Zach Likes to Yap

     As the semester comes to an end and final exams are right around the corner, I have learned to take things one at a time to allow for flexibility as needed in all aspects of my life. One of the biggest thing that have helped me to gain more motivation and confidence in my life is setting goals that last and aren't things that can be achieved in a single days worth of work. A few of the goals that I've set within my own personal life are fully completing a game called The Binding of Isaac which requires hundreds of hours of dedication and skill to finish it, creating an album that fits my own standards of music without caring what others think for myself, working towards building skills within photo manipulation and 3-D modeling, as well as reading more books throughout the year. With these goals I have in mind along with other required goals within school, work and life in general, it allows me to have something to look forward to that I am invested in that gives me ...

      As the year winds down and things start to cool off from assignments to exam studying, it is important to focus on priotities to be able to get everything done in a timely manner. As I have been dealing with GERD symptoms, it has been harder for me to put forth my full effort in many aspects of my life as I am still trying to manage the symptoms and organize my life in a healthy way to reduce the symptoms to increase my quality of life. Stress and anxiety typically make my symptoms flare up more often than not, which during the final stretch of the semester, stress and anxiety are at the top of my mind with how I move forward. As far as outside of school, managing work and activities with friends has been a big priority of mine, especially hanging out with friends as it helps to rely on my support system during hard times like this.     While I have many projects juggling in the air from the development and marketing of Scenario the game created by Gabe Ha...