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Show DAY, 2016 , SEPTEMBER '1E-01-EI- In Ach 21, 2016 0 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM - 5 0 01 7:1 U v LI 1 t (I)1 1(1) ''.)1 k,,....2) Q!, C.,,j- ,,, 1 c. ,,,,, ,A.. ,,,,,-- 11 11! '1 lir, tt)kil SL1 ii I' -- Sh QuV smpD qF . EIMILY 't , r - FISHER - ernilyfisilernew ' I ', , 0 , - ' 1 There is a myth sabotaging our potential for success: the idea that reaching our goals is f : ' , , .. , , i i i ., , ' 11 . 1 spite our efforts a few months The problem my goals is kI 1 way? Duras iay. g in rig. lever a and ored it rock delp. deal-e- s that ugh In an article on BeliefEqualsPossibifitycom called "Burning Desire: What is having a burning desire and how do you get it?", Kevin Levine defines a burning desire as "a desire that requires a defined and definite action regardless if known or not that results in total completeness of a purpose upon its attainment." For me, having a burning desire feels like being dehydrated in a desert, and someone 200 yards away is offering me a jug of ice cold Lness at: help BY and nothing is going to stand in my way until I'm drinking it. There is simply no other option. Our potential for acc;omplishment and success is infinite. Just being human, life is offering you the things you want, like that jug of water. It's our decision whether or not we want it bad enough. We aren't born into the world with a specific goal in mind. They may start out as wants or wishes, but that motivating energy has to be present in order to make it a reality. 1 (V right approach, anyone can cultivate a deep, burning desire within themselves and move to a state of total commitment, knowing with certainty that Steve Pav lina offers several helpful ideas to launch you toward attaining your goal, success is as inevitable as the sunrise." including surrounding yourself with positive people, exposing yourself to motivational imagery, and feeding your mind with empowering material in an article on StevePavlina.com called "Cultivating burning desire." Visualizing your goal as an eventual reality is an important part of the process, and ends up making everything else much simpler. To help the organized individual, Upward will touch on helpful steps to reaching goals in a future installment. Pavlina writes, "With the Burning desires are cultivated. where we feel the' need to look 1 better than the people F around us. r :.'. . Media has a huge impact on how we physically want to look for both sexes. Whether it's on TV or in magazines, we strive to look like those gorgeous 1,, 1 . - , - 1 1 Sometimes, those steps may not even be necessary. Although setting a statement of intent, forming a plan and working to reach your goal doesn't hurt, Harder said it's common for someone who has a big enough reason or desire to later realize they achieved their goal with no explicit plan in place. Going through the motions of setting a goal is useless until you have a desire to attain it and can visualize the end result. stronger in every way because they feel they have to protect their friends And families. 1 4 "I work out because I want to be strong enough to protect myself and the people I love," shid David Colson, a freshman English major from Danbury, Connecticut. It is up to every guy to decide how he wants to physically look. If men want to follow the stereotypical perfect body shown in the media, it should be because they feel happiest N ,.., , 1 ! 1 t physical looks because they feel they need to be "manly" and they shouldn't Care what they look like. But the media has created an age of the perfect body that Young men are trying to live , ' ( 1 ut i , in secret. , , I 1 4 , , ,,..,. ; - , - , 1 4 , t up to. , . . , , . ., , I 4 k , 1 f , ' pressure to stay in shape like models in the media because of the social environ- mem, where everyone wants c) to look as good as they can to rniGuys feel n Arne Dr fro') )rge's ( says a impress one another. hi a lot of safer. college, people are looking for friends or relation-juresittP partners, and it is human nature to check out all the fluence A 0 help think- - would be people around us and judge them by their physical looks. It's page s mostly why college-ag- e women and men work so hard , , , '' ', t -- 1 ' .. 0Z , 0rn 0v) cz t g. house parties, peer pressure can lead to binge drinking, and the secluded areas left unattended give space for sexual According to DSU enrollment data, the average age of drinking age. Yet there is only one bar in St. George, rightfully named the One and Only. Because DSU is a dry campus, the One and Only is the only place, other than at a house party or a restaurant, for students to turn when they want to go out to drink. "The One and Only is like a biker bar," said Kristin Parry, a junior media studies major from Highland. "If you fit that scene, that's fine, but I don't fit that. I want to hang out with fellow college students at a more neutral scene." Parry said she enjoys going out to have a couple drinks in a setting where she feels safe, but is still able to dance and have fun. At a house party, there are closed doors and alcohol in the same area, which Parry said makes her uncomfortable. Parry said she feels much safer when drinking in a public area where she knows there security and where people monitor the amount of alcohol is being consumed. Whether you drink alcohol or not is a personal choice, but those who do choose to drink should not have to hide behind closed doors. I v) rn 0 When alcohol consumption is pushed off campus, students are placed in situations harmful to their well-beinAt assault. , - - monitored more closely. By declaring a wet campus, DSU could establish a sense of trust between the university and students, as well as decrease the amount of dangers presented with drinking unsupervised off campus. According to a Harvard School of Public Health Study, called College Alcohol Study, about one in three public four-yecolleges and universities ban alcohol on campus. The study found no difference in the number of binge drinkers at dry campuses and those with no alcohol ban. Having a dry campus does not eliminate drinking; it only pushes it off campus or encourages students to drink ar that way. But men should not feel pressured to look a certain way because of the way the media depicts a perfect body. ,, ?, t their - All guys have different reasons motivating them to reach their goals, but I think is in a man's nature to want to feel continued from page 4 ) I t , Most men will not talk about - - a student at DSU is 24 years old, which is clearly over legal DRY , celebrities. , I like to work out and go to the gym, but there are times when I do not feel motivated at all. On the other hand, I see most of the time guys are empowered and have determination when it comes to lifting every single day or working to get faster. on their bodies. "I think men do feel pressure on being in shape because no matter what, people judge, and not a lot of people want to feel judged," said Ben Jones, a senior business administration major, from Newport, California. A lot of the time, men feel pressured to look more fit for personal goals, to stand out from the the crowd, to feel stronger for themselves, or to impress their partners or potential partners. CHELSEA PONCE 2 We live in a society . water. In that imaginary desert, I know I must have that water Media influences men's image to go ' I de knov to 0 L tant step to obtaining our goals. "Having a burning desire is the defining factor that set those who achieve worthwhile goals apart from those who never do," Harder said. What is a burning desire? This phenomenon is hard to describe until you feel it. It is more than a wish or a want; it is an absolute must. ur ,eL I Richard Harder, school of business adjunct instructor at Dixie State University, said desire is the single most impor- It Dut t over-complica-te a simple process a that should start a with process desire. burning ' tt' CIA I've found with that I ,1(1 , 1 place. hat .r1 cril - later not much progess was made. It seems as if we put too much effort on planning to reach a goal instead of realizing the driving force behind why we have goals in the first . ; -( ,' 1 saving money or fixing a bad habit, at some point we've all failed at reaching a goal. Many of us wrote the goal down, set a workout schedule, decided on a budget to follow, but de- , k .., . more complicated than it actually is. Whether it is weight loss, - - , I 1 1 i . Do you agree with DSUls dry campus policy? Why or why not? Z from Provo, and Desmon Paopao, a junior comJustin Fulton, a sophomore general studies major how they work on their goals of staying in shape. show California, munications major from Barstow, feel men pressured by the media to have a good figure. Staff writer Chelsea Ponce says Tweet us using Voice0fDixie. . |
