Month: January 2019

High School

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When I was in middle school I was so excited to head into high school finally, because it meant I would be closer to graduating and go into the real world. Everyone in my family always told me to enjoy every memory I make in high school.

But my first two years of high school were a nightmare for me, I got made fun of a lot, I just didn’t fit in with the team I was in, and so I decided to leave it by the time it was my third year in high school. No, I wasn’t running away from my problems, I was just getting rid of them, and honestly leaving that team of mine and joining a whole new school activity was the best choice I ever made during my time in high school.

Unfortunately for me I never enjoyed high school from day one exactly, but I eventually did start to enjoy it. I was still growing up, and although there was a lot of issues my first two years at that school I knew I would eventually enjoy some part of school. It’s going on 3 years since I graduated, and what my family told me back then still stays in my mind because I do catch myself having that nostalgic feeling when I have some time to relax.

There are parts in my memory where I think of what I could’ve done in the moment to make the situation better for me. But that’s life, now I’ve learned from those incidents, and now being a young adult I’m taking those lessons with me. If you can get through your teenage years, remember all the lessons you learned during those years, and bringing them with you into your 20’s it is a huge guidance tool that I believe everyone should use.

Because honestly as much as we wish to be grown up already, being an adult can be scary. Enjoy being a kid or teen while it lasts for you, and make as many memories as possible.

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Mental Health

| Marisa Rae

I couldn’t post yesterday, not because I forgot to, I was just dealing with a bad anxiety attack. Which made me think of talking about this topic for today.

Taking care of your mental health is probably the most important thing a person could ever to in their life time. I would’ve never expected it to be such an important essential, but after facing some events last year it opened my eyes to not only how I was expressing my emotions on the outside but to also how I wasn’t expressing what I had on the inside.

A person can only tell you so much, and be there for you but only you yourself can take the step to taking care of yourself. I admit I was freaked out when I realized I needed to work on my own mental health, because only being 20 years old you wouldn’t expect that’s something you need to do in order to feel like yourself again. At any age this could happen.

Unfortunately I don’t really like to express my feelings to anyone, it’s even hard sometimes to tell my family, and evening trying to type an e-mail to my family who don’t live here is also a struggle sometimes but when I finally started opening up more I started to feel less and less pressure on me. What was changing me was keeping everything in, like a jar for example, and slowly as I would open the lid the pressure inside would release. That release were my steps closer to my own healing.

Just because you may face challenges, that doesn’t mean anything at all, and it doesn’t change who you are. There will only ever be one you, and you need to take care of you. As always, don’t be ashamed of telling your story because it will inspire others to tell there own, and guide them through the bumpy roads they may come across.

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Body Positivity

| Marisa Rae

Welcome back to my blog, 

Today’s blog we will have a feature from the author of P O W E R F U L by Lilia. I am very excited for this blog for it is the first one I’ve done with another blogger on this site. Please make sure to check out her blog as well, and give her a follow, her writing will literally brighten your day.

The topic today is about loving your body for who you are, and not what you’re not. Society today has different age groups become stress over things they shouldn’t be worrying about at their age. Especially when it is young teens trying to diet, or they automatically feel as if they look hideous if they have one small pimple appear on their face. Because of this, body shaming has become a huge topic all around the world, along side with bullying, and it can be from online bullying to bullying someone in person.

I wanted Lilia to be featured in this blog specifically because we both have similar writing styles, and her messages get straight to the point just as I try to do as well. The next part of the blog will be from Lilia herself;

“Body image is how a person views his/her body and how he/she feels about it. Our body loves us and works hard everyday to keep us alive, so why can’t we love it back? It’s okay to not have the perfect body. What is it about perfection that makes us want it so bad that we can’t be happy without it? Can anyone even define perfection? Imperfections are beautiful and we should embrace them. Beauty starts the moment you start to love yourself and embrace who you are. Comparing ourselves to unrealistic “model” body goals is just sad, absurd and unhealthy. Don’t compare yourselves to an Instagram model’s feed, and don’t forget that nothing is like how it is displayed on social media. Love your body, love your mind and love Yourself. And never forget that everything becomes beautiful once we stop looking for flaws. -Lilia xxx”

Personally myself I always had issues with acne since I was a young kid, and just until a few months ago is when I started to get more comfortable with my skin, along with my body. Nothing will be perfect, and just as Lilia said our views shift so dramatically once we stop looking for flaws. Every single individual is beautiful in their own way, and that’s something unique about us all.

Thank you to one of my best friends Lauren for sending this topic suggestion, follow her Instagram @lauren_171 and please feel free to e-mail me more topic ideas if you have any.

-Marisa Rae & Lilia xxx

What do y’all think?

| Marisa Rae

Hello, and welcome back to Self Love blogs. If this is your first time clicking on my blog, I’d like to thank you for taking time out of your day to read my blog, I hope you enjoy, and learn something from the content I post as well.

I’ve taken a huge break from socializing for the past month, and had to do a lot of soul searching. Now that I believe I’ve found myself once again, I’d like to let y’all know I plan to post a blog every Tuesday and Thursday. Please feel free to contact me if there is anything specific you would like me to talk or discuss on my blog, and I will (with your consent) tag you in the blog.

Also if you haven’t already please follow my blog it will mean so much to me, I really want my blog to get out there so I can help as many people as my blog will let me.

Thank you everyone for the support, and I look forward to hearing from y’all.

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