Moments of Nostalgia

Right now is one of those times. One of those bittersweet moments when you're sitting in a place you know you'll never return to. Even if you you did come back, it wouldn't be the same. I'm at a friends graduation, at a small Christian private school that I never actually attended myself. My little sister went to school here for a year, and many of my friends either graduated from this school or attended at some point. So although I've never called it mine, it still holds a special place in my heart. I know I'll probably never return, and if I ever do, I won't find the familiar faces I expect. I've had moments like this quite a bit lately, and I'm sad. Maybe I'm not as ready to move on as I thought.

My goals for the year (so far):
- Read more books.
- Keep track of the books I read.
- Make new friends.
- Make a scrapbook.
- Learn a seemingly useless but entertaining skill (boomerang, perhaps?)
- Write and produce a song.
- Learn to say "please", "thank you", and "you're welcome" in 7 new languages.

Pokemon caught: 54
Last caught: Machoke

My Goals For The Year

I hope you've noticed that I keep a list of my goals for the year at the bottom of every post. They change slightly every so often. Lately I've been doing some thinking and I've decided to throw out my goal of posting a certain number of videos on YouTube.

Making YouTube videos is something I do for fun. I do it because I want to. I do it for me. I use it as a way to introduce myself to the world. My videos reflect who I am. I only want subscribers if they like me. I will not change myself to make my subscribers happy.  Forcing myself to make videos on a strict schedule isn't me. It takes the fun out of making videos. I don't want to make something just because I have to. Being forced to film will only decrease my video quality, and I'm not okay with that. It's not a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

So if I post 100, or even 50, videos by the end of the year, that's great, but I'm not going to force myself to do it.

And folks, the same goes for blogging. I blog when I want to. Don't expect a schedule.

My goals for the year (so far):

- Read more books.
- Keep track of the books I read.
- Make new friends.
- Make a scrapbook.
- Learn a seemingly useless but entertaining skill (boomerang, perhaps?)
- Write and produce a song.
- Learn to say "please", "thank you", and "you're welcome" in 7 new languages.

Pokemon caught: 54
Last caught: Machoke
Monferno evolved to Infernape

Geodude evolved to Graveler to Golem

Gastly evolved to Haunter to Gengar

Zubat evolved to Golbat

Books I've Read So Far This Year: April

Insomniatic Dreams - S.J.D. Howson
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Switched - Amanda Hocking
Torn - Amanda Hocking
Ascend - Amanda Hocking
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
Necromancer: A Novella - Lish McBride
Candide - Voltaire

My goals for the year (so far):
- Read more books.
- Keep track of the books I read.
- Make new friends.
- Make a scrapbook.
- Learn a seemingly useless but entertaining skill (boomerang, perhaps?)
- Write and produce a song.
- Learn to say "please", "thank you", and "you're welcome" in 7 new languages.


Pokemon caught: 54
Last caught: Machoke
Monferno evolved to Infernape
Geodude evolved to Graveler to Golem
Gastly evolved to Haunter to Gengar
Zubat evolved to Golbat