For Your Entertainment: Part (whatever one we're on)

For Your Entertainment: Part 3 (Allyson showed me this and I died)

For Your Entertainment: Part 2

For Your Entertainment: Too Freaking Good

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Blogs. They're starting to become this big fad. All these typical really-pretty-i-do-my-hair-and-makeup-everyday-and-my-life-is-so-fun women have them.
I'm starting to hate that. I use my blog almost as an open journal. I write my thoughts and feelings as a relaxing tactic. It is therapeutic for me to get my thoughts out of my head so I can breathe and relax. So I am not going to advertise my blog. I'm not going to ask people to go and check out "this weeks newest post: the weekend was so fun!" I'll leave my URL available for those who happen upon it and arw interested but I'm not turning my blog into a fad. I'm not going to start spilling my day to day life. I am not posting loads of pictures from the weekend. I'll probably post pictures here and there. But my blog is going to stay real. I'm not going to post fluff.
That's actually why I post less now. I don't have as much to blog about and I want my posts to mean something.
My blog is a personal safety net. Where I go when I need someone to talk to. And it's going to stay that way.

It's been a hot minute

minute? minuet? I think I've been spelling minute wrong my whole life... so that's awesome!
Anyways. Hi.
It's been a while
I've been going through some stuff
Friend issues
School/homework/stress/teachers/stress
Work
Tanner and my other friends
Possible anxiety
Pretty much life has just been suffocating me.
But, I'm back! To help easy my ever growing stress,
I think I'm going to start writing it out again.
Which is probably better than screaming my head off when my stress level is through the roof.
Writing is therapeutic, the more I type out my frustration, to get them out of my head
The better I feel.
I want to feel better
Stress has over taken my life
I'm ready to be stress free.
I'm ready to come back
So fasten your seat belt everybody, because I'm back.

i hate titles. too much pressure.

Lately, I have been a confidant. People have been telling me loads of stuff about their personal lives. It really boosts my self esteem because I obviously must be a trust worthy person, right? It has been a little weird though... Usually, I am the talker and the teller and I've kind of changed rolls in a lot of my friendships. Not completely, I still talk a lot, but it has been nice to be on the other side. The listener. I like to be able to listen to people's stories and what they have going on in their lives and what they are struggling with. It's almost like an example to follow when I hit rough patches in my own life. I can remember how other people dealt with their problems and then more easily help myself. I like that I can be both a listener and a talker. I feel like it helps me to relate to people better and be a better friend.

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” 
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” 

I don't want to be so busy with my own problems and life that I wouldn't have time to help someone out with their own problems. I'm always willing to be a "listening ear".