Day 14 - Writing

When we were first assigned the project of writing 14 blogs in 14 days, I was a little nervous about it because I know that words don’t come to me as easily as they do to others. I’m not the best when it comes to writing things in general, so I knew this was going to be somewhat of a challenge for me. To be honest, in the beginning I didn’t think I was going to like this project at all, but in the end I actually loved doing it. Although there were some days where I didn’t feel like writing, I could just chose not to do it since we had some extra time for skipped days. I really enjoyed this project because I wasn’t writing about things that I barely had any interest in, instead, I was writing about things that had significance to me. Since all the posts somehow reflected me, I was able to freely express myself about anything relating to my theme.

Being allowed to choose what I write about made me realize that I actually do enjoy writing a lot. Although on other assignments there was a lot of freedom on what you could write, they were a type of project good for people with broad imaginations and lots of creativity. It’s not that I don’t have an imagination or anything; it’s just that I don’t have a wide-ranging mind such as Sel’s, or Alessandra’s ability to just have things come to her out of nowhere. In the future I want to improve on my writing on both the personal and fictional aspects of writing. I hope that writing can someday be something that I look forward to doing instead of thinking it as a chore.

Day 13 - The Great Escape

This morning I woke up to a wonderful surprise; snow. As a child, I would have jumped right out of bed and gone outside to play in the snow, but today I didn’t, instead I chose to stare out my window, mesmerized by the beauty of the snow. Although I love watching snow fall delicately to the ground and how it glimmers in the sunlight, I miss the warmth that summer brings.

Summer has always been one of my favorite seasons. For one, school is out so I’m able to sleep in as late as I want to usually. The feeling of waking up because you want to, not because you have to is great, especially if the first things you hear are seagulls peacefully squawking at each other and the sounds of waves crashing against rocks. I’m fortunate enough to have a house down the shore were I can stay for the whole summer. I love being able to leisurely go to the beach and lay out in the sun whenever I want to. I’m happily waiting for the time when I start to complain about how 75° degrees is way too cold, instead of thinking how warm it is like I do now.

Summer is a time where I can fully relax without the stress of homework or projects. There are so many things that you can do to relax, there’s the obvious of going to the beach, but I personally like sailing in my sunfish. I love the exhilarating feeling when you get to the perfect angle, allowing you the perfect run (when the wind is directly behind you, allowing the sail to fully go out). Although there are some times when I get completely frustrated with myself for not being able to tack and get out of the harbor quickly, I get over it when I feel the wind in my face and the occasional wave splashing in my face.

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Day 12 - Growing Up

There aren’t many things in life that are inevitable, but unfortunately, growing old is one of them. When I was younger, I always dreamed of getting older because it seemed like the ‘cool’ thing to be. Older people were able to experience things that I couldn’t as a child, which frustrated me. I wished I could grow older so that I could be treated like an adult, instead of a kid. I eventually realized that being an adult isn’t all what I expected it to be, and that it had its flaws like being a kid did.

I still think everything that I did before, but I also know now that being older comes with more responsibilities that kids don’t have to deal with. Adults have to deal with the fact that they need to support themselves by working all the time. When I was little, I never thought of what they did, but more that they didn’t have to go to school like me. Now, I wish I could stay like this forever, where school is my only worry. I don’t want to have the worries of finding a job when I get older, or having to live on my own and support myself.

Also, as a kid there’s room for making mistakes, but as you grow older, there’s less room for mistakes without having possible consequences. Although I’ll probably like being older, I don’t think I’ll like all the responsibilities that come with it. Like people say, growing old is inevitable, but growing up is optional. I like this statement because even though you have to get older, it doesn’t mean that you have to act that way, because in your heart, you can be young forever.

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Day 11 - La Ville-Lumière

When I was younger, I used to travel around to different places such as Italy, tropical islands, Canada, and places around the US. I always liked traveling around visiting the different places because I was able to experience things that I couldn’t in Pennsylvania. Whenever I’ve gone on a vacation, my parents have always decided were we are going to go. I’m actually kind of glad because one, I’ve always liked were they chose to go, and two, I probably wouldn’t be able to decide if I had the choice. As I’ve gotten older, I started to make a bucket list of places that I want to visit one day.

As I mentioned before in one of my earlier posts, I really want to travel to England. As well as England, I would love to visit Paris, La Ville-Lumière aka The City of Lights. I don’t really know why I want to go to Paris, it might be the thought that since I want to go to England, I might as well go to Paris too or because it would just be a fantastic place to go.

If I ever get the chance to go to Paris, the first thing that I would want to do is visit the Eiffel Tower. I would want to go when it was dark so I could see it illuminate the night sky. Also, I want to visit the Louvre Museum in Paris so I can see all the beautiful paintings and sculptures inside. My mom went there once and said she loved it and thought it was so fascinating. When I was a child, I always wanted to see the famous Mona Lisa painting. I once heard that her eyes follow you wherever you go, and as a kid I was very intrigued by this statement and to this day, I still want to find out if it is true. Another thing I want to see is the Arc de Triomphe. Whenever I see pictures of the Arc de Triomphe, I’m always in awe and can’t help but marvel at the beauty of it. I would love to see the intrigue architecture up close and in person if I ever had the chance. As well as wanting to visit the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, and the Arch de Triomphe, there are many other places that I would love to see and experience in Paris.

When I was in elementary school, I used to learn French, but because NFS doesn’t have French as an option, I chose to take Spanish. Although I was very eager to learn French, I had a really bad teacher. It’s unfortunate to say that out of 7 years of learning French, the only things that I can remember how to say are the months and days, how to count up to one hundred, and of course, je m’appelle Mia (my name is Mia). If I were to go to France, I would try and submerge myself in the language so I could hopefully learn new words or phrases to say. Also, the way they speak seems so much more majestic than plain old American accents. It may just be because I’m so used to hearing our accents everyday that I forget how cool it is, but I think that Americans were jipped out of a cool accent.

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