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I visualized myself getting a 90 or better on my most recent math test (in which I did not, but oh well! It barely even affected my grade anyway :D)
2/28/22

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I already do this on a daily basis by the fact that I do not have any form of social media whatsoever (and I would like to keep it that way). However, I am trying to keep myself updated on the current events with Ukraine, so I am not necessarily limiting my intake of the news in this case (although I am able to let things go and move on pretty easily)
2/28/22

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I am enrolled in swim practice for this afternoon, and am very excited to do it!!
2/28/22

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I am so grateful to have such an amazing and fantastic family, and to be a part of it :)
2/28/22

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Today in English we had several racial discussions that, admittedly, were a bit uncomfortable to talk about and to evaluate, but were important for learning about our history of America and the effects it has had on society.
(3/1/22)

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Today in Government we had a video project we needed to work on for a large summative grade. I discussed with my partner what we needed to do in order to be successful, and made a list of actions we needed to take :).
(3/1/22)

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I literally JUST talked to Millie about her solo performance yesterday with the CBA Festival, in which she passed out. I asked her a couple of questions and had a nice, small conversation with her.
3/3/22

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I am grateful for the fact that, today, we have no band practice! Our director (Mr. Dailey), gave us today to take a break as a result of our hard work in yesterday's performance.

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Today in math we reviewed the Unit 3 test from a little bit ago (about a week), in which I got an 89. I had rushed and been a little impatient when doing the test, which had led to this grade. Fortunately for me, it was my intent to be a little faster with the test, and now I know that the best way for ME to take tests is to be slow and methodical :)

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This morning I practiced a mindfulness technique about gratefulness, in which I would sit down, relax myself, and ask myself the question; "who, or what, do you appreciate most in your life right now?" in that exact wording, as if I was asking somebody else. This is supposed to promote a certain FEELING of gratitude, and I believe I felt that this morning :D.

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(3/8/22)
Today, and over the course of a few days, I have limited my intake of the news of Ukraine. Of course, I want to know of the updates about the war going on over in Ukraine, but not so much to where I am obsessing over it. Therefore, I took a few days break and will continue to do so, only being notifying of the extremely important things going on.

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Yesterday, we had to make goals for swimming; we would write down two individual events to decrease our time on, and mine were the 50 free and the 100 free. I  have the goal of bringing my 50 free down to a time of 32 seconds, and decreasing my time on the 100 free down to 1:20, I believe.
(3/8/22)

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While this may have been a very small act if kindness, I helped open the door for a fellow student this morning (taking out my ID, opening door and such) :)
(3/9/22)

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This morning, I did a Body Scan meditation technique. It is a technique that I use whenever I'm in pain or discomfort, and I am able to just let go of the pain and accept its coming and going, instead of obsessing over it.

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Yesterday, we had our second meet of the season!! I had been put in the 50 free, 200 free relay, and in the 100 breaststroke!! Not only was it a GREAT workout for the day, but I am very happy with my results, getting a time of 37 seconds on my 50 free, and a time of 2:02 on my breaststroke :D.

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Today in SOAR Anne had a very very cool button down shirt!! It's white, beige, black and salmon colored and it looks VERY fantabulous! I complimented on it :)

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While this isn't so much as replacing a negative thought with a positive one, this is more of changing my RELATIONSHIP with me negative thoughts. This morning I did a mindfulness practice with stress, where I took my thoughts and placed them aside, and focused on another topic.

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This morning, during 4th period (my lunch hour), I helped people throw away their trash and foodstuffs in accordance with the new composting system applied to the student center!

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Before class started, Millie and I conversed on how things were going in a very excitable manner ("HI, HOW ARE YOU IM GOOD HOW ABOUT YOU") and that was very positive :).

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This morning at 5:30, my brother and I drove to the VMAC in order to practice an hour and 30 minutes of swimming! Although I did feel a bit nauseous at first, it was overall a good experience in the morning.

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Logan had a VERY swag fit today, with an 80's synthwave button up that looked very cool, which I told him was "very amazing" :).

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A couple days ago, I decided to listen to Hum's entire album called "You'd Prefer an Astronaut". The album is very nice overall and I am SUPER happy to have been subjected to this fantastic piece of music :D.

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Yesterday, I had to sign the Intent to Compete form for swim! I chose, from what I can remember, the 200 free, 100 fly, and 100 free! Usually I would pick easier events, such as the 100 free or 50 free, but this time I decided to go out of my way and choose events that would be more difficult (particularly 100 fly, as that is a very straining/tiring technique).

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A couple days ago, I decided to take my Apple Watch off to stop getting notifications about basically everything! This would include news, grades, podcasts and such. This has actually helped limit my stress in worrying about certain topics.

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I SWAM THE 500 FREE EVENT DURING OUR SWIM MEETING YESTERDAY!! It was absolutely fantastic!! Because it was my first time doing this event, I got a new personal record of 8:07.00!! I am very happy with that result and cannot wait to do it again!!

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Yesterday, during practice, I was running out of oxygen to continue doing the set that was given to us. We had to do a 100 free decreasing time interval workout, and I only got 3 100's in before I was out of breath. The way I usually take a breath when swimming would include either my nose or my mouth, or a mixture of both. Having this erratic, off-tempo breathing really threw me off and I felt extremely tired. HOWEVER...
I decided that I would only breath out through my nose and in through my mouth. This helped me GREATLY in how I performed during practice, as my body felt like it was getting the oxygen it needed. In this way I was able to push myself further and further through the set, and get a good workout in!

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Coming to terms with my thoughts (4/19/22)

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Coming to terms with my thoughts (4/19/22)

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I, for whatever reason (there was a reason) was feeling really terrible. It felt like my mind was filled with GUNK. I was really anxious and overall... icky. Luckily I was able to get out of it, but it wasn't all too good of an experience :(. It was a great reminder of the kinds of tools that I have to be able to change my thoughts/feelings.

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Dancing at the School Assembly (4/21/22)

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Dancing at the School Assembly (4/21/22)

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This morning, at the offical Horizon High School Prom Assembly of 2022, the entire swim team (including me) had to go out and dance, which was pretty fun :)

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Yesterday, after a long break of not doing swim, I went to practice yesterday!! I realized how grateful I was to be back, as well as the importance of swim itself!

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Morning Meditation (after a break) 5/9/22

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Morning Meditation (after a break) 5/9/22

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This morning, I did a full length, 10 minute body-scan meditation practice. It has been a while since I have truly practiced some sort of meditation, and I was able to let go of all of my thoughts and feelings, if only for a moment. It truly helped me get through today.

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Today I received my 2022 yearbook, and had read through/skimmed through it during my lunch hour. Despite the school year not being over quite yet, I still felt very nostalgic and sad by the fact that it was almost over. It made me think of all the amazing things that happened this year, all the exciting, fantastic, sad, terrible, and lethargic things that I did. And I'm grateful for it. I truly am.

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Yesterday, we had a bit of a mishap post-graduation, when the band was leaving. We did not know where the Uhaul was for dropping our larger instruments off, so some people walked all the way to the bus only to find NO Uhaul. I decided to help those who had to walk all the way there and back, by carrying two tenors to the location of the Uhaul, as well as making sure everything was on the Uhaul (with percussion kids/other peers helping as well).

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I got a 42/50 on my science final!! This is an 84%, and while it is 10 percent lower than I usually get on tests, but I am still very proud of this score!! This gives me a cumulative grade of around 96% in Science, and that's fantastic!