4th Quarter Fever

 4th Quarter Fever

 The time is at hand. It's finally April and that means that I only one month of school left. I've even gotten my progress report which signals the half of the quarter has passed. But I have noticed something. It has been passed throughout my school. That's right. I am talking about ...

4th 

Quarter 

Fever 

AHHHHHH. I know it scares me too. The symptoms of 4th Quarter Fever are: apathy towards school work, lack of patience for kids at school, and the common phrase, " i just don't care anymore."

Many will say this is just senior-itis but no. This disease reaches all in the public school system. I have heard from my sources that even teachers have been to known to exhibit the symptoms.

Okay I am done with the disease narrative. But the fact remains that 4th Quarter Fever is real and has EVERYONE miserable. Again, this applies to more than just seniors. I am a junior and I feeling the effects HARD. 

The advice I have for you today though is profound.

 It is to ...

*drum roll* 

Hang in there. 

Seriously though, that's all I got. Hang in there and finish strong. Don't let all year be a waste. Don't decide to stop doing your homework in April, thus erasing all the homework you have done so far. Keep doing your homework, keep listening to your teacher, and keep studying for tests. 

Just keep on doing your best.

You got this!

-love, Addi 

My Word for 2019

My Word for 2019

what's the point in caring about what other people think? 

does it make you happier? does it make you enjoy life more? does it help you to develop into the person you want to be?

i know from experience that caring about what other's think accomplishes nothing.

nothing. zero. zilch. nada. none

i guess you could say i am kind of an expert on caring about what other's think. i think about it a lot. it's why i don't wear my harry potter shirts to school. it's why when people ask for the music i like i don't say BTS. it's why i procrastinate writing on this blog. 

i am afraid of what people will think if i like or do something contrary to the "rules". 

and to be honest i am kinda tired of it. 

i am tired of worrying over what people think. it's pretty exhausting being constantly worried about other's thoughts. because the thing is, i can't control anyone's thoughts but mine. and honestly people are too busy thinking their own thoughts to be thinking negatively about me. 

i can choose if i want to be worried all the time OR i can choose to not care. 

this year i am releasing my self from the worry of what other people are thinking about me. i am not going to worry about if i everything i say and do is perfect. this year is going to be about freeing myself from the expectations others may or may not have on me. i don't want to feel the pressure of trying to be perfect. news flash: i and all other humans aren't perfect. "to err is human" - alexander pope 


my word for 2019 is FREE.