kick the bucket"

I am a firm believer in bucket lists. In fact, I’ve made multiple, and the things I want to do are always changing. I was looking through some stuff on my computer the other day and I found a bucket list made by my 13 year old self; man, some things have definitely changed! I wanted to climb Mt. Everest, make a quilt, walk the red carpet, etc. Essentially I wanted to do anything cool that anybody has ever done, and now looking back I realize those goals really didn’t fit me at all. I am as far from athletic as they come, haven’t sewed more than a pillowcase, and am way too shy to do anything that would get me on the red carpet! So I think I’m going to start making a new bucket list, but one that actually shows who I am and who I want to become. Bucket lists are amazing to me because they make my dreams seem concrete and therefore obtainable. So that’s what my next few posts are going to be, just a few of the things I’ve always wanted to do or hope to accomplish, even if they are a little far out there!