Time management and why it stresses me

   I'm currently cooking and blogging at the sime time, as I just finished doing my dishes, I felt the need to instantly make them dirty again.
   I've been very stressed recently, and I can't seem to figure out why. I do everything I have to, and usually a bit more than that. Sometimes, I can hardly tell days apart, and things seem to pile up. The more I do things, the more new obsticles seem to stand in my way. And, of course, with my health (which you can read more about by clicking here), I often have a hard time finding the will and energy to do all the things I have to do, making them pile up as well. This results in me having days where I do nothing but work, and those days seem to come along much more frequently now, for some reason.
   Sure, my work piling up is partly because of my health, but I still find it hard, and some times even more stressful, that I can't seem to get ahead no matter how hard I try. Today, for example, I have gone to class, done laundrary and dishes, and there is still a lot of things that I haven't managed to get around to doing yet. For example; I have an exam this Thursday, and I'm not even close to ready.
   Does anyone else feel like they can't get ahead of all the things they have to do, or is it just me?
   I often find myself comparing my life and actions to others, and I feel like people my age are a lot more "adult" than me; they have their life together, aren't stressed all the time, have a structured day, are always on time to things... I wonder, how do they manage this wizardry? Because I've been trying for 19 years, and I still haven't gotten the hang of it.
   I'll try eating my rice now, and hopefully manage to study a bit after that. Maybe, if all goes well, I'll have a bit less studying to take care of tomorrow.
  Hugs from my apartment!

How To Obtain the Things You Want

I know there are people who are going to ask the question "Why should I listen to her?", and my answer: Why not? And besides, I'm currently attending my dream university, studying the subject I am most passionate about, have wonderful friends and a bright future. I'm exactly where I want to be in life, and I'm going to share with you how you can get where you want in life.
   Stop making excuses. What you're going to acheive, isn't going to be acheived by excuses. If you want to get in shape, and don't go running "because the weather isn't sunny", trust me: you're not going to get fit. Excuses are the primary thing stopping you from getting succesful.
   Make clear, simple goals. Make a checklist for short term goals, and one for long term. If you want to get a degree, place "pass next weeks exam" and "write essay" on short term goals, and "get degree" on long term goals. Having both short and long term goals will motivate you further when you acheive one.
   Surround yourself with positivity, and stay positive yourself. Negativity from others will push you down, and negativity from yourself will keep you down. Surrounding yourself with positive people and experiences will make you more energetic and more motivated.
   Spend your time with things you like. Spending time with things you don't like will only waste your energy and time, when both could be spent with working hard and/or doing things you consider to be fun or interesting.
   And finally:
   Hustle. If you think you're working hard, make sure you work twice as hard as you are. If you're passionate enough about something, sleeping or resting will feel like a guilty pleasure. If you don't feel exhausted at the end of the day, you haven't spent enough time bettering yourself and getting closer to your goals.
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I wish there was a simple formula for reaching goals and success, but there isn't. Success and obtaining the things you wish for in life takes hard work, most of the time, it takes a lot of your time and it takes passion and dedication. But as long as you follow these things, you will acheive the things you want in your life.

Coming Out

   Exploring the internet, I've started to notice something. When people who aren't heterosexual come out to their parents, relatives or friends, they tend to have a pretty bad story to tell afterwards. Of course there are stories where the people in their life react in a bad way, hurting their feelings or even getting mad because of them being open with their sexuality. While I'm not gay myself, I get that people have a hard time coming out to people close to them. Meanwhile I also understand that hearing someone in your life is gay, or have another sexuality than heterosexual in general, you might be surprised or even confused, especially if you've known them their entire life, or even helped raising them.
   But some thing that you have to understand, is you can't be offended by their sexuality. How often do you see a gay person complaining about straight people? That's right, they don't. Besides, who they love or feel sexually attracted to, is completely their business and none of yours, and that is something you can realise perfectly fine on your own.
   Besides; coming out to someone close to you is said to be very hard. The person coming out to you is trusting you greatly to tell you something so personal and sensitive about them selves, and you acting offended is not going to help them.
   Of course, you have the right to be confused, or surprised. But you do not have the right to be angry with the person coming out to you. Your emotions are also important, and the person coming out to you will understand that you might be surprised, but if you're angry with them because they're not heterosexual, or simply because they told you about it, will hurt their feelings a lot.
   Sexuality is not a choice. Do you want to be shamed and hated for something that you have no control over? What if someone shamed you for being the age that you are, or being born first or second of siblings? Being different is always hard, and them telling you about their sexuality is a sign of enormous trust.
   Being a parent is about loving your child unconditionally, and being a good parent means you'll support and trust your child throughout their life, no matter what. So trust them and support them when they decide to tell you about their sexuality. Besides, telling your gay child "No, you're not" or "No, you're just confused, sweetheart" will probably just make them more confused, and since most people come out as teens, they already have more than enough to be confused about. Same goes for friends and relatives.
   Besides, from not accepting a person you'll only make them hurt, and, if continued, they will probably hate you.
   Acceptance and tolerance is are things our world needs a lot more of. Please be a part of that.

Don't Breathe

Three young adults in Detroit decide to break into an old veteran's home to make some money, since they wish to leave town as soon as possible. They have done it before, and the man is old and blind, there is nothing that should be challenging them. But upon entering, Money, Rocky and Alex, start wishing they would never have broken in. The old man living in the house has many secrets, following and creating death and destruction.
Taking on a new perspective on the horror genre by using creative camera work and re-shaping the role of the villain, Don't Breathe creates a unique athmosphere, and succeeds greatly in doing so. From a regular viewers point of view, the work of actors and director were great, the plotline good and there were no large plot holes to be found. In other words: good job.
Not a movie I would watch twice though, since I feel like once is enough. Not a new favourite, but a good movie nonetheless.
If you like the nice thrill of a good horror movie, I highly recommend you watch Don't Breathe, especially if you want to be afraid of elderly people for a long time.
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