Dealing With School

Schools right around the corner again, and it’s the time where we all get stressed out of homework and different assignments that we’ll probably not even care about in the future. We all have different ways of dealing with school and the time we have to spend. Personally speaking, I am terrible when it comes to time management. However, there are some tips and reminders to myself whenever I feel too overwhelmed about a certain thing.

Get enough sleep and rest

• I say this because it’s true. Even though this is kind of hard to do, given that we usually sleep around midnight and get only a couple hours of sleep before the day begins, try your best to take a nap right after you get home from school. This helps your brain to relax and do the repairing it needs to do ( I assume that’s what it needs to do but I wouldn’t really know because I barely pay attention in biology!!) When you wake up, you’d feel more refreshed and can focus better on whatever you do.

Don’t think too much about the tasks you’re given

• From up close, you’d think that there are a lot of things you’d need to do and that it’ll overwhelm you, but not really. Admittedly, I do not know what situation you’re in. But give yourself a break. When you think about it ( I know, I know, totally contradicting myself here but just bear with me) you probably won’t even remember any of these things five years from now. It helps when you make a mental note about what you need to do and when they’re due and then saying them out loud. In doing this, it helps bring into perspective all these tasks and you’ll realize that it actually isn’t as hard as it seems. Take breaks every now and then, don’t burden yourself or worry too much about it!

Challenge yourself

• If you haven’t been joining any groups or extracurricular activities, you should. Start by joining groups that interest you the most. It’s nice to get out there and experience new things. If someone would’ve told me this sooner, I would’ve done it. I had to learn this the hard way. I’m going into junior year and I’ll be swamped with work (but I’ll still try my best to be active in school) , the thing I wish I did most during my freshman and sophomore years was that I wished I joined more groups. Joining clubs helped me develop a sense of confidence and talking to more people. I’m an introvert so it was hard at first, but I was able to conquer some fears. I still wouldn’t approach people or make small talks, but if I were introduced to people, I’d be comfortable enough to talk and get to know them.

Meet new people

• In most contemporary high school based books, the main character starts out with their typical friends.. Then they go on to meet new people who they usually wouldn’t hang around with, and then they find that they like them better than their old friends. Honestly, this happens to most of us. When it does happen, it’s simply an outcome of you growing as a person. There’s nothing wrong with making new friends, infact it’s pretty great when that happens. It’s good to surround yourself with people who will encourage you to become a better version of yourself. Invest your time into people who will help you widen your understanding and those who bring out the best in you, especially those who recognize the qualities that you have and bring them out in you. You only have 4 years in high school, do the most out of it. Don’t spend your time in one perspective of the world, widen your knowledge. You might surprise yourself and discover things you actually like to do.

As cliché as it sounds, be yourself

• There's nothing more I can offer. It's all up to you. You can surround yourself with as many positive people you want, but if you don't change your mindset, you're still at a lost. It starts from the inside and once you figure out who you are, you can do whatever you want because you know yourself and you know what you want and who you want to become. Your friends are only there for you as a reminder. Trust that the choices you make are the right ones. So just be the best version of who you are; be honest and true to yourself. If you find yourself having to put on an act when you're with the people around you, are they really worth your time? Would they help you grow or would they prevent you from maturing? Do you like the 'you' that you become when you're around them?

First Ever Review!

To All The Boys I've Loved Before

About the book: To All The Boys I've Loved Before 
Stars: 4/5

Quick Recap:

Lara Jean didn't have much going on when it came to love life, well, except maybe in her imaginations. When she find a boy she loves, she writes them secret love letters where she pours out her deepest thought and feelings but later keeps them in a hatbox  her mother once gave her.  Her letters are meant to be for her eyes only, but when all her crushes received her love letter, one for each boy she loved, her love live goes from imagination to out of control. 

Review: 

Let me tell about how I went from "contemporary books don't give you feelings," into " Oh my gosh! PETER KAVINSKY!" I wasn't into much contemporary books but when my cousin finished the book, she was basically in love. Sadly, it took me a whole year to borrow the book from her and finally read it. At first, there wasn't much going on but I still liked it. It all started when Peter Kavinsky confronted her about her letter, that's when it all started. Lara Jean found out that all her  love letters have been sent out, that's when her secrets weren't secrets anymore. The biggest problem she had was Josh, her sister, Margot's ex-boyfriend. Lara Jean wrote a love letter to Josh and she doesn't know what to do because he's the only one she still cares about. Margot had just left for college and she doesn't know that her sister and her ex-boyfriend already created a problem. 

Lara Jean had no interest in talking to Josh about this whole situation especially since Margot just broke up with Josh before she left. She didn't want anything to do with her letters, when Josh tries to talk to her about it, she fakes an excuse telling him she had a boyfriend and her first move was running up to Peter and madly kissing him. Yep, totally what I would do in real life (not). This is how Peter and Lara Jean started their fake relationship, they agreed on having a fixed and arranged "relationship". Both wanted something out of it, Lara Jean wanted Josh to forget about her letter and Peter wanted to get over his ex-girlfriend, Genevieve who used to be BFF's with Lara Jean. 


Months pass by and they still kept their relationship, they spent time together as a normal couple would but while they were busy faking, they didn't realize they were developing real genuine feelings about each other. By now, Lara Jean already got over Josh and Peter likes Lara Jean. As time passed, they finally shared their feeling towards each other and despite that they both got what they wanted from their fake relationship, they still continued. With a love triangle between Peter, Lara Jean and Genevieve, Peter and Lara Jean experience their first big problem as a couple. Fast forward, in the end of the book, they were in a ski trip for school and they basically made-out in the hot tub making their relationship official and exclusive! Goodbye Genevieve! 



Thoughts:

Okay so I the book was really good in my opinion. When Lara Jean didn't want to talk about the letter with Josh, I just wanted to yell, "just talk to him!" but then as I read the book, I realized Peter and Lara Jean wouldn't be a couple if she talked to Josh so I got over it. I totally ship Peter and Lara Jean, I love how Lara Jean isn't the type of girls who rushes into relationship, 

I liked their father a lot because he seemed responsible and pretty chill, he raised three wonderful daughters on his own! Margot is like the role model in the family, although I wished she was a little more laid back. Kitty, Oh my! she's adorable, I love how she braids Lara Jean's hair when she asks and I like her humor a lot! About Josh, I shipped him and Lara Jean at first but then in the end I just wanted him back with Margot.

This book is one of the book I've read where I wasn't annoyed by the main character, if you know what I mean. It was really good that I had to read the second book, which is P.S I Still Love You, the second book was really good too! I also loved how Peter didn't care that Lara Jean wasn't the prettiest girl, he found a way to like her the way she is even with his popularity and oh my, even with the school drama and gossip. Genevieve, hmmm, I didn't really care much about her in the beginning  but in some part of the book I just wanted to punch her, sorry for the aggressive language but she's really mean, like, mean girls kind of way.

I enjoyed reading this because the characters were really well described and they weren't too annoying. It was easy to connect with them and Lara Jean's point of view was somewhat fair to those and it mirrors what I would've felt if I was in the same situation.

Comment your thoughts on P.S I still love you by Jenny Han! 

First Blog post!

Welcome to our Blog!

This is our first ever blog post, and I feel like it is very "underhyped" because it's our first blog post, we should be posting something big.. Alas, we are not. Oh well. Before I go off track once again, this is a blog mostly for book reviews and whatever you guys want to talk about or know. We are open for suggestions and we are figuring things out as we go. I honestly do not know the first thing about blogging, and I already feel like I'm failing miserably at this, but that's okay because there'll be more rooms for correction in the future. In addition, we'll all be able to look back at this first ever blog post and cringe at every word and everything I've written down. 

We made this blog just for fun and it's honestly just a way to write down our thoughts about certain books or topics. We plan on posting as often as we can and whenever we are available. We will also try and include photos and visuals to help our viewers (if we even have any). So please go crazy (well, to a point that is tolerable) and give us tips and creative criticisms on how we can improve this blog.