Life and Love.

I've been trying to think how I wanted to tackle the subject of everything going on in the world that upsets me right now, and I think I've finally been able to process and verbalize these things. The first thing that makes me very infuriated and sad would be rape culture. Why is it so hard for someone to understand that no means no. if someone does not say yes, I am consenting to this then don't proceed. Don't force people to do sexual things. Don't touch someone if they don't want you to. Just respect people, respect their space, their wishes and desires. As being a young woman who will be applying for colleges soon the main thing I've been looking into is campus safety and how the school handles sexual assault cases. The sexual harassment cases I've read about online and watched interviews about all have something in common and that is, when they reported being sexually assaulted the school didn't take these complaints seriously. And that make...

This past year I've grown more as an individual, but especially this summer. And I set a goal; to fall in love with myself and this planet. I've always sold myself short, especially during school. I procrastinate anything and everything, I put off doing my homework and I let my grades fall. I've never really sweat any of this until recently, when the big senior year is approaching. I've been thinking about my decision to serve in the airforce, and college. After checking out colleges I'm disappointed in myself for not taking my grades serious, and for not putting aside my wants in order to focus on my needs. I've set my mind to appreciate myself more, acknowledging that I am an intelligent being. I made some decisions this summer that I thought were best for me, and I learned God has different plans then my own. With these decisions I was in a funk, where I wasn't appreciating the little things like I should. I was not valuing myself. Within the past month I...