Still Around

"Still Around" 3OH!3



This song has to do with addiction. I feel its appropriate to the habits that many of us create even if they are not related to drugs or alcohol. I have a definite addiction to high-stress situations, procrastination, and overcompensating myself. I never have enough time to accomplish all my tasks, but I always accept more responsibilities. I need time and energy for spontaneity and surprises. I hope that my future will be more balanced, yet successful. Hopeful and resilient.

I realized that I tend to give way too much advice to people... I am not an advisory column. I just need to shut up and listen to people instead of blabbity blabbing.

I am very upset with Miss California from the Miss USA pageant. She epitomizes the ridiculous nature of our country; particularly the way she answered the question: opposite marriage?

But I am inspired by the small wonders like Susan Boyle. I am entrenched with hope when I see success, and I should feel acceptance, pride, and fulfillment in my failures. A failure is never a failure, rather it is a stepping stone toward a future.

The key to life is moderation and craziness. This perfect balance must be imperfectly reached. Life is both simple and paradoxical, so I just need to accept life for what it is and move onwards.

The future looks bright. I can accomplish so many things if I can defeat procrastination. I just need to get over the acceptance of 1 o'clock bedtimes; definitely wrong since I am struggling just to get through every day. Times are challenging with all the AP courses, elections, Earth Week, JSA, martial arts, and friends. I am struggling to focus in the midst of all these challenges. What shall I do?! I will persevere and move forward. Times are tough, but each of us must find resilience like the stem of a wind-swept lonely tree in the flat chill of Nebraska. And when the spring awakens surprises abound.

Believe in one's self and one's self shall believe.