This week has been a fairly busy one for me. It was filled with homework, errands, and tons of stress, something I thought I finally had under control.
Stress is funny. Some people do their best work under pressure while others falter. I'm somewhere in the middle, or at least, I would like to think I am. I say this because while I certainly don't do my best work, I always seem to push myself to do better when I am under stress. Usually it starts off with me breaking down after thinking about all the things that need to be done, but powering through them one step at a time knowing that there will be something constantly bothering me until I finish.
I'm a perfectionist, so I always like doing things correctly and completing tasks, but this also causes me to procrastinate a lot, because I can't face the prospect that maybe what I'm doing is wrong. I think that most of my stress stems from this very problem. I wish I could just stop worrying about things so much, but I think it's so far ingrained in me that I can't not be constantly on my toes. This could, of course, be a good thing, but sometimes it prohibits you from relaxing and enjoying yourself. I think the main thing is not letting the stress keep you from living your life.
I'm not really in the best position to give advice and really if I did it would be something super cliched. To be honest this was more of a journal entry where I organized my thoughts, so I can reboot my mind and tell myself that everything will be okay even if I'm not great at certain things. I think this week truly proved that maybe worrying about a thousand things at once is not the best idea, and I need to trust my instincts and not second guess myself so much.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Sunday, February 15, 2015
An Introduction
Hello people who may or may not exist (I could be writing into the void for all I know)!
My name is Angelina Varela, and the main reason for starting this blog is for my prospective trip to Japan in the summer. I hope to post different pictures and thoughts I have while I'm visiting my grandmother. Until then, I'm just going to write about things going on in my life and any thoughts I happen to have. Almost like a test run! But first a couple warnings:
1. Names and locations may be changed for privacy reasons. I'll try to add a disclaimer at the end of each post.
2. My grammar is awful, so I'm sorry if you misunderstand something.
3. Constructive criticism is appreciated, but at the end of the day it is my blog. If there is something you don't like, you can always just quit reading.
4. This is just for fun. I don't have any set schedules or any set plans with how I want my blog to go. Also I'm still in school and my grades are first priority, but I'll try to write as often as I can.
I really don't know if anyone will read this, nor do I really care if anyone does, but I think it's good to get the basic stuff out of the way at the beginning. This mostly includes my love for reading, YouTube, the BBC, and a bunch of other nerdy stuff. As I write more and more you'll to know me better, but I also hope to keep some things about my life private. And I think that's it for now, thanks for reading!
Angie
My name is Angelina Varela, and the main reason for starting this blog is for my prospective trip to Japan in the summer. I hope to post different pictures and thoughts I have while I'm visiting my grandmother. Until then, I'm just going to write about things going on in my life and any thoughts I happen to have. Almost like a test run! But first a couple warnings:
1. Names and locations may be changed for privacy reasons. I'll try to add a disclaimer at the end of each post.
2. My grammar is awful, so I'm sorry if you misunderstand something.
3. Constructive criticism is appreciated, but at the end of the day it is my blog. If there is something you don't like, you can always just quit reading.
4. This is just for fun. I don't have any set schedules or any set plans with how I want my blog to go. Also I'm still in school and my grades are first priority, but I'll try to write as often as I can.
I really don't know if anyone will read this, nor do I really care if anyone does, but I think it's good to get the basic stuff out of the way at the beginning. This mostly includes my love for reading, YouTube, the BBC, and a bunch of other nerdy stuff. As I write more and more you'll to know me better, but I also hope to keep some things about my life private. And I think that's it for now, thanks for reading!
Angie
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