Getting Involved
Have you ever sat in your room, bored, felt like that was making you go insane from boredom. Well, that's how I tend to feel. I hate the feeling that my day has been wasted. Nothing aggravates me more than knowing that I have just spent hours on my phone scrolling through absolutely nothing. There is pointless information that can be pondered upon for hours. I feel as once in a while that I do enjoy having my relaxations, but the feeling of procrastination and feeling like I haven't done anything drives me insane. That's why at a young age I knew I wanted to be involved in my school and keep busy by joining clubs and doing activities that I love.
As far back as I can remember I have always involved myself in clubs, I have always loved being part of best buddies, that was my first club I joined in middle school because of my brother with autism, from there on I knew I wanted to join more clubs. I then joined the student council. I found myself interested in art club, and in middle school, I also joined chorus, and I also cheered and did dance.
When I started high school there were many clubs that I dropped, I just lost interest in them. I stopped dancing, that was not because I lost interest it was because I was overwhelmed by all the new activities I was doing. I wish I had more time in each day so I could be involved and do more for myself and for others. I dropped chorus because I realized I wasn't all that good at singing and should just stick to listening to the radio, and unfortunately, our high school does not offer a good best buddies program for students with disabilities, they do not give students opportunities to interact with kids with disabilities, it was very disappointing as the prior president of best buddies.
I do continue to cheer in high school, I found out that I was really interested in debate and I like public speaking. I also learned that I love learning about our law, which is why I joined mock trial. I like being involved in the community and impacting others which is why I am the president of interact club which is the largest volunteer program that our high school has than lots of students are free to join. I also to Model UN where we discuss world issues and how we can work on improving the world. Referring back to helping kids with disabilities I am also involved with Special Olympics, the middle school certainly did do more, but I knew I still wanted to be involved with helping others out, any opportunity I got. I also found myself interested in FLBA , which involves public speaking and many
First off, I want to commend you for being such a hardworker and so passionate about each activity you mentioned. I know what it's like to being so dedicated to things that you love, for me that is chorus and anything music-related. I also struggle with the feeling that I have not been productive in a day, but it's extremely important to cut yourself some slack once and while. There is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying your life and your time as YOURS. You are very obviously dedicated to your schoolwork (which is important), but what is slightly more important is forming long-term memories with the people you love and care about. We won't always have the freedom or opportunities that we have, so we might as well take them. If you want to just lay down and spend your time on your phone and napping, you absolutely should. Life will get a lot more stressful and difficult, so we might as well catch up on sleep and life experiences now.
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