After the holidays, I tried to return to my daily routine. The vacation from work and school was well-needed. However, it spoiled me. The endless amount of time watching Netflix and the surplus of food has taken its toll. I did not expect this to stunt my progress in academic achievement and my healthy lifestyle,Continue reading “Routines”
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Where has the time gone?
While everyone is celebrating the New Year, I am bewildered and perplexed. I am struggling to figure out how we have stumbled upon a New Year when the year of old seems so freshly engrained in my head. We were just celebrating 2014, and now it is 2015. I feel like I am in someContinue reading “Where has the time gone?”
Note to Self
Hello, 11th grade self, I know exactly where you are in life. You have just completed your first semester of junior year, anxiously anticipating graduation, thinking about where life will lead you. Ironically, four years later, little has changed. You are now a junior in college, anxiously anticipating that graduation date, trying to plan theContinue reading “Note to Self”
What to do when life gets away from you?
Try your best and let God handle the rest. In my absence from my blog, life got really hectic. I found myself back in school, working, mentoring, being a part of, and leading extracurricular activities. This became too much for me, and I had to let some things go to make time for those vitalContinue reading “What to do when life gets away from you?”
Homecoming
“Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.” ― Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was right; the more you wander from home, the more you appreciate it. I felt this same sentiment in my absence from my blog. My blog is my online homeContinue reading “Homecoming”
Why I pursue learning!
In tenth grade, my English teacher would force the class to say an affirmation every day. The affirmation stated: EVERY DAY I PURSUE LEARNING, AS IF MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT, BECAUSE IT DOES! As a very young high school student, I never understood why we had to say this sentence daily. It seemed likeContinue reading “Why I pursue learning!”
Johnny and Donna
Over the past two months, I have been obsessed with Mali Music’s newest album, Mali. His style of music is refreshing, speaking about issues with social, historical, and political reverence. I can personally connect to many of the problems that he talks about. In fact, this week, I will be paying tribute to someContinue reading “Johnny and Donna”
Our values are different!
Recently, I talked with a friend about going to the club. I informed my friend that I do not go to the club because it is something that I don’t want to do, and I do not have money to waste on doing things that I do not find enjoyable. Going to a club isContinue reading “Our values are different!”
I am here for a reason!
I have been thinking about “why I am where I am.” On a spectrum, I see people doing so many incredible things or doing nothing at all. It amazes me to see people I know so well either doing things that are incredibly positive or those that need some improvement. I was looking at everyone,Continue reading “I am here for a reason!”
Growing older is bittersweet!
I recently had a conversation with a friend, and we reminisced about our good times in middle and high school. During the conversation, I remembered how those times weren’t as fun as now. Like many, you yearn to be older in adolescence and young adulthood. You want to be old enough to make your ownContinue reading “Growing older is bittersweet!”
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