Showing posts with label Mead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mead. Show all posts

Monday, August 6, 2012

Creativity is Green


“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” — Theodore Levitt


The college lecture hall can be a hectic hall. If you are like me, you may find yourself in a classroom of over 300 students (yikes!).  You’ll see among plenty notebooks, binders, and computers around. Whatever you use to help you write down your notes, you need to make your official note storage holder stand out above the crowd.

Five Star® sells customizable binders that provide a pocket for you to fit an 8 x 11 inch paper in it. Use that paper to show your personality, creativity, and/or beliefs. Some creative ideas could include pictures of your friends, favorite celebrities, or more. You can physically or electronically create patterns like polka dots or stripes.  You can even decorate like I did where I created a wordle showing the idea of being environment friendly.

In my opinion, this is the best thing about Five Star® products is that their outstanding quality allows students to be environmentally friendly.  Being in this new “green” society, millions of people have started to change their ways in order to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Instead of drinking plastic bottles, we buy our own personal water bottles. We try to ride our bikes, instead of taking the bus. We plant more trees. Five Star® guarantees that their products will never break during a full school year. This allows students to waste less money on school products, allow them to reuse the products for another semester, and if your like me, recycle them for other purposes instead of just school products like travel logs (Hybrid Notebinder), coupon holders (Zipper binders), and more.

To see more creative ideas to customize your Five Star® products, see www.tinyurl.com/FSTeam. I’m a Team Five Star Ambassador. Get creative!


Thursday, July 12, 2012

Summer: Where There Are No Problems, Only Situations


I just floated there in the Atlantic Ocean. The crystal blue waters were ever so refreshing. Underneath that H20 surface, schools of fish, colonies of coral, and clever, little crabs were abounding living in their salty environment. The sun was shining brighter than ever showing the beauty of the incredible landscape around me. I let my feet sink into the soft, grainy sand. I allowed myself to relax and forget about the world I left behind. Aboard one of the largest cruise ships in the world, I could close my eyes and hear the waves crashing to and fro and ever so slightly feel the ship rock back and forth. At night, entertainment was at its best. Jaw dropping acrobats and divers amazed me, as my eyes would blink in disbelief. Outstanding actors, singers, and musicians would perform and deserve those rewarding standing ovations. For one week, time was never a concern and perhaps even forgotten. It seemed as these moments on and off that ship could go on forever.  I was continuously thinking, 
  “This is Paradise.”


The past week I packed my bags (how much is too much?) and traveled on the Allure of the Seas with Royal Caribbean. I vacationed on and off board for seven days. I truly enjoyed it. I never really wanted to go home but now it looks like I’m back to reality.


Some of my favorite activities that I was able to check off my vacation bucket list included swimming with the dolphins in Cozumel Mexico, watching the Broadway show: Chicago, learning how to boogie Board and surf on the ship’s FlowRider®, participating in a flash mob, rock climbing, and drinking coconut juice in Falmouth, Jamaica.


A piece of advice for anyone going on the cruise: There is so much stuff to do. Luckily, I brought my Five Star® composition book so I could write down all the times of the activities I wanted to do. It was really easy to do.  I would bring it with me everywhere, even at the pool. This composition book has a hardback covering, therefore it can’t be destroyed.


Like I’ve mentioned before, I am a Five Star® Brand Ambassador. Other ambassadors on Team Five Star® have been traveling as well from the beach, to attending camps, and even going to other continents. Check out where they’ve been at www.tinyurl.com/fsteam.

Well, coming back to reality can truly be a Debbie Downer. It’s not a problem though, only a situation as they say in Jamaica. Looking ahead, I am spending my last moments with my swim team, preparing to move into my dorm room at UNC, and spending more precious moments with my family. So yep, life is good. No worries.



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