Free lance post

Hellur:

What is up my doods?

(Okay i admit that's just cringe worthy)

Anyways did any of you go to models of pride on the 29th? If you didn't then I'm sorry for you, if you did it was hella lit wasn't it?

Hopefully you all know what I'm talking about and i don't seem weird talking about it. (Okay scratch that I'm no where near normal on the Internet.) Annnnnnnnnnny who point is it was fun. 

ITS NOVEMBER

I can't wait to do nothing productive for a week and forget how to function normally and cry about it when i come back from break :V. I don't know how to actually feel about the break because theres a good and a bad side good: i get to sleep in and do whatever (mostly eat cause you know thanksgiving) then bad: i turn a year older. That's right ma dudes i turn 15 in a matter of 21 days (lmao 21 pilots that made no sense I'm sorry to whoever actually reads these XD ) I'm scared, I'm so close to being an adult and i still use cringy emoticons. 

The seven habits of highly effective people

Habit #1: Be Proactive

"Habit #1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, 'I am the captain of my own life. I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passage." What this basically means is that no one knows how your life is going to turn out to be. No one but you because you're the one in charge of your life. No one else should be telling you how to live because you're the one who's living that life. You shouldn't dwell on a choice for too long because before you know it that opportunity will be gone. That and there's no one to blame but yourself if something goes wrong because you're the one in control. Be confident in you own choices. You're the one who decides and who knows you better than you? No one that's who. You really don't have much time to try and decide on something and then regret it later you just have to kind of roll with it. If you do something that you do regret don't mope around about it just find a way to fix it. (Or at least try tot make the situation not as bad.) 

Habit #2: Begin with end in mind
"Control you own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch)
"When you know where you intend to end up, you know where you are now." (Covey)\
If you think about what you're going to do later in life you have a plan set. The more you worry about the future the more you motivate yourself. It's basically what i do to keep me from losing my mind honestly. Mostly because i want to look back and know that i did something with my life. Or if i end up having grandchildren i want to tell them how life went and tell them my experiences. So by looking ahead i'm already thinking of how to sort my life out before i'm already 87. I'll need this plan early in life so that's why i need to start building it now. This doesn't just apply to me it should also be applying to you as well. 

Habit #3: Put first things first
"Organize and execute around priorities"
Putting first things first means that you put whats important first then you worry about everything else later. This is a tactic most people use because this is sort of like stacking things. The more you stack the more you need to keep things in order. Then once you're done with a responsibility you need to take one block off which you need to be careful because the tower of block you built over the years will come crashing down. (And i guess once it does fall down i think that represents a mental breakdown.) Either way you're supposed to try and keep it from falling because it becomes hard to function and no one is willing to slow down and keep at your pace. (Mostly because mental health issues like depression aren't viewed as severe until you become suicidal and actually start trying to kill yourself then that's when everyone's like "oh no look at this sick child/person/ whatever" then they consider it to be the parents fault for all of this happening and they don't dare consider themselves. Blah blah blah i went off topic) 

Habit #4: think win-win
"Think win-win or no deal" 
What this means is to think like a winner would. Instead of thinking 'i'm going to fail this' you should be thinking "I'm going to do what i can to win." Or "I'm going to win this because I'm going to win." You should start thinking like a very confident person would. You shouldn't worry about if you lose because then that's your chance to show sportsmanship. Instead of being a sore loser congratulate who ever won.The whole point of quotes like this is to try and motivate you into trying to be a very outgoing person who is confident in themselves. These quotes aren't asking you to follow everything they say (as in not to be taken literal because there's some quotes with metamorphic meanings.) They're just like small pieces of advise, you can either take it or reject it.

Habit #5: seek first to understand, then to be understood
"Diagnose before you prescribe."
What this means is to be good to others before they can be good to you as well. If you want someone to listen to you listen to them first. Treat others with respect before you can gain respect. Most people don't think about what they're doing. Most would just want something but never actually give it. But what they don't realize is that the other person might want the same thing as them. Whether it be respect or kindness they might want to experience it too not just you. 

Habit #6: Synergize
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"
What this means is that the whole thing is better than just parts of it. For example if you have a box of paint with all the colors you can think of and you use them to paint various items. What would be more appealing to the eye? The tubs of paint or the paintings you made? (Most would say the tubs of paint because most of you will probably mention your terrible art skills and such but art can literally just be splatters and it'd be considered beautiful.) The paintings would be more appealing but the effort you made to paint it is just as great. (Even if it took 3% of effort it was still some effort.) 

Habit #7: Sharpen the saw
The four dimensions of self-renewal: physical,mental,spiritual,social,emotional.
What this means is that when you sharpen the saw it means you become someone new. You aren't dull anymore.Renewing yourself physically probably means that you probably started exercising and now you feel better. Renewing yourself mentally is probably when your point of view changes and you don't have the same opinion you did about three years ago. Renewing yourself spiritually is probably when you start to meditate and you're at peace for a while before you start to follow religious procedures. 

Reflection: The seven habit consist of ways to renew yourself and how to keep living your daily life both at the same time. These are very small and simple ways to do it. Since they're small and easy steps you feel as if nothings changed. The seven habits are supposed to help improve yourself. Its supposed to make you into a better person. You shouldn't expect something if you yourself arent going to do it. Habit #5 teaches us that. Be a good person/athlete etc, when it comes to winning. No one likes the feeling of being a loser when they tried their best.