According to Webster, Diversity is defined as the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, also known as variety. Personally, I think that being diverse is when someone or something that is different from the majority of people or things surrounding them. Such as, a litter of black puppies and one outcast white puppy, or a group of caucasians and one or two African Americans. Many do not support the idea of a variety of different things, but they believe in keeping all of their surroundings and people around them the same. Much like the movie "The Stepford Wives." A movie filmed in 1975 and remade on 2004 about a perfect group of women with a perfect lifestyle and community, associating themselves with perfect people. But in reality not everyone is perfect.

One experience that I have encountered involving diversity I would like to share. Although I have never been personally discriminated against, I have had some positive diversity experiences. I have been playing soccer since I was 5 years old and loved every minute of it. My skills improved and grew throughout my soccer career. And by the time I entered high school I was able to make the Varsity team. A team I grew very close to. These were the girls I was going to spend the next 4 seasons with and I got to know every one of them on a very personal  level. Some were tall, short, African American, Caucasian, heavy-set and even skinny as a twig. I didn't care that everyone was different. All of these girls I know I can count on whenever I need someone. Diversity doesn't have to always be a "bad" thing. Diversity had forever more enhanced my life and gave me life long friends.

I have been looking forward to the next few weeks for quite some time now! This weekend my grandparents are flying down from New York for a convention my grandpa's company is hosting in Charleston. They are driving to pick me up from USC on friday and I am going to go with them back to Charleston. I haven't seen either of them since mid-august when I left for school. Before I left for college I saw my grandparents at least three times a week, since they only live five minutes from me. I'm so glad that they decided to come and visit, even though I am going home in a week for fall break!

On that note, I am also so excited to go home for a few days next week! I love college,  but I miss my family and friends! My best friend who attends University of Maryland-College park is also going to be home. I am so excited to see her! While I'm home, I plan on going back to my high school thursday afternoon because there is a soccer game thats going to be on! I have played soccer since 6th grade with the same group of girls and I haven't played since I've been at USC. I miss watching the game as well as playing and I am so excited to see all my friends that are still in high school on the team! In addition to a soccer game thursday, my high school football team has a home game saturday afternoon I will be attending. Last year, our football team went undefeated in the season and won the "Long Island Championship" game and the Rutger's cup. This is the farthest a Long Island school can go in season, since football doesn't have divisionals, nationals or worlds etc. I am looking forward to  how this years team compares!

After taking the "Wellness Wheel Inventory Quiz" I believe my results were nailed pretty much hit right on the head. The social dimension of my life, according to this chart, is most well. This doesn't surprise because I am aware that I am a very friendly, social and confrontational person. I try to reach out to others and find mutual interests..aka I love making new friends! The dimension I am least well in is the "Occupational Wellness" section. This, as well, does not surprise me. I have been looking into changing my major the past few weeks. I am currently a psychology major and am thinking of switching to public relations. I plan on talking to my guidance councilor as well as my ACE coach about this when I attend my appointment next week!

My "wheel" is not very "round." Some areas such as Social, Emotional and Physical wellness are well above 20. While on the other hand, other areas like Occupational and Spiritual wellness are not so high. I consider myself socially well because like I said before, I love meeting new people and making new friends. I also am very physically fit. All throughout my life I have played multiple sports at a time, even in college I try to go to the gym at least two or three times a week and I always try to eat as healthy as possible! My career and spiritual goals are not quite as distinct and clear as my physical and social goals as I said earlier.

In the near future I hope to get a clearer view on where I want my future to go and have a better balance of peace and harmony in my life. Stress is something that I often experience, but I plan of improving on that also. Study skill I have acquired throughout college thus far have already helped me so much. I started planning out when all of my major assignments are and plan on studying much further in advance, so I have much less stress!