Images

Hello my sexy readers! How's life for all yall? I hope its amazing for all you guys!

Lets talk about something today. We all know the images we are expected to follow. We all know what we are expected to do, and we try our damn hardest to follow them. But why? Do any of us know exactly why we try to fit these images? Is it because we think we are going to be accepted if we do? Is it because we think we will be popular if we do? What causes us to want to follow these images laid out by other people? Why do we try to limit ourselves to these images? Why do we follow these fads?

None of us really understand why we follow fads, why we try to fit images set by Hollywood and magazine companies, but we do. I do too, we all do. Its just something we do. We are influenced by the media and our peers. I think in a way we are all afraid of individuality. I am not saying I agree with the decisions Miley Cyrus, Lindsey Lohan and Justin Bieber have been making in the past couple of years but it proves my point. They are certainly all demonstrating individuality and we are all criticizing them because they aren't following "social norms". I give people props at school who are not afraid to wear exactly what they want, they aren't following anyone's rules but their own, not many of us can do that.

 We are all uniquely made, we all have our own special traits. We all have our own tastes, we all have our own opinions. We are all different and special in our own way. We are all perfect in our own way. Some of us are tall, some of us are short, some of us are extremely thin while some of us are chunky. We are made that way! There is a reason we are made the way we are! One person is not better than another and we should never try to change who we are. We should not try to fit a certain image laid out by other people because we are all different and we are all unique.

We are afraid of individuality, we are afraid of what other people will think of us if we don't try to fit a certain image. We are afraid of being ridiculed and outcasted because we follow the beat of our own drum, and the reason we are scared is because we outcast the people who do follow the beat of their own drum. Why? because we think they are weird, and we are wrong to think that. We know we are wrong but it stems from being afraid of individuality. It really does.

I think its time to change the perception we have on images, we shouldn't be trying to fit an image, we should be trying to stand out in our own way. We shouldn't cover up our flaws, we should embrace them, because we are all unique and we should embrace our uniqueness. I'm not saying you have to go out without make-up or without doing your hair, but don't cover everything up, let some natural beauty shine. Don't try to fit an image laid out by media, fit your own image, march to the beat of your own drum! Be exactly who you want to be, not what others what you to be!

It doesn't matter if you're short or tall, thin or thick, if you have clear skin or not, if you have freckles, or green eyes, red curly hair, brown straight hair. It doesn't matter, you are uniquely you and you are amazingly beautiful, inside and out. Don't hid behind something, don't conform to an image, just be you, in and out, through and through.

Negativity

Hey yall! What is shaking today? I'm thinking after I type up a couple post that I am going to have a Harry Potter marathon! YAY! #NERDSTATUSANDLOVINGIT!

One problem I have been having in life is my negativity. I have been negative about basically everything lately, except for today. I did a lot of thinking today and it helped me a lot. You guys won't see this post for another couple of days, so hopefully I'll still be feeling good!

Now I deal with these things I call my 'dark periods', these are time where I fall into a sort of depression. They used to quite frequent but have gotten better as time went on and I began changing the way I think. I have had a couple of these 'dark periods' in the past week because I was under a lot of stress from finals and I have been dealing with a lot of peoples problems on top of my own. Generally I get really negative around these times, but I am also very negative basically all the time. I don't exactly like being negative, I mean yes sometimes you're going to be, but I prefer to be a happy go lucky kind of person.

Being negative really puts a strain on a person, you begin to have a very dark outlook on life. You don't want to go out and do anything, you just want to sit there and make everyone else miserable. That is basically your goal, and being begin to not want to talk to you or be around you because you basically piss them off. But you want people to feel the way you do.

When your negative you are never happy, you get caught up in your thoughts and you bring yourself down, you put a lot of weight on your shoulders and you drag yourself down. Its not until you look at things closely and change the way you are thinking that you begin to feel better. You have to change your own way of thinking. You have to look at a bad situation and think about what you learned from it, you have to brush the bad situation off and say oh well, rather than dwelling on it.

Let me put it this way, the sun is going to shine tomorrow. You may have a terrible day, but there is going to be a tomorrow, the sun is going to rise again and you can try again then. Always take a look on the bright side, you may have to go to a job that you hate, but at least you have a job. You may have to pay an expensive house payment, but that means you have a house. You may have failed a test, but now you know what you need to work on.

There is always a bright side to every situation. Always. It might be hard to see now but never, never dwell on the negative. Never let negativity take over your life. Smile. Be happy. Look at the sun and know its going to shine again. Something good always happens in the end, if something good hasn't happened yet, then it isn't the end.

Musings of Aubrey

Hello beautiful people!! I am a person who does a lot of thinking, and that's where most of my problems come from, overthinking, but sometimes the thinking leads to good things, and my overthinking has brought me to a single conclusion. I want to live my life my way. I want to do the things I want to do and I want to be who I want to be. That's it, its my life and I am going to live it my way. If I want to cut all my hair off I am going to do it, if I want to dye my hair, its going to be dyed. If I want to wear leather pants and a t-shirt, its happening.

Life is way to short to worry about what other people think of you, live your life the way you want to live it. It is your life, go out and live it! I'm not saying use this as an excuse to go out and drink and do drugs and all that. I mean I guess I kind of am. Basically what I am saying is don't be stupid about it. Wait, what was the point of this, I was going somewhere with this, hang on like two seconds.........

Oh yes! I got it! LIVE YOUR LIFE! IT IS YOUR LIFE, DONT WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK! Go out in public and act like a freak! Laugh until you fall over, act as weird as you possibly can! HAVE FUN! Don't worry about what people think of you! That is their opinion, and it doesn't matter! There are plenty of people who love you exactly the way you are! DO NOT CHANGE for someone, if they want to be friends with you or in a relationship with you they will LOVE you exactly the way you are. BE EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE. You are the only person who is stuck with you. Everyone else has the choice to be apart of your life if they want to be, do not change! Not everyone is going to like you, its a fact of life, but they don't matter because for every person who doesn't like you there are 3 other people who LOVE you!

What I am saying here is don't worry about other peoples opinions of you. That is their problem if they don't like you, not yours. Be yourself all of the time, don't hide behind a person you made up because you think people will like you more. There is nothing I regret more than not acting like myself.

I want you to do something with me. I want you to be straight up honest with me, yourself and the people around you. Don't hid behind a front. Ill start here with you guys.

 Hi, my names Aubrey and I am nerd. I like Harry Potter and Hunger Games. I like reading and I LOVE being in band. I play in the pit orchestra and I am excited about that.  I play soccer and I really dislike running. I dislike my body and certain aspects about myself, but I am learning to love myself. I finally had my first kiss at the age of 16, but still haven't had my first boyfriend. I don't have a car and work at a retail store. I am a freak and so are all my friends, and I love them for it. I am moody and a very emotional person. I care way to much about people, especially people close to me. I am Aubrey and I am no where near perfect, but I am me, and that's all I ever want to be.

I'm Back!

Boo! Hey my wonderful readers! I has been a while! I hope you all had a wonderful New Year! I did nothing for New Years and went to bed at 11:00 but it was still good!! So hopefully you guys had a more exciting New Years!
 I haven't posted since November! That's a long time ago!! I have been SUPER busy but I wanted to come back, I've been doing a lot of thinking and want to share my thoughts with you! I hope you're ready for it!!
That's all for this post, I just wanted to give you some warning!! Hopefully I can do a better job at blogging from now on!!
Love you all and thanks for reading!!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!!

Happy belated Thanksgiving! I had been meaning to post but I've been busy lately. I worked on Thanksgiving Morning, on Black Friday and earlier today, all around 8 hr shifts, you can say I am a little tired. But anyway I hope everyone had a fun and safe Thanksgiving!! I hope everyone stuffed their faces with the amazing food they had and I hope everyone just had a good Thanksgiving and spent it with the people who matter to you. I think for the rest of this post I am just going to post a few things I am thankful for. If you want leave what you are thankful for in the comments!!

I am thankful for:
My wonderful family
My amazing friends
My co-workers
My teachers
My music
Chocolate
Starbucks
The little bananas in Runts
YouTube
My Blog and my readers
But overall my life.

Have a nice night and let my know what you are all thankful for!!!!

Music Monday #5

D'ello! What is crackalacin my friends?? Its time for another music Monday! I was not really sure what to do for today because the only songs I have actually been listening to are French songs and Rap God by Eminem. But I have finally decided on one....drum roll please!!........

Should of Just Gone to Bed by the Plain White T's. This song has really good instrumentals. You know how some music is just computer laid beats? Well this one actually has music behind it, played by an ACTUAL band! Almost unheard of huh? haha. But overall this song is good and it just sounds really good. The lyrics are relatable to many people so overall it just makes a good song. I suggest you check it out. I am going to put the video in underneath:)

 

 



*I will be posting a few other posts this week so be sure to check them out! Also don't be afraid to talk with me, there is a communication box to your right as you read this and you can leave comments, tell me what you think! Good or bad!! I just wanna talk with you guys. Love ya lots!!*

Do Whats Good for You

Lately I have been having some issues with a few of my "friends". They don't know how I feel because if I try to talk to them about it they refuse to listen. Basically the big thing is they will ignore my unless they need something from me. One piece of advice I can give you right now is be nice to people but don't be too nice, because people will use you, trust me, I know. I am tired of being the person that is expendable, I'll be there when you need me but other than that I don't matter. Its been causing me a lot of problems lately. Its been causing me to feel as if I have to act out to get attention from them. I haven't acted out yet but its crossed my mind. My self-esteem has been dropping because of it, and its already not doing so well because of swimming in gym.

I want to use my experience to help other people. If you ever feel this way, or have, listen closely. They don't mean anything, friends will come and friends will go, its not worth it for you to feel worthless. You are more then someone to be used, you are a person. You are a person with talent and worth. You are a person who should never feel used and worthless. You look those people in the eye and say to them "Screw you!" Its going to be hard, its been hard for me to do, but your going to gain and loose friends and friends that only use you are NOT worth it. In all honesty they are not your friends.

I am going to wish all of you good luck if you are going through what I am right now. Its hard but I want you to do what's good for you. In return I ask you with me good luck with what I have to do as well. I don't want to loose these friends but the only way for me to feel good again is to loose these friends that are bringing me down. They won't understand but that doesn't matter, its time for me to put myself first. Sometimes you just need to put yourself first, and now is that time. Good luck to all going through what I am.