Kristen Campbell
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Hi, I’m Kristen Campbell, a grad student and stay-at-home wife. I love my pets, crafting, gaming, and traveling. After 5 years of teaching, I’m focused on learning, healing from trauma, and living life creatively and fully.
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Top Ten Tips for Disneyland Trips. Top Story - January 2018.
Disneyland. I love it. I hate crowds, and screaming children, and being run over by strollers, and to be honest, the guys in the suits creep me out a bit, but I absolutely love the madness that comes with visiting "The Happiest Place on Earth." I love the smell of kettle corn when you get off the tram. I love the sound of Disney music piped into Main St. USA. I just love all of it. I've had year passes to Disneyland off and on for a long time and there was a period of time I was going with my S.O. 4-5 times a week. Needless to say, I learned some pretty awesome tips and tricks. Now, I want to share my experience with you so that if you go to Disneyland, even if it is just for one day, you can maximize your time there and try to preserve your sanity. These tips and tricks are primarily geared for summer visits because that is when the park gets most of its guests, but much of it applies year round. Note: I am not affiliated with Disney. This is not an official Disney post. Disney did not pay me for this post. Not all photos are from Disneyland Anaheim, some are from other locations. I am just a crazy fan.
By Kristen Campbell8 years ago in Wander
How Cancer Changed My Life
Cancer. It's a big ugly word that we hear more and more often as time progresses. We hear cancer and think of chemo and radiation, losing hair and nausea. We think about the effect of cancer on the person fighting it, forgetting about how it affects those that surround that person. When I was 31, my mom was diagnosed with esophageal/stomach cancer. Thankfully, they caught it early and she never had to go through chemo or radiation. Still, her having cancer completely changed my life. Not necessarily negatively, just changed.
By Kristen Campbell8 years ago in Longevity
Daytrip: Saguaro National Park
Just outside of Tuscon, Arizona is the Saguaro National park. 143 square miles of natural desert with trails and drives allowing you to enjoy the park from the comfort of your own car. One of the many national parks in the United States Park system, Saguaro National Park is conveniently located outside of the bustling city of Tucson. The park is located on either side of the major metropolitan hub, complete with an airport. The Saguaro National Park and the surrounding desert (called the Sonoran Desert) is the only place in the world where you can find the Saguaro cactus, making it a truly unique place to visit. During the summer, there is very little wildlife during the day but if you visit around sunset you may see lizards, rabbits or even a deer (like we did). Like Joshua Tree National park, Saguaro National park is surprisingly green for a desert park and in springtime the wildflowers must be amazing. We arrived there in late summer, after the major blooms had faded, however, many of the cacti still had remaining blooms on their crowns.
By Kristen Campbell8 years ago in Wander
How to Write a Better Paper
Are you a procrastinator or a planner? Do you start writing as soon as you get a paper prompt or are you ten minutes late to class because you were grabbing your paper off of the printer in the computer lab? Professors and teachers always suggest that students get an early start on assigned papers. While this does work for some people (I know a few), it doesn't work for me. For me, it seems that the longer I work on an assigned prompt, the worse my paper gets, becoming disjointed and unclear. Over time I have discovered a five step process that helps me to compose my essays in record time, and while writing ability is the ultimate determinant of your grade, following these steps will help to streamline your writing process. You will find that you complete your essays faster, they are more coherent, and you are likely to see a jump in your average grade. After implementing this process, my average assignment grades went from a B average to A's. It doesn't matter if you are a procrastinator or a planner, just follow the steps.
By Kristen Campbell8 years ago in Education
