This happens to me on occasion. What I've come to believe is that I'm hearing my Eustachian tube clicking, or else just the middle ear. When running you are moving up and down, so that force is causing that spot to bend slightly or else make contact. That's why it sounds like it coming from inside your head and not from your ear. It is still the ear but deep inside it.

The other two things I have found is posture when running. If I start to relax my neck muscles I'll get that clicking sound. But if I keep a good posture, I don't hear the sound. The second factor could be issues with your jaw. In my case, my jaw isn't seated properly and pops a lot.
So it could be a variety of things, but I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Helpful Reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/running/comments/g9woh9/ear_poppingcrackling_noise_while_running/

sounds like anxiety/muscle jerking

i'm not entirely sure if it's what you're experiencing, but under a lot of stress/anxiety, it's not uncommon for it to cause a jerking motion/click sound in your neck, or other parts of your body.

(this is from personal experience, i'm not a doctor)

WRT = with respect to
JFGI = 'just flippin' google it' i.e. just use a search engine
netiquette is a portmanteau word fromed from net + ettiquette (i.e. how to behave well on the net) similar to how smoke + fog became smog.

One can get to a point where there doesn't appear to be any way to progress… [No problem solving technique works all the time :( ]
One possibility is to try to breakup the overall task among different lines.
Sleep on it sounds odd (and may not be applicable) but coming at a problem with 'fresh eyes' can be helpful [Doesn't need to be sleep, maybe do something else, just leave the thing alone for a while so you're fresh when you come back.]
If you can find someone to talk to, going over how you've previously approached things may at least offer some new insights into the structure of the problem. [I sincerly wish you luck with finding someone; taht can be exceedingly hard. (Neither of my parents had much in the way of background in my interests.
The school 'guidance counselors' were a running joke – one which, from what I've seen, the intervening decades haven't done much to improve either…)]


From your saying you want to get into a prestigious college I'm inferring your mid- to late teens, which makes me doubt most of your peers have much of a clue. [Among other things, it is common for undergraduates to change majors at least once before graduating.]
I'd not worry too much about specific steps at your age, concentrate on building up knowledge and abilities and see where they take you. [Overplanning can be limiting: back when I was at Uni, COBOL was king and punchcard machine operator was considered a secure career path. Only a few years later COBOL was a legacy language and punch card computing was effectively dead. ]

Particularly given recent events, the value of a 'name' college is falling [rapidly]. Going to a campus that has a good reputation in you preferred area of study may be more important.

Assuming you aren't from an 'over-represented' group, good grades and a decent spread of extra-curriculars typically works to gain admittance. (It also helps to test well, but that's harder to control.)


In terms of learning the ropes for how a working politician operates, working (which almost certainly means volunteering) for one can be helpful. [You'll likely get stuck with all the inglorious scut work, but keep your eyes and ears open and you should be able to pick up a good bit of info.] Depending on your location, this could well be local, but I'd try for state/provincial offices if you can.

could u explain what u mean with smaller words...
I don't know what netiquette or WRT or JFGI or what a if_you_need_to_ask_we_don't_wanna_know_you club is

"One then proceeds to go as far as one can where one can, then reevaluates to see if the partial solutions one has been able to find offer insight into how to proceed" but at this point i've exhausted all available options im aware of to progress forwards, but the species never fit into place and i'm stuck at the point I am now.


My goals like progressing in my career seem to follow a step by step path - I just don't know how to complete the next step, while all my peers know how to do it.

This is a very nuanced sort of thing…

At the bottom level asking questions like "What's the largest city in Manitoba?" (particularly online) is annoying as one could have typed that into a search engine and had an answer with the same effort and less time than asking the question. "JFGI" is a rude (but not entirely ununderstandable) reaction.

For more complex questions there is a difference between assignments (where thniking through how to answer is often the point [c.f setting up the problem in math]) and real life (which is often – and with some accuracy – characterized as an open book test).


WRT "Is there some sort of intrinsic methodology to completing tasks that you lack relevant context to succeeding in?"
Something that ought be being taught is how to attack problems (when one can't ask an expert).
One important strategy is to try to divide/breakdown the overall problem into smaller and more managable parts. One then proceeds to go as far as one can where one can, then reevaluates to see if the partial solutions one has been able to find offer insight into how to proceed. [As an example, consider sodoku puzzles: filling in the bits that are apparent leads to more information and unlocks better understanding of what to do next. ]

WRT reddit and similar sources:
One unfortunate factor of the net (and a general lack of netiquette) is that any site that deals with how to do things will face an endless stream of people who want free personalized hand-holding through a specific solution to their personal problem. [A MC example would be someone wanting a block-by-block for a specific piston door and someone to download their world to troubelshoot.]
Something that may be helpful on this sort of site-based question is to phrase the inquiry to show that you have indeed done your homework. (typically one does this by citing the things one has already tried to fix the issue {and the results of those attempt} and/or what resources one has already checked.){a question like "does anyone have a minecart unloader station that wil work E-W and fit in the same sized area? is llikely to get a bettter response tahn "the collector is broke need help"}


[There remain, however, sections of the web populated by (mostly) wannabes who ilke belonging to if_you_need_to_ask_we_don't_wanna_know_you clubs. About these my advice is to simply note and avoid them.]

From what I can tell, colleges pay a good amount of attention to the grades of a student, but also their extracurricular activities. So, participating in clubs and programs from the school may be a good shot at getting a college's attention. I think the leadership programs are usually a point that they keep a close eye on.

I myself don't know much about political work, but my mom was actually a trusted assistant of one of the congresswomen of the US for a number of years, so I can ask her about it and whatever questions you might have. I'm not in close contact with her for the next few days, but once I'm able to talk with her, I'd gladly ask her about these sorts of things and tell you what she says.

I want to be presentable to colleges - maximize my chances of getting into one that is prestigious so people would take my degree seriously.

And I want to learn about the day to day workload and efforts of a politician, how to effectively do that as a job to make changes and make the world a better place.

Yeah

That was the reason of me breaking the mouse wheel recently

Yes

no

look up something like "(your state/county) scholarships for high schoolers(or whatever you are)"

When I was at school my college help counselor just told me to search local ones up on the internet... But i'm abysmally terrible at internet research, especially for local stuff - so we went nowhere with it....

bold.org is one but it is mostly national ones
for local ones, ask teachers or counselors
most scholarships are now virtual so you'll just need to type an essay
your school can usually mail applications for you if needed

Is there a tutorial on how to do that, how to find reputable websites and what to do once you are on them?
I'm so website inept it quite literally took me years to figure out where the download button on github was.

Not only bad at navigation, I also don't know how to mail a scholarship in the first place.
I'm so lost...

there's a lot of reputable websites for scholarships that streamline the process, but i'd suggest finding local ones so you're not fighting a whole nation of students

If you are full, you should take yourself time and consume the pieces later(put them in the fridge)

I only threw up because I was full.

I was full when Dad gave me the bananas & im fine now

Are you okay?

That's not really funny. Are you okay?

Trust me man, you will look back on those summer breaks with longing when you are older. I rushed so hard to graduate and get a job, and now I hardly have any time to do the things I want to do.
I highly recommend savoring family time if you can (I understand family dynamics are different for everyone, so this advice doesn't apply to everyone). This is the last period of your life where you have "unlimited" time with them.

And there is nothing really wrong with crash course videos. You are still learning, so that's a positive. If I understood what you meant by crash course videos.

Feeling the need to always be doing something and feeling like sitting still is wasted time is something that can lead you down a path of high stress, trust me. I have to constantly remind myself to take a moment to just sit and think. I can't be constantly doing something or it will wear me down in the long run. It is good to sit still sometimes and do nothing. It helps prevent burnout.

doing what????
I've done nothing for anyone this summer break, not even myself

Yes, but that’s ok. There is nothing wrong with needing some time to yourself and resting. And now that you’ve rested a bit, you can do things more recharged now.

But every moment im sitting down and doing nothing is a moment i'm not giving back to others

Alright then. Something that always gets me in the mood to work is taking a walk, if that helps.

But hey, you needed that rest. Don’t be ashamed of it.

cause its a skeleton

Them doing that is not your fault. Really let them know that you disagree with this.

Of course captain!