Week 9

Entry 27:
Education
do well in college
get a b honor role for the rest of senior year
get exemptions for exams
Carrer
get a job I like
do well
put a good bit of money into savings
Personal Growth
remeber to relax
play the guitar more
write more

Entry 28:

The Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Teens, allowes students to learn of the things that each of them should be done to do well in school as well as life. By expressing how to be more productive by keeping assignments written down, and staying organized. It also teaches how to learn healthy habits that will help overall  in a working situation, like how to deal with others and have a positive out look to what is going on in most situations. I also learnt things about me, finding out that I have a win-lose mind set and that I need to change my way of thinking to help myself as well as others. Some of what I’ve learnt about myself was hard to hear, but I believe that it may help me in the long run. I learnt that we have to find a balance, allowing you to work hard, as well as relaxing. It’s easy for me to get caught up in work, to spread myself to thin and forget about myself every now and then, but it’s important to put in time for just me as well as others.
 I was careful to write down what was required of me in order to keep everything in order and schedule out what I need to do. Writing a mission statement helped me keep my goals in mind, this helped because it’s easy to get caught up in the little every day things, I think that a mission statement helps you remember that the future is not some far off distant thing, but something closer than imagined. I think I’ve gotten better at staying organized, in the end this helped me keep focus, and turn things in on time. I enjoyed the cartoons but really I didn’t read it for that, but for the ideas within it. These ideas helped me reflect on myself and decide what habits I have to change to help myself.
I enjoyed some aspects of the books, such as the stories and the helpful tips, I though didn’t care for a lot of it, he was trying too hard to make it something for children but all and all I don’t think he needed to, we may not be counted as adults, but we are intelligent and can easily read a book without pictures. I also didn’t like that there were so many things that were irrelevant to the text, such as drawings and quotes. I would’ve liked it to be relevant and make more sense than it did.
I still have to work on keeping a win-win mentality. It is going to be a lot of work but I believe it will be worth it. I tend to slip into a win-lose idea when I am not trying to stay positive, I also need to work on working with others instead of doing all of the work. I am aware of these problems and will work hard to improve this.  I would recommend this book. Though I believe that most of this is obvious ideas, instilled in people’s minds at a young age, it helps you keep the end in mind, stay focus, and remember the important things in life. I believe that all and this entire book was very helpful, especially when keeping in mind that I am going to college soon and would like to start off on a good note. This book helped me, and I now know how to keep on this road and stay productive.

Week 8

 Journal Entry 22:

BODY

1.)     I eat a nutritious diet and try to stay away from junk food. sometimes

2.)    I exercise regularly. sometimes

3.)    I get enough sleep. always

4.)    I take care of personal hygiene.always

5.)    I take time to relax. sometimes

MIND

6.)     I regularly read good books, magazines, or newspapers, or I listen to the news. always

7.)    I play or listen to good music. always

8.)    I write or draw. alwyas

9.)    I attend cultural events, watch uplifting movies, or view educational television programs. sometimes

10.) I learn new skills and develop my talents. sometimes

HEART

11.)  I laugh out loud at least one a day. always

12.) I make deposits into my Relationship Bank Accounts. sometimes

13.) I make deposits into my Personal Bank Accounts. sometimes

14.) I use my talents. always

15.) I develop new relationships. always

SOUL

16.)  I pray or meditate regularly. always

17.) I keep a journal. always

18.) I read poetry or other inspiring literature. always

19.) I ponder my decisions and situations in life. always

20.) I enjoy nature by going on walks, looking at landscapes, or taking time to enjoy a sunset sometimes

 

Journal entry 23:

I stay informed and current on both health and fitness information

I am fully aware of my need for furits, vegtables, viatmins, and minerals.

I get the right amount of sleep

I rest or relaz when my body needs it

I deal with stress efficticely and positevley

To me, healt and renewal means: keeping my body at tip top shape

Yoga

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tues:scrambled eggs, chips, salmon and rice

wedn: toaster struddle, chick fil a, spagetti with maraniar sause

thurs: a bagel with cream cheese, a bagel with strawberry cream chees, chicken and brocclie

fri: special K cerel, a bagel, (I don't know what I'll have for dinner)

No

Nope I know I eat badly, I am fully aware

I could make my own food instead of buy it.

Tues: theater teck (lifing and hauling heavy objects)

Wed:  walked a dog

Fri: I plan on dancing

Vic, though he is not as well known as I'd hope, he is amazing and though he gets crap because of his hair or ethneticity he is amazing and I love him.

Kellin Quinn, though amazingly goregous he get's a lot of problems because of his high pitched voice but doesn't let it effect him.

 

Jack Black is one of my favorite comedians, actors, and his band is just hilarious. He never stops making me laugh, and even if he gets crap for how he looks I love him and he's amazing.

I relate with Kellin alot, we both get crap for things we can't control like height and the pitch of our voices. I don't usually feel good about myself but I'm getting better. Not, I don't work out enough and I just like food to much. I can't the end.

Alchol

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Journal 25

I feel depressed all the time, I have depression. I pull myself out of it by spending time with friends or doing something I love. I can talk to my mom or friends, the listen because the understand, they've been there.

 

Week Seven

Journal Entry Twenty
Nature_ bees
School_ students work together to get a good grade
Family_ chores
Community_ I volunteer at library and ASPCA
Work_We all have to work together to get things done, and work well.
There's diversity within my life because my friends and family don't see the diffrences between people but the personality within them.

Journal Entry Twenty One
1. Sheena Bo Beana
2. Zurich, Switzerland before Cary
3. Read and take bubble baths
4. That's My Boy
5. 3
6. Well poop!
7.My favorite band is a tie between Nirvanna and Pierce the Veil
8.Either Vanilla with hot fudge or cookie dough
9. I go to bed on school nights at 8:30 on the week end 1 am
10. I love to write
11.My sense of humor
12. English
13. Math
14. A dog, I like to cuddle and I love food (at least I'm honest)
15. An old chevy truck, blue, with bench seats
16.  My eyes
17. It depends on the people I like to be by myself but I do good with friends.
18. That I write poetry
19. Going home to see my puppy
20. Just all of us siting around watching a movie
21. SO much fun, I do it all the time
22. Paris, Texas it just seems like a cool place
23. Paris, I lived near there and we never went
24. To Hawaii, it was amazing
25. Massanuton (it was awful spiders everywhere it was poop)
26. In Zurich, I love it
27. What I'm going to do some time in the future
28. Dancing
29. Hockey
30. The Fault in Our Stars  by John Greene
31. Fall I can wear jeans and tee shirts, I love it!
32. My friend Chris (though Amber is a close second)
33. Halloween
34. Indoors
35. A journal or a pet!!!!!

Week Six

Journal entry 18
1. two or three things I wish may parents understood about me are:

• That we have sperate tastes
• that I am not going to drop everything to do something every time they ask
• That there is more to my life than just school, and that school is hard work

2.  Two or three things I wish my teachers understood about me are:

• I have a life out side of school
• I have other classes not just there
• There are things that they teach us that I'll never need in life

4. Two or three things I wish my friends understood about me are:

• That sometimes I want to spend a day just chilling with a good book or movie
• I have to like all of the things they do
• I get bored of doing or eatting the same things evrery day

5. Two or three things I wish my brother understood about me are:

• That I don't need to be popular to be happy
• That we are completely diffrent people
• That there are things me that mean more to me than he would think

Some one I know who is struggling with a proble is:
Jillian, she is going through a lot of stress when it comes to colleges.
How can I make her feel comfortable, acceptable, and understood around me?
Let her know that I'm here for her and can help her if she needs it. Don't cause more problems for her or remind her of the stress.

Journal entry 19
1. spacing out
2.pretend listening
3.selective listening
4. word listening
5. self-centered
     a. judging
     b. advising
     c. probing

Week Five

Journal entry 15:
I would like to think that I am a win-win thinker but if I were to be truthful I'd think that I'm on the edge between lose-win. It doesn't effect me that much but I know for a fact that there have been sometimes when I will let others walk over me in order to avoid confrontation.
Journal entry 16:
The tumor twins are competition and comparison, they can cloud ones views of them selves and cause you to think of yourself in a negative way. These things have a good side and a bad and I think that a little bit of it is good, but a lot is bad.
Journal entry 17:
I win- win situation in my life happened recently. My friend and I are in the same English class and we spend a lot of time doing work for that class. We had to write a paper but didn't know if ours were good. We sat together on my couch for hours, bouncing ideas off each other and helping with sentence structure, grammar, and the paper as a whole. We both got high grades, and I know that if we hadn't worked together our papers would not be as good as they were.

Week Four

Journal Entry 13:
1. My plan for the month is to slowly begin to make a plan for my future, decide if I want to go to Miller-Motte, and call Appalachian or Greensboro.
2. My biggest time wasters are TV, books, and my phone
3. I am defiantly a pleaser I don't want to but I am
4. I rewrite my notes earlier
5.For a while I've been procrastinating not calling the colleges and painting, I haven't painted in a long time
6.My first block this week is my interview with Miller-Motte, then a test in English on Friday.
7. My fear is my fear of heights, I'm extremely scared of them and this fact makes me plan around avoiding escalators or air planes.
8. I don't let peer-pressure effect me but my mother and friends influence me, but in a positive way.
Journal Entry 14:
1.I love setting clear expectations, it helps me from getting my hopes up for things that are ridiculous and to work hard to get that.
2.Challenging myself. I always think that I can't do things, I say can't a lot, but I try my best to work hard to break these beliefs and challenge my self.
3.Say your sorry, is the best thing I can do, always admitting when your wrong helps you succeed.
4.Listening is a big thing for me my father is bad at hearing and its tough when you don't know if someone is listening or not. So listening helps you understand how other people feel and how you can help others.
5. I am always loyal to my friends they mean everything to me, so when loyalty comes in I can tell you there are very few things that mean more to me.
6.I love small acts of kindness, it reminds me that there is good in the world, that there's magic, and that life can be worth while.

Week Three

Eight

1.My mother makes a positive impact on my life. I like that she is very open minded and thoughtful. She always wants to help people and puts their problems ahead of herself.

2.I'm surrounded by my friends and family, we are hanging out eatting food and laughing.

3. I am terrified of heights but I would cross it for my family, friends, and pets.

4. If I could spend a day studying anything it would either be egypt, fairy tales, or Rococo art

5. I love to write, read, draw, paint, sing, dance, walk my dog, daydream, sleep, shop

6. I was deeply inspired at the biltmore estate a couple of summers ago, I just wandered through the halls thinking of all of the stories, the adventures, and the experiences that took place within those walls, at that moment all I wanted to do was write!

7. I think they would say that I am a really loud person thats always smiling and working to do what I think is right.

8.I think that a dog represents me, I am always trusting, always seem to be smiling and getting others to smile and all I want to do is laze around all day.

9. If I could spend the day with anyoene it would be Edgar Allen Poe, he was an amazing writer and there are so many mysterys behinde his death and life and I am so interested to know more about him.

10. Creative thinking,I'm artistic, good with words, I like working well with people and I am good at memorizing things.I also am good at speaking, writing,listening,singing, music, and I like to think that I'm pretty humorous person, even if people don't agree with me.

Nine

"We're all mad here." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland   

"What doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger." The Dark Knight

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return." Moulin Rouge

"This morning we all saw each other a certain way.....we were  brain washed." The Breakfast Club

"Don't dream it, be it." The Rocky Horror Picture Show

"Here's a curse, may all your bacon burn." Howl's Moving Castle.

Ten

My mission is to do something fun, something I love, and work hard to suceed. I really would like to do well and get in to a good college. But I want to have fun while I do it. I don't want to go to class and feel that I am stuck in a rutt bored and depressed. I would like to do something fun that doesn't feel like a total waste of time. After college I don't know what I want to do but I do know I want to write on the side. I love writing and I want to give others the escape I found within the pages of a book. I want to do something that will give interest people and it's a good outlit for my thoughts.

Eleven

Alot of the time I am labled as a loner, scene, emo, or just weird. I'm ok with these lables they don't bother me and I'm used to them. Emo and scene are genera's of music and it doesn't matter to me what others think.I never wake up in the morning and worry if I look 'emo' or if I go against the normal. I'm ok being myself and I am happy with who I am.

Twelve

My mission statement is to be happy. It doesn't matter what I do as long as I work hard and do what I can. My mission is to go to a college, not get stuck in a rutt, and to be who I am and have fun, no matter what I do. I'd like to keep the right kind of people around, the people who will be there for me no matter what, and treat them with the respect they need. I want to be a person who I can be proud of, and so can my parents.