#generic advice

[snipdoodle]

uhhhhhhh art good how?

i think like just keep drawing. and sometimes try improving but more than anything you get better at something by just doing it over and over. i think my art improved slowly, but i'd been drawing daily since I was like, 11/12. So if you want to draw (or any hobby really), don't give up, I say!

[xerserise]

Boop.

Reminder to review what you have on hand and make decisions about what to acquire, use up, get rid of, repair, replace, restock, etc.

Reminder to identify and address difficulties you face in your daily life, in order to make them less difficult, more skippable, the responsibility of someone who does not find them difficult, etc.

Reminder to think about your needs, and to think about what is within your capabilities that could make progress toward getting your needs met. And to think about how to make it easier to take those steps.

[craftherpes]

What's the most generic advice you know? Like actually useful advice, but applicable to lots of situations. I'll start:

If you can't have a discussion about it with them, don't do it with them.

(This is something I told a teenager I didn't know when she was asking me for advice about boys. I was babysitting her much younger siblings, didn't know the family at all, and had to think fast. I think I did ok.)

[just-chats]

I just took a big Geometry test and spent 7 hours on it. (This week was finals week in my online school.) I was shaking, I cried about two times, and every second I was taking it, I had to assure myself that I would be okay. I don't think I did very well, and my average grade may drop from an A to a B. I'm not really worried too too much about the last bit, but even though I finished all my school for today, I still feel a bit shaken up? Could you help me feel a bit better? (100% truthful btw.)

Oh my, are you okay? I think you need to take some time to relax and calm yourself down, it’s really generic advice but listening to music, watching my favorite movies/shows/youtube videos, drawing, and dancing calm me down when stressed.

I’ll try my best to cheer you up though, even if it probably won’t help….

This is going to be a long post btw.

I’m gonna talk about my exam week because it was pretty chill for once.

While monday was a regular day, Tuesday was when exams actually started and it was only 0 hour and 6th period, earth and space, (there’s 7 periods by the way) so the rest of the classes were shorten by a few minutes, and after I turned my paper in I had my mom sign me out, but no the teacher lady just HAD to be extra and have me send it over email even when she told us to never send her emails ever. After complaining for 20 minutes I had it sent and was enjoying my time at home.

Oh and by the way, after we take our 2 hour exam in that class we don’t have to go back.

Wednesday was 5th and 7th period, I have art 5th period and I was just telling some of my life stories to a new friend I made last week and, after sharing a hella embarrassing story involving me and another guy in the same class (if you wanna know about that one just let me know, it’ll prolly make you feel better knowing of my suffering) we exchanged some playful bants while teasing each other before it was time to go.

I didn’t have a 7th period, with it being my off period, so I went home after that too.

Yesterday was 1st and 3rd period exams with only 2nd and 4th remaining so while exams were 2 hours long the “regular” classes were an hour and five minutes and I had to stay the whole day because of how the schedule was.

2nd period started the day and I talked about prom dresses, some funny memes, and what movies I should watch over Christmas break with a couple of friends before going to 3rd.

3rd period I also had art (if you couldn’t tell tell, I’m an art kid) and I was with a close friend of mine. There was a sorta “party” thing going on and it was pretty chill, I still did my art work but I gotta admit it got pretty boring sitting in the same room I spent two hours in the day before.

4th period I have dual credit government and lemme tell you, I’m a very smart kid but that shit is difficult. It’s online and while it’s not new to me this class was a struggle because: you gotta take your own notes, the teacher is a biased republican, and her grading system is all messed up. Yesterday I took the chance, while having 65 minutes in there, to take my final quiz. I ended up getting a 76 on the quiz and in the class but I don’t even care anymore, it’s over and next semester is economics.

The last class of the day was 1st, which is college algebra, the good thing about this class is that even though it’s online there’s a teacher to teach you. We took our final exam for the class and I think I got and 80-something on that but my grade still remained an A so I’m happy about that. Hoping that next semester I can do college statistics instead of pre cal.

Today is supposed to be a late start and early release because its only 2nd and 4th period. My second period is AP English IV and 4th, as I said earlier, is dual credit government. My English teacher said we didn’t have a final this semester and I finished my government class yesterday so guess what? My tired ass stayed home.

I still woke up at my usual time because of that internal clock thing but as I’m typing this its 8:40AM and I am planning to have a quiet, relaxing day to congratulate myself on a good semester filled with As and B+s, with that one stray C.

So yeah, that was my finals week as a whole and I’m not even sure if I made you feel better, or just told you about my experiences this past week. If you’re still feeling upset just ask to hear that awkward experience I was talking about earlier, that’s sure to bring a laugh outta you.

[magicdeesol]

Try not to take anything personally. No one thinks about you as much as you do

[whatamagicalplace]

[realistic-optimistic]

Be glad life doesn't come with an instruction manual. It's way more fun to wing it than follow directions.