Decision Making (U1) (U2)

This blog will be about making decisions. Now the decisions I'm talking about aren't very serious or anything but they may be important to some people. For example, let's say you have feelings for someone but you don't know how they feel about you. You are confused and want to know what to do. You pretty much only have a few choices here. You could either tell the person how you feel and then deal with their answer, or you could try to just give up on the person, or you could even just keep on doing what you are doing and wait for things to fall back into place. That could be a really hard thing to do. Some people are very impatient people. Personally, I hate waiting. Especially when it comes to things like this. I am a very blunt person when it comes to feelings. But also for some people it could be really hard to face the facts. The best thing to do is to just ask the person straight up how they feel about you. Hopefully it is a good answer, and they feel the same way as you, but that isn't always the case. Let's say the person you have feelings for is very sweet and flirt with you here and there. But for some reason you are scared to find out if they have feelings for you. I mean if they text you every day, and try to keep a conversation with you that has to mean something right? Well not all the time, most of the time, but not always. And that's the thing that sucks about all this. You never know exactly how the other person is feeling. It also has to do with the fact that communication in our generation isn't the best. People hide behind their phones and can text someone all day, but when it comes to talking in person, they are lost of words. This makes things even more confusing and it makes it harder to find out how someone else is feeling about you. Let's say you just keep on doing what you are doing and taking it day by day. That could make you go insane. But if you just forget about it all and never say anything about how you feel, you would just keep asking yourself "what if". You never want to keep yourself wondering and confused. There is another thing to keep in mind also. You could be afraid to get hurt. I mean, everyone gets hurt eventually, but once you have gotten hurt over and over again you start pushing people away that you truly care about just because you are too afraid to get hurt. Getting hurt is nothing you can run from or avoid. It happens to everyone. Some people never really experience a horrible heartbreak because they don't put themselves out there and fall in love. Falling in love is a wonderful thing, but falling out of love sucks so hard. Nothing will ever be perfect, so don't hold yourself back just because you are scared to show your feelings and let someone in. If you want to be happy, then be happy. And if that means putting yourself out there and taking a chance to get hurt then do it. You never know until you try right? I've always been told to follow my heart and never give up on something I want. Honestly, I think that is some great advice. If you have feelings for someone just try it out. Let them know how you feel and just wait for their answer. If you don't get the answer you were looking for then oh well. At least you know you did what you could do and you don't have to look back and regret not trying.

Hidding Your Feelings (T2)

This blog will be about hiding your feelings. Hiding your feelings could tear a person apart. It is a horrible feeling but at the same time could be best for the situation. A time that it could be bad is when you are in a relationship but you really and truly do not want to be in that relationship anymore. But the thing is you don't want to get hurt, or hurt your boyfriend or girlfriend. Eventually you will become stuck in that relationship and as it goes on, you will end up getting hurt anyways. In this situation it is definitely best to tell the person that you don't have the same feelings as you did before and then end the relationship. I don't want to say there is a good time to hide your feelings, because there is definitely not. But there is a time where it is best to just hide your feelings. For example when you start to realize you still have feelings for someone who you may have dated before but you know it would never work out, you probably want to just stop having feelings for that person. The thing is, you can't run from your feelings. If you have tried everything and nothing has worked it is best to just put your feelings aside and become friends with that person. Because sooner or later you will end up getting hurt. No one wants to get hurt, even though it is pretty common to get hurt when it comes to relationships, someone gets hurt at some point, especially in high school relationships. Hiding your feelings can be a really hard thing to do but, the bottom line is that it is never a good time to hide your feelings, but it some situations it is the only option you have.

This Isn't a Runway. (T1)

This blog will be about how hard it is getting up in the morning for school. For freshman it is a little easier because the whole high school experience is still new to them. Even though they complain on social media networks that they could barley get up in the morning, they still take over an hour to get ready. When you take over an hour to get ready for school it shows that you are trying to look good. In reality there is no reason to get all dolled up for school. If you think about it you are not there to impress people by the clothes that you wear. You are only there to learn and pass your classes so you can graduate. When you become a senior you will realize that getting more sleep in the morning is more important than trying to look all pretty and stuff. When girls curl their hair every day and they cake on their makeup and they wear high heels and dresses, you can tell that they are just trying to get attention. But in the real world, like college, you don’t have time to get all dressed up and pretty. You don’t even have time to think about getting completely ready in the morning. My morning routine consists of me taking 15 to 20 minutes to get out of bed, then I brush my hair and teeth, then put mascara on, and then eat some oatmeal with bananas and peanut butter on occasion. This whole process after I get out of bed takes about 15 minutes to do. Some days I don’t even do anything but through my hair up and brush my teeth. School isn’t a fashion show, therefore there is definitely no reason to take over an hour to get ready.

Focusing on you. (S2)

This blog will be about focusing on yourself. There comes a time when you start to realize worrying about what other people are doing isn’t very relevant to what you really should be doing. It is super important to be your own person. If you can’t be your own person, then truly who are you? Sometimes being a teenager can be difficult and some people end up losing who they really are. Once you lose who you truly are it becomes difficult to find yourself again. You don’t want to try to be anyone else other than who you are. It is completely okay to have role models, and people to learn from, and people to look up to. But make sure you don’t try to be exactly like them. Just think about it, if you are your own person maybe someday someone will look up to you and you could be someone else’s role model. Imagine how great of a feeling that could be, having someone younger than you or even the same age as you want to be like you. They think you are a good influence and they trust your decisions. When you are your own person you feel completely satisfied with yourself. Now you may think it is hard to be your person, but in all honesty it is pretty simple. When you focus on yourself you can get so much more accomplished. Put yourself first for once. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Focusing on yourself makes you feel good about yourself. Do things for yourself. For example, let’s say you’ve always wanted to be in shape but you’ve never had time to go to the gym. Well if you start focusing on your own life you’ll have time to do it, and you could get something that you have always wanted. Focusing on yourself will help you out in the long run.

Common Interests (S1)

This blog will be about putting your boyfriend or girlfriend’s interests into consideration. When you are in a relationship you should always try to find some interest into what your boyfriend or girlfriend enjoys doing. For example, let’s say your girlfriend or boyfriend likes to watch football games on Sundays, but you aren’t too interested in football. Instead of just not being with them, spend some time and be with them doing things they like. It makes it easier for you if you try to make it fun for yourself also. If you like to cook, make food while your boyfriend or girlfriend is watching the game, they’ll probably appreciate the fact that you are there, but also the fact that you are making food too. In another situation let’s say your boyfriend or girlfriend likes to ride four wheelers, but you really don’t like anything like that, or you have a fear of it. But it is what your significant other really cares about, and it is a big part of their life. I would suggest just trying it, just for a day. If you truly do not enjoy it, let them know and maybe just find something else to do together. It is really important to do fun things with a boyfriend or girlfriend because it helps you guys keep the spark in the relationship. When the relationship is boring and you guys don’t go out and do things together, it might cause you guys to start fading away from each other. This is why it is a good idea to be with someone who has some of the same interests as you do. I’m not saying you guys have to be exactly alike, but at least have common interests so you guys can enjoy doing the things you love, together.