Adjusting Focus

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Adjusting Focus! I can't believe that a year ago I started this little blog. It all started because I saw other blogs and thought that it would be cool to start one of my own. I love writing, and I wanted to share my ideas and thoughts about things with other people. I wasn't sure what I was going to write about, or what I wanted my focus to be. I Googled ways to start a blog. I thought of all all these ideas, but I just needed one thing for my blog to focus on. I even looked at my Pinterest quote board to find some inspiration there. I finally settled on the quote, "When life gets blurry, adjust your focus." It was then that I decided to have my blog focus on finding the good and positive, even when life gets a little 'blurry'. I turned it into a Personal Progress project and now... Here we are. I have used the quote as a reminder to find the good in the bad. It's helped me stay more positive. When something ...

My blog post for today will be about depression and suicide. I think that when people hear these words, they aren't really sure what to do or say. No one's sure how to really handle the subjects.  But let me be very real with you; depression and suicide are very, very serious, and people everywhere need to come to understand these matters better. People all over the world struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts/tendencies, and people die from suicide attempts too often. Depression is more than just a bad day, and it's not something someone can overcome easily. Suicide is not a joke. These matters are very serious. I, myself, have struggled with depression. This is hard for me to say (or rather write), seeing as for most of my life I tried to hide it. There has always been a bad stigma around the word, and I was always scared of what people would think of me, and in some ways, I still am. But due to recent events, I want people to know that they aren't alone in t...

Recently I've returned from the usual 2 week New Hampshire trip. We had to go extra early in the summer due to the fact that I have classes starting next Monday (*cries*). Until then, I have one more day of freedom, Youth Conference, and Sunday before I start waking up before 7:30am. I'm only excited because it now means I don't ever have to take gym for the rest of my life, and it's only a month and a half of going to class 2-3 days a week, 4 hours a day. New Hampshire was good, though, and I enjoyed it for the most part. After Cherish left I was pretty lonely, but I managed to do a boatload of homework while my parents worked on the house. I did some tests and quizzes. My parents and I went to Castle in the Clouds (the coolest/prettiest house-mansion I've ever seen). One day my mom and I went out to pick fabric for a quilt she'll make for me. We played some games and watched a lot of Criminal Minds at night. I ran most mornings, doing 3-4 miles after the firs...