How has social media impacted your life?

Negative Effects of Social Media 

While reading this article, I found two of the negative impacts to be really true: 

• It might make you spend money.
• It alters your appetite. 

Both of these have impacted my life. As a huge online shopper, I tend to follow multiple boutiques and makeup websites for deals. Every time I see new clothing in stock or there's a huge sale somewhere, I tend to browse around online and ultimately buy something new. Do I really need what I put in the shopping cart? Most of the time, no. It has turned me into an impulse buyer and I don't need that stress in my life. On Instagram, people post almost everything. Especially FOOD! It drives me insane to see so much food late at night. It turns into eating junk food and baking cooks with my friend Jamie at 2 am. ALWAYS! Eating so late has caused so much weight gain, but I just don't have time to work out. In order to stop this from happening, I only log on one day a week at most. That way I'm not running to Wal-Mart to get cookie dough late at night. 

Impacts of Social Media

Social Media has displayed impacts on different people all over the world. Everyone is affected by it. Whether its blogger, YouTube, Facebook, or Pinterest, you take part in at least one social media website. Pinterest is my favorite. There's no negative effects that this article talks about, such as cyber bullying, sexual harassment, impact on privacy, or even politics. Most people tend to use social media to stay in contact with distant family, friends, or they may have it for their job. You never tend to think about how teenagers act on social media; nor do they think about the consequences it could have on their future. I said Pinterest is my favorite for a reason. You don't have to post, nothing negative pops up (at least not on mine), and you can take a peek into other people's interest as they can yours. With that being said, we should be followers of each other on there. :)

My Pinterest Account

My name is Brianna Elaine McDonald. I was born in Texarkana, Texas, but I have lived my entire life in Stamps, Arkansas, My parents are divorced, so my immediate family includes my mother, a younger brother, and myself. I enjoy spending my free time hanging out with friends, but it mostly ends up being on YouTube, Pinterest, or playing video games on my iPad.

I am currently a junior middle school education major, and my goal is to become a math teacher upon completion of my degree. After a few years in the education field, I plan to attend Henderson again to obtain a masters in curriculum instruction.

When I first attended Henderson, I was not an education major. My goal was to work with deaf children as an audiologist/ speech pathologist. The summer after my freshman year changed my goal in life. I received to opportunity to work the whole summer with a group of children. We did several activities, but it was mostly educational work to help them advance in the next school year. After spending time bonding with the children and teaching them new things, I started to think how would my life be as an educator. EVERYONE in my family is in education, so why not follow their footsteps?

I am starting a blog to not only talk about my experiences through college, but to offer tips and ideas to help new students get adjusted to "college life". There are many things I wish I had figured out, even at the beginning of my sophomore year to make my junior year even better. Maybe someone else can benefit from my experiences to help make their own more enjoyable. I have met some amazing people along the way and I couldn't get through the rest of my time here at Henderson without them.