as yet another year of school comes to a close, the teenage girl not-so-deep down inside of me can't help but get all nostalgic.
this year could be described much like a jolly rancher: hard, yet satisfying.
and with that pathetic simile, i will begin my sophomore summary post.
as i think back on my first year of official high school, it is crazy to see how much has changed. how much i've changed, how much my friends have changed, and how much my life has changed. it is also crazy to look back and see how much i have learned. and i'm not just taking about the pythagorean theorem/apostrophes/newtons 3rd law type of learning. i'm talking about the type of learning that really matters in the long run. i learned so much about being a good friend, having fun, and the nature of teenagers in general.
my sophomore year brought more adventures then i ever could've imagined, both good and bad. i experienced so much this year, and though i am far from perfect, i thought i would share a few things that this ridiculously hard, yet undeniably fun year taught me.
+REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE IT'S GONE
as cliche as that might sound, it is soooo truuuue! friends will come and go, so enjoy them while you have them. high school will come and go, so stop tweeting about how pointless it is and have some fun before it's over. the jelly shoes trend will come and go, so wear those sick squeaky shoes while you still can.
clothes. gas. food. school. music. traveling. fun. EVERYTHING.
its kinda annoying actually. so my advice to the youngbloods out there is to get rich now. hahah if only it was that easy…. (also i have to earn $3500 by the end of the summer cause i signed up to go on an expedition to fiji. guys thats a lot of money. crap. #prayforkatie)
+BE GRATEFUL
once you've recognized your blessings, it is important that you treat them like a blessing (particularly family and friends) i am not very good at this one. (remember these are things i've learned not mastered.) too often i hide behind my sarcasm and never really get to tell people how much i truly love and care about them.
+FAKE A SMILE
my sophomore year of high school taught me how to "fake a smile" sometimes you're gonna have crappy days, it happens. but the worst thing to do on a crappy day is to make everyone else's day crappy too. don't be a dark cloud. you don't have to be sunshine, because some monday's just hit way too hard, but at least try to be an artificial light lol.
+MY PARENTS AREN'T ACTUALLY THAT LAME
i was looking through my parents yearbooks a few months ago and it was obvious through the notes and pictures in their yearbooks, that at point in my parents life, they were really cool. (i think the fact that my dad wore a chain since kindergarten really added)
then it hit me: well maybe they still are.
even though they set early curfews and like weird salads, they are really cool. and really in love, and really happy, and really really cool.
oh... but i also learned that they aren't perfect.. my nine year old self would be devastated.
+YOU NEVER KNOW, SO JUST BE KIND
sophomore year taught me that you never really know what's going on in a persons life, so just be kind. the annoying girl next to you in science may be facing neglect and abuse. the cute kid in math's mom might have cancer. you just never know, so be kind.
+BOYS ARE DUMB AND GIRLS ARE MEAN
it is just the way they are. it has been that way since the begining of time and it will always be that way.
high school boys are dumb as rocks. rocks don't pick up hints unless you say it to their face/engrave it in their souls.. but yet we still love them?… moving on…
i'm certainly not saying that all girls are mean or all boys are dumb, but i don't think i'm lying when i say that every girl has a mean side. it's just waking up that side of her that's the scary part. (advice to all teenage girls: follow the girl code, and you will not have to deal with the mean side of your friends.)
+MUSIC IS EVERYTHING
music is emotion. music is passion. music is life. (can you tell I like music heheh?)
bad mood+good song=good mood
+SAVE THE DRAMA FOR YO MAMA
this year taught me that drama happens, but it's ok. life goes on. and even though viola loves duke who loves olivia who kissed sebastian who is actually viola, and everything is complicated and confusing, ITS OK. high school is 2 short years and you probably won't see most of the people in your school ever again. so rather then making enemies, make yourself some lifelong friends. woot woot.
+LETS GO, GNO
sophomore year taught me that there is no such thing as problem so horrible that a girls night can't fix. it's true. i saw this quote on pintrest a while ago that said something like "high school isn't about finding your husband, it's about finding your bridesmaids." and let me tell you, i'm gonna have the best bridesmaids ever. my friends are AMAZING, every single one of them. as my elementary-school-self would say: "girl power!!"
+HOW TO SPELL
i learned how to spell
+CRY IT OUT, SHAWTY
i learned that sometimes it's ok to cry, sometimes it just has to come out. even though you might feel pathetic when a teacher walks in on you balling on your best friends shoulder in the bathroom (true story)
+DON'T TRUST EVERYONE
unfortunately, i am the kind of person whose naiveness gets the better of them so they trusts everyone and everything. my sophomore year of high school taught me not to trust so easily.
if you leave your iphone in a PE lockeroom in crimeless st. george utah, it might get stolen and you might lose all your pictures and music (true story) also, when you tell someone a secret or something close to your heart, be careful who you tell. some people really care about you, but some are just curious.
+YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY
ok heres a riddle for you: there is a hipster a jock and a nerd hanging out on a friday night. the hipster wants to go caving, the jock wants to have a madden tournament, and the nerd wants to go see interstellar,.. what do you do?
the answer: it doesn't matter because whatever choose to do, not everyone will be happy.
that's that.
+HAVE FUUUUUN
high school is so short, and like i said, after you graduate, you won't see most of your peers ever again. (except for maybe some awkward grocery store encounters)
so forget the haters and do what makes you happy.
(except please don't make out in the halls,.. thats gross and it uncomfy for everyone)
although i probably learned a ton more then that, i have to go do fun summery stuff like jumping off cliffs and wiggle carting down hills.
it's a good life hazel grace.
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