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.

Week Two

Number 4
In school it helps to be proactive because you are more likely to turn in your work at the right time and the work will be better written and well done.

Number 5

I always worry about me future, now that I'm a senior I can't escape the thought that I will be stuck with here while my friends all go out and do something is horrifying. The only way I can think to stop this stress is by spending more time with my friends, focusing on school, and wait patiently for a response.

Number 6
The author is trying to teach us that sometimes you have to make a mistake to know what the right thing to do is. This reminds tme that it is ok to do something wrong because good can come from it.
One habit that has been passed down to me that I would like to change:
How loud I am.
The history of that bad habit is:
My dad is extremely loud and this means that it is easy for people to think I am mad or yelling when in the end I am not.
This bad habit has affected my life in these ways:
It's easy for people to jump to conclusions and cause issues when I really don't mean any thing bad.
By changing the habit:
People will stop complaining about how loud I am and I will be less concious of it.
To change the habit:
I will work hard to speak quietly and maybe even get my hearing checked.

Number 7
self-awarness: the ability to know things about yourself, like if the ways you learn, think, and what is best for you.
coinscience: knowing what is right from wrong
imagination: knowing that there are many possibity not just the first one that comes to mind
 will power: the ability to control your actions and thoughts.

My Goals For This Year

Academic
1. Get excepted into a good college
2. Graduate with good grades from that college
Non-Academic
1.Stress less
2.Get a job

Get excepted into a good college
step 1: volunteer and get involved in order to have your application stand out
step 2: start an application
step 3: have someone write a letter of recommendation
step 4: keep your grades (and GPA) up while waiting for a response.
step 5: talk to someone in the school let them know you're hoping to attend their college
step 6: wait for the response

Week One

Get in the habit
I always rewrite my notes, it is the only really productive way I study, I also write everything down. I try to stay organized but I find that about half way through the year I start to slack and stop writing down my homework, I still turn everything in but I just loose organization. I would like to stay organized and work hard, turning everything in.

Paradigms and principles
Lyrics to the songs I love usually involve never giving in and not letting what people say get you down. They have inspirational undertones and can't me smiling.

Personal Bank Account

• Keep promises to yourself

1. I tell myself that I'll wake up earlier in the morning and do that
2. I promise myself that I'll stay organized
3. I try to keep my promises and rewrite my notes often

• Do small act of kindness

1. I offer to help people with their homework (especially my friends)
2. I volunteer at Eva Perry Library
3. I volunteer at Spca of Wake County

• Be gentle with yourself

1. I try not to be so hard with myself
2. I never make plans that I can't do (to depleate my stress)
3. I work hard to keep my body healthy

• Be honest

1. I don't make excuses
2. I tell my friends and teachers the truth
3. I admit when I'm wrong

• Renew yourself

1. I treat myself to bubble baths
2. I set aside days where I can just read or pamper myself
3. I allow myself alot of time to sleep (I love sleep)

• Tap into your talents

1.I write everyday
2.I get organized in things that I actually enjoy
3. I take classes that interest me