1. Happiness is when you smile for no reason. All of a sudden you feel lighter, and you just can't help but like everything around you. You feel more peaceful with the world and with yourself.
2. Hanging out with my friends (boyfriend included) makes me happy because they're fun and we like to do a lot of the same things. Also they're not catty or mean. I love going out to eat at restaraunts like Big Bowl and Tiger Sushi at MOA. I also love staying in and watching movies or DVDs of my favorite television shows like The Office and Arrested Development.
3. I feel that my family has a lot of influence on my happiness, especially my mom because we tend to fight with eachother. Also, my brothers can help elevate my mood because, now that we're older, we get along better. It's only certain friends that have an impact on me. Some of them can be mean and so I get frustrated with them.
4. I think I definitely affect my parents and my siblings. I think that if we're all getting along we're all happy and vice versa. Also I think I have an impact on my friends and boyfriend because, again, if I'm in a good mood, the're in a good mood as well, but if i'm in a bad mood, which to be honest isn't always pretty, they might not be in such a good mood.
5. My greatest need in life is... to find my passion. I have no idea what I want to do when I'm older and with college coming up I feel stressed out. I just wish I could find what I was passionate about so I could go to college with a plan. If I could figure that out, I think I'd be a lot happier.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
First Quarter Reflection
1. So far I have enjoyed writing poetry because you have a lot of freedom with it. They can be short or long, and they can have different rhyme schemes, which I like. I have also enjoyed the writing prompts because they make me think and write about topics I wouldn't normally think or write about. In a way they challenge/push me in an intellectual way.
2. I think the two strongest pieces I've written so far have been my two poems, The Puppet Show and My Bestest Friend. I think these have been my strongest because I encorporated a lot of detail into them and they also had a plot or background story to them, which I think made them more complex than my other poems. I do feel that I have had a lot of inspiration for my poems and I feel that it is easier to be inspired to write poetry than a short story.
3. This quarter I have learned that I am a self-motivated writer, especially when I'm inspired. However, I do need to push myself when I'm not inspired or don't like the topic of which I am writing about. That's when it's the most challenging for me. I do like some structure because if there isn't any structure, the possiblilities are too vast and I'm too indecisive of a person to be able to pick one thing to write about.
4. I think non-fiction would be fun because I enjoy reading non-fiction and I think we've done a lot of fictional writing so far so I think it would be fun and refreshing to try something new. I also think writing a plat would be interesting because I definitely think it would be challenging.
2. I think the two strongest pieces I've written so far have been my two poems, The Puppet Show and My Bestest Friend. I think these have been my strongest because I encorporated a lot of detail into them and they also had a plot or background story to them, which I think made them more complex than my other poems. I do feel that I have had a lot of inspiration for my poems and I feel that it is easier to be inspired to write poetry than a short story.
3. This quarter I have learned that I am a self-motivated writer, especially when I'm inspired. However, I do need to push myself when I'm not inspired or don't like the topic of which I am writing about. That's when it's the most challenging for me. I do like some structure because if there isn't any structure, the possiblilities are too vast and I'm too indecisive of a person to be able to pick one thing to write about.
4. I think non-fiction would be fun because I enjoy reading non-fiction and I think we've done a lot of fictional writing so far so I think it would be fun and refreshing to try something new. I also think writing a plat would be interesting because I definitely think it would be challenging.
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