Your Own Thing

Many people do not know the feeling of waking up to a body that isn't yours. The prospect of looking in the mirror and seeing something so foreign, so disheartening, so uncomfortable, is quite frightening. Some, however, experience this misfortune on a daily basis. I am one of these individuals, and so naturally the thing that would make my world perfect is to change this. I am transgender, and so the only thing that I can envision that would make my world perfect is to be able to both be and be…

spend the most amount of time with, the people they are the closest to. Have you ever heard the phrase, “You take from the character of your friend?” I have no idea who said this, but it really makes sense, especially in the society we live in today. Whenever my parents would warn me about my friends and peer pressure I would tell them I can make my own decisions. Although I held myself together for a while, high school came and slowly I began shifting towards what my friends thought was…

it was the last day of school, the day that everything changed. It was changing so fast and I didn't even know it. The thing is, the change eventually grew on me. Of course I wouldn't mind going back, but I'm also happy where I'm at, maybe even happier. You see, I'm not that type of person that'll go up to you and introduce myself, I'm too terrified to step up and ask for your name. I've always been like that since I was little. When I was little I would stutter a lot , I wasn't able to make a…

Reflect on your own experience when you took the course for which you are now peer teaching: what specifically did you enjoy, struggle with, and find confusing about the course, and what particular methods or strategies did you use for your successful performance in homework, study, review, and assessment (exams/papers/performance)? When I the Psycholinguistics course, one of the things I enjoyed the most about it was that my professor utilized so many different types of assignments and…

've done some things that I 'm rather proud of. I 've made mistakes. I learned more than I could have imagined. Yet, somehow I 'm still unsatisfied. Teenage boys are a species of their own. Normally, I 'd prefer to not talk about them. I find the majority to be especially ignorant, rude, unaware, stupid, and horny. Sometimes you think you 've found one that defies the odds, however you eventually discover the foolish jerk they actually are. Grant Warner, perhaps a species of his own. So far,…

have had at least one major depressive episode (National Institute of Mental Health). That is nearly 11% of the youth in this country. Blinded by my own depression, I never realized the myriad of people experiencing the same thing. Everywhere we look there is a person going through hardship. When faced with challenges in life you have to find your own way out and though depression is a debilitating disease that often goes overlooked, I found my way out. Depression has such a vast array of ways…

boredom and misplaced energy. There is no such thing as an insignificant decision. Every decision affects our future in some way. The gift of free will is such a beautiful thing. These are some decisions every person faces: Faith or Doubt Fear or Courage Love or Hate Empathy or Sympathy Action or Inaction Life or Death Joy or Sorrow Please understand that these decisions have little to do with your emotions, although your emotions can certainly have an affect on the…

there is a lot of traffic coming to Fiverr, you always want to make sure that you are promoting your services or gigs (as they are called on the site.) Think of several gigs that you can start working on right away if someone should purchase your gig. It should be something that you are an expert. Freelance One of the other ways you can quickly make money while you are waiting to generate income from your blog is to start freelancing on a site called Upwork (formerly known as Elance). I must…

journey it expresses about struggles, disappointment, and all sorts of things we usually don 't like to talk about. In the novel it had many obstacles that most people usually endure on a day to day bases because it’s reality, it’s the truth. It isn 't bad nor good but realizing that it 's part of our society is one step closer to achieving a growth mindset. It has shown me how I could do a lot even when i’m faced with negative things surrounding me and all I have to do is keep striving for the…

I’ve experienced bits and pieces of stress in planning things and frustration when things don’t go the way I want. I think it’s a big adjustment to feel comfortable with where you are, and to be “forced” into a new environment. These last two months are a testament as to why it is important to have hope. I think it’s rather easy to get “lost in the sauce”, especially when your trying everything you want to do well. But it’s important not cave in. Giving myself something…