hi beautiful person —
i hope you’re doing so super well, and if you’re not, i hope that everything gets better soon.
this week we’re doing something a little different as the following is a blog my partner and i wrote for our independent reading project for AP Lang :)
sometimes it may be hard to be happy with where you are in life. it may seem like you have reached a point where growth seems unattainable.
however, it is normal to continue finding yourself throughout your life. as in, life is not about finding yourself, but about creating yourself.
why is failure seen as a bad thing in society? why is it that failure is disliked? why can't we become friends with failure? you see, when we learn to love failure and normalize it happening in our daily lives, we learn that every failure is actually a lesson in disguise. we take what we aren't good at, and we fix it. hence, if we are failing, we are growing, we are changing, we are evolving.
so, become friends with failure... and the next time you fail, look back on it and see how you can learn from it, and continue becoming who you want to and are mean to be.
there must be at least one person in your life that you look up to or find inspiration from. the one person that makes you want to do huge things for other people such as starting your own mental health company. or, there is that one person that makes you want to become a fitness freak because of how healthy they are, and how they always make sure to put themselves first. chances are, there is at least one person that came to mind, right? who is this person?
ask yourself the question: "how can this person help me?" now, they're not going to be directly helping you in becoming who you are. however, the best thing about having trusted loved ones to whom you can look up to is that you can find aspects of them that you want to adopt. for example, their "exercise for at least 30 minutes a day" lifestyle can motivate you to do the same, pushing you to be healthier as well. think about the little things that other people in your life do that you want to incorporate into your own, as well. it's these little things that can change your life, and it is important that we remember this.
overall, it can be hard to become the person that you have always wanted to be or the person that everyone has always expected you to be.
remember what Michelle Obama wrote in her memoir, Becoming: "For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end" (Obama 419).
regardless of where you are right now, we are so proud of you <3
love,
apuroopa and leah