Its Fall Y'all

Its Fall Ya'll so lets break out the scarves, boots and sweaters! I headed up to Flagstaff, Arizona to enjoy the cool crisp weather. This was the perfect time to wear my fall boots and comfy sweaters. Some of my all time favorite fall actives include drinking fancy coffee drinks, watching the leaves change and getting to wear fall clothes! The best part is that I bought a ton of fall clothes on sale last season, but this doesn't mean I won't find more fall favorites ;) 

Get the look- Sweater- Target, Scarf- Target, Riding Pants- The Limited, Boots- Love Culture 

Comment below and tell me what you love about fall!

XoXo- Bella Hibbs 

Don't Just Think it, Ink It!

Last Christmas my best friend Stephanie gave me a book called "Where Will You Be In 5 Years from today". It was perfect for me because I am always looking forward and how can i grow at a leader. One of the chapters was about goal setting. How we all will mentally set goals for our self but never truly follow up with them. The book instructed you to write down goals that you want to have happen in 1 year or less.  Here are some things I wrote down

Those are just a few of the things I wrote down and I can honestly say that I can cross some off my list.  I did lose weight! I tired new things like indoor rock climbing and underground cave hiking! I even graduated from Scottsdale Community College with an Associate in Hospitality degree. I didn't buy an condo yet but I did find an amazing new apartment. Out of all my goals number 5, was a challenge. I didn't know where to start or how to make this happen.

In April I was contacted my Nancy Neff, the Executive Director, Institutional Advancement and Community Engagement at Scottsdale Community College. She asked if they could do a story featuring  my sister Jordan and I's experience at SCC and how our education has helped to launch our next chapters in our lives. 

Over the next few months Jordan and I did phone interviews and photo shoots at Scottsdale Community College. For some reason it still never crossed my mind that Jordan and I would be on the cover of the magazine. I thought they were just doing a little article about us. Well the magazine came out and we were BOTH on the cover and a 2 page spread about us! 

The whole experience was amazing! The magazine turned out better than I could have  imagined. The article was so well written and featured Jordan and I's experience at SCC so wonderfully. 

  

I still cannot believe I am on a cover of a magazine! I feel so blessed and this only encourages me to continue making goals and crossing them off my list.   

To read the full article, click the link below and tell me what you think

http://issuu.com/scottsdalecc/docs/fall2014-momentum-issuu/0 

XoXo- Bella Hibbs 

BlackFish

If you know me you I have probably made you watch BlackFish with me. I find this a very eye opening documentary about orca's being held by SeaWorld and the controversy over keeping killer whales captive.

The last time I was at SeaWorld was about 6 years ago, and after watching this documentary I will never go back. It never crossed my mind that these beautiful creatures should not be in a tank for their whole lives. I think this film is very educational and makes you think. I have watched it at least 3 times and every time I watch it I learn something new.

I challenge to watch this film, its on Netflix and is an hour and twenty three minutes of thought provoking footage. I also would encourage you to also research what SeaWorld has to say about the film, make your own educated decision about the matter.

A lot of people say they have not watched the film because it is "sad". Yes this is true there are sad moments in the movie BUT I think BlackFish did a very good job of taking the audience very close to emotion and then brought it back to being informative.

I hear people say "Well if SeaWorld gets rid of killer whales then my kids will never see the shamu show"! So these orca's must live in a cage, in pain, and go crazy just so your kids can see it flip in the air? I find that statement absurd. These creatures are in the wild and you can take a boat to go whale watching for a faction of the cost of going to SeaWorld.

Take the 1 hour and 23 minutes and open your mind, think critically and question both sides of the issue.

Please leave a comment if you watch the film and let me know what you think either way :) 

Below is the trailer for BlackFish to get a better idea of the film