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Hi everyone! I decided to make this blog to talk about 2017 as we start a New Year.
2017 was a bad year for everyone. Instead of clowns chasing people and crazy celebrity scandals, we had literal nazis and pedophiles everywhere. But yet we made it.
So here are some good things that happened in 2017 that we didn’t hear about.
1. Scientists found a way to successfully rebreed parts of the Great Barrier Reef.
2. The snow leopard has been taken off the endangered species list.
3. HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death in Africa.
4. Conservationists have decided to plant 73 million trees over the next 6 years in the Amazon rainforest.
5. Even though it doesn’t exactly feel like it, crime has decreased by 2.7% this year. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but it’s more than you’d think.
6. Child labor has decreased by one half since 2000.
7. In Lexington Kentucky, people who get parking tickets can pay them off by donating canned goods to the local food banks.
8. At the end of the 1st quarter of football games, the University of Iowa fans stand and wave to the kids in the children’s hospital across the street.
My 2017 was a year is self-discovery, lots of learning, and maturing as a person. At the beginning of the year, I kicked it off with a complete mental breakdown that was still hanging over my head from December 2016. I was self-destructive, self-loathing, and a complete mess. I lost friends, secluded myself from family, and honestly became self-absorbed. Towards the end of January, I met my best friend, Daniel. Daniel wasn't afraid to point out how much of a brat I was being at times and comforted me through the hard times. I met him for the first time in April. We were and still are inseparable. I don't think I'll ever be able to thank him enough for all he's helped me through.
In April of 2017, I met two of my closest friends Eli and Beverly. They understand me more than anyone could. I know they’ve got my back and I'll always have theirs. We've all have suffered from similar problems and were able to encourage and help each other through them. Eli, Beverly, I can never repay you for all the kind words and support you given me. Thank you.
June 2017 was one of the hardest months of my life. I relapsed into old thought patterns and mental states I'd just shaken off. I lost my best friend because I lost control of myself. I was selfish. I left PMC for a long time, only returning back in October. I took time away to get help, finally. Through this hard time, I finally pulled myself back together. I became whole again. I became closer to my once distant family, I rebuilt friendships I had torn down, and I was finally learning to love myself for who I am.
In July of 2017, I met my heroes. The band I'd been listening to for 4 years, hoping and praying to finally tell them how much their music meant to me. I met Crown the Empire on July 27, 2017. The saying "don't meet your idols" couldn't be farther from the truth. I was welcomed by them. They were the goofy, caring guys I saw in the interviews. I got my ukulele signed by them and I officially became their Ukulele Girl. I can never thank them enough for that wonderful night.
In October of 2017, I made my big come-back to social media. I came back not expecting to be so welcomed and concerned about. I didn't think anyone would notice, and it was selfish of me. I can never thank my friends and subscribers enough for the warm welcome. I know I can be a loud-mouth and a handful. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
December 2017. That was the month where I took on the biggest task I had. I had to apologize to someone I had put through a lot of pain. Daniel forgave me. I don't think I'll ever understand how or why, but I will forever be grateful for it.
Now we're here. The end 2017 and the beginning of 2018. I learned a lot about myself throughout 2017. I can say without a doubt that this year was the hardest year of my life. I wronged a lot of people. I was selfish and immature, but throughout that self-absorbed time, I learned to grow. I learned that hard times aren't there to make me more selfish and more pitied but to teach me how to grow and mature. I'm a different person than I was at the beginning of the year, and I'm thankful.
So here's to 2018! Another year of growing!
2017 was a bad year for everyone. Instead of clowns chasing people and crazy celebrity scandals, we had literal nazis and pedophiles everywhere. But yet we made it.
So here are some good things that happened in 2017 that we didn’t hear about.
1. Scientists found a way to successfully rebreed parts of the Great Barrier Reef.
2. The snow leopard has been taken off the endangered species list.
3. HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death in Africa.
4. Conservationists have decided to plant 73 million trees over the next 6 years in the Amazon rainforest.
5. Even though it doesn’t exactly feel like it, crime has decreased by 2.7% this year. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but it’s more than you’d think.
6. Child labor has decreased by one half since 2000.
7. In Lexington Kentucky, people who get parking tickets can pay them off by donating canned goods to the local food banks.
8. At the end of the 1st quarter of football games, the University of Iowa fans stand and wave to the kids in the children’s hospital across the street.
My 2017 was a year is self-discovery, lots of learning, and maturing as a person. At the beginning of the year, I kicked it off with a complete mental breakdown that was still hanging over my head from December 2016. I was self-destructive, self-loathing, and a complete mess. I lost friends, secluded myself from family, and honestly became self-absorbed. Towards the end of January, I met my best friend, Daniel. Daniel wasn't afraid to point out how much of a brat I was being at times and comforted me through the hard times. I met him for the first time in April. We were and still are inseparable. I don't think I'll ever be able to thank him enough for all he's helped me through.
In April of 2017, I met two of my closest friends Eli and Beverly. They understand me more than anyone could. I know they’ve got my back and I'll always have theirs. We've all have suffered from similar problems and were able to encourage and help each other through them. Eli, Beverly, I can never repay you for all the kind words and support you given me. Thank you.
June 2017 was one of the hardest months of my life. I relapsed into old thought patterns and mental states I'd just shaken off. I lost my best friend because I lost control of myself. I was selfish. I left PMC for a long time, only returning back in October. I took time away to get help, finally. Through this hard time, I finally pulled myself back together. I became whole again. I became closer to my once distant family, I rebuilt friendships I had torn down, and I was finally learning to love myself for who I am.
In July of 2017, I met my heroes. The band I'd been listening to for 4 years, hoping and praying to finally tell them how much their music meant to me. I met Crown the Empire on July 27, 2017. The saying "don't meet your idols" couldn't be farther from the truth. I was welcomed by them. They were the goofy, caring guys I saw in the interviews. I got my ukulele signed by them and I officially became their Ukulele Girl. I can never thank them enough for that wonderful night.
In October of 2017, I made my big come-back to social media. I came back not expecting to be so welcomed and concerned about. I didn't think anyone would notice, and it was selfish of me. I can never thank my friends and subscribers enough for the warm welcome. I know I can be a loud-mouth and a handful. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
December 2017. That was the month where I took on the biggest task I had. I had to apologize to someone I had put through a lot of pain. Daniel forgave me. I don't think I'll ever understand how or why, but I will forever be grateful for it.
Now we're here. The end 2017 and the beginning of 2018. I learned a lot about myself throughout 2017. I can say without a doubt that this year was the hardest year of my life. I wronged a lot of people. I was selfish and immature, but throughout that self-absorbed time, I learned to grow. I learned that hard times aren't there to make me more selfish and more pitied but to teach me how to grow and mature. I'm a different person than I was at the beginning of the year, and I'm thankful.
So here's to 2018! Another year of growing!
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Although you don't go very in-depth with most of your monthly keynotes, there is one part that stands out to me. Perhaps what I have to say can help you in the future. So, I quote: "I relapsed into old thought patterns and mental states I'd just shaken off".
I think there are no negative nor positive thoughts. The reason why our thoughts are not negative nor positive, it is because each thought is as important. If we didn't know the bad ideas, then we wouldn't be able to know the good ideas; if we didn't know the bad ideas, we wouldn't be able to recognize there is problem that needs a solution.
Allowing ourselves to have an open mind is crucial, because by doing so, we realize our thoughts don't have power on themselves, WE are the ones that give power to them. WE are the ones that CHOOSE to manifest them. How we choose to manifest them, this is what can bring positive or negative outcomes. In other words, our actions are the ones inherent of moral (right/wrong) not our thoughts.
So, if it ever comes down that you're having certain thoughts which you've had a problem with them before, allow yourself to have them. By allowing this, you're allowing yourself to comprehend them, to analyze them, and to be in control of yourself. You become in control of yourself when you come to an agreement with these thoughts, and realize that, thanks to them, you're now wiser, you now know better, because when you come to an agreement with your thoughts, all of them, then you are preparing yourself to not commit mistakes.
if we think there are good and bad thoughts, that the moment we have these thoughts we think are bad, that automatically we will think we've lost control of ourselves, yet it's not because of these thoughts, its because we gave power to these thoughts by thinking they're bad, when in reality, they're not, every thought is as crucial into making us more conscious people, and the only thing which can make them bad is what we choose to do with them.
So, with that said, I hope it gives you a different perspective, and it makes you question what it means to be in control of your self, and how that can make us more ethical people.
oh, and, btw, the guy on your avatar looks very cute.
also jnsfdnsj thanks. his name is awsten knight.
i guess just seeing how far you've come in a year?? and the fact that your hitus was only the summer when it actually felt like a year??