All Dressed Up

Though I know the season for prom is almost entirely over, I cannot help but continually covet dresses appropriate for the event. Obsessed with the pastels found everywhere in the spring, these dresses from designer Donna Morgan would successfully create the look.

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Outdoor Style

Inspired by the spring colors popping up everywhere in nature, in clothes, and in home decor, I decided to feature some lovely outdoor spots. Hopefully you can picture yourself in any of these spots, making your Monday a little brighter and reminding you that summer is only a few weeks away! 

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What I Learned This Week: It's Rarely True What They Say

Though many of us choose to take little else from high school other than research skills and study tactics, I decided this week to benefit from the social encounters I've engaged in. Yes, we cannot expect any adolescent (male or female) to adhere to the behaviors assumed of them (though they are few), but we must take slight responsibility for their often indecent actions. With these general references, I refer to the ever-occurring event of teenage rumors. Rarely spreading something both meaningful and true, these serve little purpose in providing students with a reputable source of news. While I have no reason to continue lecturing on their lack of credibility, I would simply like to motivate people to be picky when determining their sources of information.
It's safer to mistakenly write something as false than constantly accepting lies.

Love These!

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Continuing upon my obsession with picnics, I thought to feature these adorable 

to-go pie boxes. They're perfect for the lemon meringue, key lime, or peach pies 

that seem to epitomize these warmer months.

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All items from alamodo

Looking Towards the Future

Reflecting on the lessons of the past, I am reminded that they have all resulted in what I know and the person I have become. However, of course unable to acknowledge each of these teachings, I have to select which ones I choose to learn from. This decision is stems from my desire to become a writer and coffee house owner. Instead of completely ignoring anything indirectly related to these careers though, I acknowledge what can be applied to my future career choices. Aspiring to become a writer allows me to take from all experiences, understanding that the profession forces one to see the benefits in every aspect of life. I enjoy writing because it allows me to take from everything. Though I may not learn from these lessons, observing and analyzing them lets me benefit nonetheless. Similarly, running a coffee shop would introduce me to a multitude of people with varying backgrounds, aware of different elements of our existence, and who would be able to teach me these over cups of espresso and thin sticks of biscotti.

In fulfilling these future desires, I hope to become a person more aware of her surroundings, understanding all that occurs, including why. The combination of a writer and coffee house owner would allow me to explore all disciplines of life, extending my learning process to subjects both expected and obscure.

Graduation

Just some thoughts on an upcoming event:

For most of life's good things, we wait anxiously for them to happen. While for me, many of these milestones are seemingly petty (prom, college, etc.), the larger ones stand significant among them. Graduation, the collective moments that summarize our secondary school existence is quickly approaching. With these last few months dwindling into a matter of weeks, I know that my time in this stage of life is fleeting. Reminded that my high school years are almost complete, occurrences of the past suddenly seem both unimportant and trivial. Thinking this though, I am plagued by contradicting thoughts. Isn't it all of these events that have combined to result in the person I have become? As petty and negligible as these moments seem at the time, reflecting upon them causes these points to grow in significance, multiplying their meaning and enlarging their effect. While it is inevitable that most will be forgotten, there are those that will remain in my conscious forever, reminding me of how I have grown since my first day of freshman year. I understand that I am no longer the immature, unaware adolescent I began high school as. Resulting from not only the subjects I have been taught in the classroom setting but also the social experiences I encountered, I have developed into the person I often longed to be, one who understands the workings of the world, but who also acknowledges that there remains more to be learned.

We All Need Something to be Passionate About

Without interests, without stimulation, life proves to be a bore. If we went through our days lacking something meaningful and with purpose, there would be nothing to keep our attention from drifting to petty subjects, contemplating trivial subjects. Because of these potential threats to my psyche, I choose instead to attack life fully, taking on activities that I know will provide a sense of fulfillment. Coffee.  Though it sounds like I am only admitting to an addiction common of both adolescents and adults, my infatuation extends past this. Coffee is not only a stimulant working to energize me, allowing me to complete my obligations throughout the day. No. Coffee represents the benefits of paying attention to detail, considering the economic and social results of our purchases. Learning and understanding the importance of free trade forces me to consider each individual who takes part in the creation of every cup. I love acknowledging the multitude of things inherent within the process of cultivation and production. I love that all of the steps result in my single sips, later creating inevitable happiness and content.