I must admit that I have been slacking off on my independent reading lately.. it's been hard to find time to do the homework that's due tomorrow, so trying to find time in my day to read has been nearly impossible! I am still reading Where She Went by Gayle Forman, and I'm excited to really get into it. Hopefully I'll get further into the book this week in the Harvard Room.
I've heard that this book is better than the first one, which is good news for me because I thought the first one was just ok. It was a good book, and it interested me until the end, where it lost me because I didn't like the ending very much. It left off at such an awkward point that I genuinely thought there was more to the book. That's not a good sign. I felt like there should at least be some sort of cliff-hanger, which would have made me want to pick up the next book and start reading it as soon as possible, but there wasn't. It just ended. Yet another reason why I haven't been motivated to read. I'm interested to see what Adam is going to be like, because I know that he's almost famous now, so will he remember Mia? Does he still love her? I guess I'll figure out when I read in the Harvard Room later this week...
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Blog Post #6
Recently, I have been interested in the value of friendship. I am very lucky to have an awesome group of friends, and I hope that everyone is lucky enough to have friends like mine who will always have your back. I found an article recently about why good friends make you happy, and I thought it was interesting enough to share.
My favorite quote from the article was when it said, "Solid friendships provide needed validation that a person is valuable and of interest to other people." (Moeller 4). This was my favorite quote because I could relate to it so well. When you have good friends by your side, you do feel wanted and loved. You feel like they'll be there for you on your darkest days, as well as your best days. Whenever you're sad, they somehow know, and try their best to cheer you up because they don't want you to feel sad.
I guess it would make sense that my topic for the creative nonfiction unit is that the people you surround yourself with help shape who you are as a person. I picked this because it is very relevant to my life right now, I have found that I pick up on qualities that I see in my closest friends. For example, when I hang out with the friends that are very confident and outgoing, I find myself being more confident and loving myself more. I think it's a very cool thing that your friends can actually make you a better person just by being themselves.
Another cool quote from the article is when it said, "'People should learn to value relationships,' Antonucci concludes. 'They will make them happier. And with longer life expectancies, they really have to think about the kind of life they want to lead ... I think we underestimate how important it is in our lives to have relationships.'" (Moeller 9). I liked this quote because before this year, all of my friends had been relatively around my age but due to softball, I have met a lot of new friends that I would not have known otherwise, especially the seniors. It's good to have friends that are older than you because they can give you advice on things that they have been through and I haven't. It's also nice to have friends younger than you so they can help you get your mind off things and you can give them advice.
Here is the link to get to the article: http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2012/03/15/why-good-friends-make-you-happy?page=2
My favorite quote from the article was when it said, "Solid friendships provide needed validation that a person is valuable and of interest to other people." (Moeller 4). This was my favorite quote because I could relate to it so well. When you have good friends by your side, you do feel wanted and loved. You feel like they'll be there for you on your darkest days, as well as your best days. Whenever you're sad, they somehow know, and try their best to cheer you up because they don't want you to feel sad.
I guess it would make sense that my topic for the creative nonfiction unit is that the people you surround yourself with help shape who you are as a person. I picked this because it is very relevant to my life right now, I have found that I pick up on qualities that I see in my closest friends. For example, when I hang out with the friends that are very confident and outgoing, I find myself being more confident and loving myself more. I think it's a very cool thing that your friends can actually make you a better person just by being themselves.
Another cool quote from the article is when it said, "'People should learn to value relationships,' Antonucci concludes. 'They will make them happier. And with longer life expectancies, they really have to think about the kind of life they want to lead ... I think we underestimate how important it is in our lives to have relationships.'" (Moeller 9). I liked this quote because before this year, all of my friends had been relatively around my age but due to softball, I have met a lot of new friends that I would not have known otherwise, especially the seniors. It's good to have friends that are older than you because they can give you advice on things that they have been through and I haven't. It's also nice to have friends younger than you so they can help you get your mind off things and you can give them advice.
Here is the link to get to the article: http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2012/03/15/why-good-friends-make-you-happy?page=2
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