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Rainy Summer Days

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So earlier this month it had been raining on and off for about four days straight. Since I have been getting into photography I thought it would be a cool idea to go in my backyard and take some pictures. All the flowers have bloomed and I am using a very basic camera (not a DSLR) and I personally think the pictures came out great! Check out my YouTube video! Live ~Laugh~Love  Pinterest ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Bloglovin

Fear of Failure

I am a freshly graduated high school student. I am 18 years old and I am scared. In a matter of months, I will be moving 200 miles away for college. I will be in a new environment with new people in a new town. Now, I am not scared because I'm moving and I'm not scared of meeting new people, I'm scared of failing. It is the fear of failing that I'm scared of. I've always dreamed of becoming successful and having money to be able to provide for my family. Now that I'm at this stage in life, I find myself overthinking every little detail about my future and every outcome of every scenario is horrible. I find myself second guessing my career path and if I'm truly going to suceed. I am planning on studying journalism. Writing is something I've always enjoyed doing. In elementary school I started a newsletter (5th grade). And I carried on this desire into middle school  (7th grade) where there would be biweekly distribution of a newsletter to all of

Graduating High School

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At this point, it has been five days since I graduated high school, and to be honest it doesn't seem real. It doesn't seem real that a place where I have learned about myself and grown so much as a person, is a place I will never attend.  Over these last 12 years, I have been surrounded by the same people. Over the last 18 years, I have lived in the same house, same neighborhood. It amazes me that this large chapter of my life has now been closed.  It may seem cliche, but these past few years I've been wanting school to end so I can go to college but I never realized what leaving high school meant. Leaving high school means that I have to leave my friends behind. I have to leave my sister behind. I have to leave my parents.  Although college is new and exciting, it's an uncharted, new thing I've never truly experienced before. Sure I've been to cap during the summer, but that's only ever been a few weeks away from my family. I've also ne