Sunday, January 29, 2023

How its going

     For this blog post, I just wanted to overall focus on how my life has been going as of this week. I'd say that for the most part, I have been doing well in my classes and have been keeping up. But, I can't say that I haven't struggled as well. Sometimes I feel that I can fall behind easily if I even just try to relax for just one day. As a student, I need to continue to find a healthy balance between school and my personal life. My classes are going well although some days I am very tired in some of my classes. Consistency is key and making the effort to show up to classes is something that I am proud of so far. 

    When looking at my own personal life I'd say that I am pretty comfortable at home and have been doing well. Although life has its stressful moment it doesn't bring me down even though it is hard sometimes. I would say as advice to anyone struggling to just try and take each day one step at a time. This is something that I have been trying to work on personally and I've found it to be helpful for me. Stress is something that everyone faces throughout their lives and it's something that you can control. Rediscovering hobbies as well has helped me reduce and maintain my levels of stress throughout the week.

    Looking forward there is still a lot for me to do and work on but I do recognize that I am doing well right now. I am looking forward to taking on new challenges as the weeks continue but I do need to set more time aside to relax and not have to worry that much about school. Achieving this balance is difficult for me so I need to slowly work at it. Something very important that I need to do is to improve my sleep schedule and manage my time better. School has been going by pretty quick and I'm looking forward to the next break we have. 



Sunday, January 22, 2023

Introducing Myself

 Hello! My name is Josh Togle and welcome to my blog! I am currently a freshman at North Central College. My desired major of study currently is finance. I live in Oswego, Illinois so I am close to the Naperville area but originally I was born in the Philippines. When I was three years old I moved to the U.S. from the Philippines. I enjoy different music, and I'll include a link to a recent playlist I made here. In my free time, I also enjoy watching shows so if you have any recommendations I'll happily take them! Something that I also love is traveling but, because of the COVID pandemic, I haven't been able to travel as often as I would like. I am hoping to travel to Japan this summer if I have the chance. 

Here at NCC, I am involved with some clubs as I attend meetings and I am also currently the treasurer for the Pinoy club here on campus. I commute to campus every day as my house is only 20 minutes away from the school. I am also involved in the ROTC program here at the school and I do training almost every weekday at 6 am. I have a pretty active lifestyle but I love to relax with my two dogs at home. I'm looking forward to the semester ahead and I hope to have a fun time!

Throughout this semester I hope that this blog can be an interesting place to visit for everyone. I used to not enjoy writing down my day-to-day activities and writing at all but I feel that I have unique experiences that can be shared with a lot of people. I'm not sure yet what will be showcased on this blog as this is my first post but I hope to show a little bit more of my personality and who I am through my writing. Writing this blog will allow me to express myself more creatively and showcase my improvements in writing as well.  Overall, this will be a fun experience and will help me personally break out of my comfort zone and allow me to share my thoughts with others.




Working on the rational argument

             I am trying to finalize my rational argument and I will say that it has been a hard experience. My topic about racism against A...