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One Little Word

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Hey Everyone! Ready to hear what my one little word is for the year of 2021 and why I chose it. Maybe you’ll even come up with a word for your 2021.

My whole class and I was assigned a project where we had to pick one specific word that will help us through the year of 2021 and give us something to repeatedly think about. I don’t really see this as a school assignment because it feels like something we all should be doing every year, especially through these tough times. I have thought long and hard about what I want my one little word to be for 2021 and I have found one that I think well give me a good base for a good 2021. Okay, time for the big reveal……my one little word for the year of 2021 is positivity. I have chosen the word positivity because it can mean almost anything I want it to or need it to at a specific moment and one of my overall goals in life is to stay positive. If I am having a bad day I can stay positive or I can just try my best to think positive things about what’s to come. Staying positive is probably something we all need to do more of. Studies have shown that people who are more positive tend to live longer and handle stress and different challenges. Go HERE to learn more cool facts about positive people.

Of course there are many more reasons why I chose the word positivity to be my one little word for the year of 2021 but let’s talk a little but about how this word will inspire me and motivate me to reach some of my goals for 2021, we might even talk about what some of my goals are. My one little word, Positivity will help inspire and motivate me because if I am having a bad day or bad week and I am feeling bad about it I can remember to try and stay positive and it will help me be more productive or even just not be sad. For example, I play on a travel softball team and one of my goals for 2021 is to practice softball more and get better. My word positivity can help me with this goal because one night if I am tired and don’t want to practice softball, I can remember it be positive or think positive thoughts about how I will feel good about my goal if I practice. Another one of my goals is to keep straight A’s in school this year and just like in softball, my word positivity can help encourage and motivate me to study and do my homework so that I am prepared for any tests. One last goal that I have for 2021 is to spend time with my family and to stay safe. One way that positivity will help me with this goal is that I can think about what a positive and happy feeling I get when I spend time with my family and to be able to spend time with my family I have to stay safe and protected from COVID. Hopefully by now you understand all the many ways positivity can help motivate me to reach my goals and just overall help me through 2021. Go HERE to go through the process of making your own goal and think about how positivity can help you achieve this goal.

Like everything else, for something to happen the way you want it to you will most likely need a plan. Therefore, I am going to need a plan to reach my goals for 2021. Like I said before my overall plan is to stay positive but there are many different ways you can do that. One way that  can make my goals into a reality is that I could have a reminder hanging in my room of the word, positivity. I would do this so that when I wake up I see it and it reminds me to stay positive and whenever I see it it will remind me. The more I think of my word, the more it can help encourage me to stay on track with my goals. 

Thank you so much for reading this and I hope you liked it! Feel free to leave a comment answering this comment. What would your one little word be for 2021 and why would you choose it? Also, don’t forget to leave a link to your blog so that I can stop by. -Bella

Communications, Coronavirus, Middle School Musings, Posts With Personality

Holidays and New Years

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Hey Everyone! Happy New Years and Merry Christmas! I know this is a late post but read a little more and you will find out why. Before you start reading just look at how cute my dog is on Christmas morning.

My family celebrates Christmas on December 25 every year. One of our most important holiday traditions is that the day we get on to winter break we don’t have any electronics. We do this so that we can spend more quality time together while everyone is off of work and school. I thought that I would post my Holiday blog post late to represent that. One more tradition that my family does every year on christmas is have as much family over to our house as we can. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we were not able to have as much family over as we usually do. My grandpa lives with us so we have to stay extra safe. If you want to learn some more cool facts about Christmas go HERE.

Now that I have talked a little bit about some of my family’s traditions over Christmas let me talk about some of the facts about christmas. You probably know the song “Jingle Bells”. That song was actually written for Thanksgiving and not Christmas. My dog that I got for christmas in 2016 is actually named Jingle Bell. One more cool fact about christmas is that the first artificial or fake christmas tree was not even an actual tree. It was made of goose feathers that were dyed green to look like a real tree.

Since christmas has passed and we have recently gone into the New Year let’s talk a little bit about what that means to me. As you all know it is now 2021. 2020 was not a normal year, it had many ups and downs and a lot of new changes. This year I am seeing 2021 as a year where I am really going to have to try hard to grow and make positive changes. A lot of families have New Year resolutions, including mine. Each year about 30 minutes before New Years, we all share our resolutions with each other and ask each other to try and help us keep them as long as we can. A resolution is a goal that you take into the new year, this is something you try to uphold for as long as you can. One of our last traditions for New Years is that we go bowling every year and party for new years. We could not do that this year because we want to stay safe but we still managed to have fun at home playing board games and spending time together.

Thank you so much for reading this and I hope you guys had a great New Years and were able to celebrate safely. Feel free to leave a comment telling me what holiday you celebrate and leave a link to your blog so that I can stop by. -Bella

Communications, Middle School Musings, Posts With Personality

20 Questions

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Hey everyone! Ready to hear some questions and maybe even come up with an answer? Before we start take a look at the picture I took in california last christmas. 

I am going to be listing 20 questions that I think about most often and even questions to get to know you guys a little bit better. I hope that throughout this post you find yourself thinking a little harder about things and even about yourself.

  1. Why are so many people afraid of the ocean? This one actually has an answer go HERE to read more about it.
  2. What is one memory or event that you think of the most?
  3. Why are people so quick to make assumptions? 
  4. Think about the craziest thing you’ve ever done (whether it was fun or not). Would you do it again?
  5. What is one positive that came from 2020?
  6. How can you make the best out of a bad situation?
  7. If everyone says that life is unfair, then does that mean that life is in fact fair?
  8. If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?
  9. Why are people afraid of the unknown? 
  10. If you could tell your past self something right now what would it be?
  11. Is there a specific activity or place that puts you at ease or calms you?
  12. Have you ever cried tears of joy?
  13. What would happen if everyone in the world jumped at the same time?
  14. If you won the lottery what would change in your life? There are actually cons to winning the lottery, of course with pros too. Read THIS article to learn more.
  15. What are the most beautiful things in the world to you?
  16. Do you consider eyebrows to be facial hair?
  17. Is there something that inspires you the most?
  18. What makes you, you?
  19. If we always learn and get better from our past mistakes, why are we so afraid to make them?
  20. If a cyclops were to close its eye is it winking or blinking?

Wow! These certainly got me thinking about a lot of things.  I know some of these are silly but in the end a question is a question silly or not. Questions are a great way to get your brain running and explore new boundaries. I hoped this got you guys thinking as much as I did. Thank you so much for reading this and feel free to answer some of the questions in the comments if you would like, along with the link to your blog so I can stop by. -Bella

Communications, Middle School Musings, Posts With Personality

My Avatar

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Hey everyone! Ready to learn about my avatar?

An avatar is an icon or figure that represents you in multiple ways and should look similar to you. It is almost always used on the internet and could represent other people as well. In my case, I created my avatar on an app called Bitmoji. This is an app where you have to download it on your phone and sadly is not a link that you can access from here.

In my opinion, my avatar looks somewhat like me but, anyways, let me tell you why this avatar represents me. When I started creating my avatar, the first thing I decided to do was my hair. In person, my hair is a lot longer than it is on the avatar but this was my only option for curly and long. My hair is a lighter brownish or even blondish. If I had to choose one word to describe my hair, it would be beachy. The next thing that I chose to add to my avatar were my eyes. For the longest time, I had no idea what color my eyes were. So my eye doctor recently confirmed that my eyes are grey, which is really rare. The reason I couldn’t tell what colors my eyes were is because they change with my surroundings or what I’m wearing. For example, if I wear blue then my eyes are blue that day, same with most colors including black, brown, green and shades of purple. It does this because there are actually no color pigments in the iris so they just take on the color of what’s around them. I actually really like my eyes.

Other than the physical part of my avatar, the pictures that I used show my personality too. I chose a picture of my avatar holding books because I love school and reading. I chose the outfit because that is kind of how I dress in real life and my overall style. In the end, I think my avatar represents me pretty well. You can go HERE to take a look at a different type of avatar. Leave a comment saying what would make your avatar unique and leave a link to your blog so I can stop by.  -Bella