https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq en-us 2022-10-14 16:32:09 UTC 2025-10-30 18:00:53 UTC hello@padlet.com venabede000 https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2340727029 Theme: Struggles become accomplished when you work on them one at a time and focus on growing from them.]]> 2022-10-14 16:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2340727029 venabede000 https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2340737255 When I was little my dad said that he was leaving. I never really saw him after that until later years. Me and my sister were very confused because that is not something someone wants to hear from a parent. I then later realized that my parents got a divorce. For a while I was in a very depressed mindset and couldn't get over seeing my mom in a stressed and sad mood all the time,because she had to raise me and my sister alone. It hurt me for a while and it really took a toll on how I was doing in school and activities.

How does this relate to my theme?

This relates to my theme because in order for me to get good at school and focus on my grades I had to learn to persevere through it and focus more on myself rather than my parents even though I was struggling at home. People could see that I was struggling but me just putting a smile on my face and acting like I was happy changed their thoughts. I learned that you have to remember why it happened and even the good memories there was a reasoning behind it.]]> 2022-10-14 16:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2340737255 venabede000 https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2340741847 From ages 3-now I have always been very focused on dance. When I was about the age of 10 my dance studio started getting very toxic and there was a lot of drama. I ended up quitting that team and this was very hard for me. It was hard because I had won lots and lots of trophies and competitions with that team. Before all of the drama that team was like my second family and I was at the studio almost every day. Quitting really made me sad and made me feel like I was being pulled apart from everyone that made me happy. I still miss it so much to this day.

How does this relate to my theme?

I had to stop being so focused on losing everyone and focus on growing my mindset. I later realized how much it was a good thing for me.  I realized that having those toxic people brought me so much stress but I played it off because I only saw the dancing and happy parts until it got bad with the parents. Me realizing everything that was going on showed me that it wasn't good and I needed to leave that team.]]> 2022-10-14 16:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2340741847 venabede000 https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2343639651 About a year ago I was really struggling. My 16 year old cousin passed away due to cancer and it really made me sad. I also really grew away from my dad and I didn't talk to him a lot only occasionally. I just had a lot going on in my life because many of the people I was very close to had separated away from me. I ended up becoming in a very depressed state and it was hard for me. My mom noticed me getting very sad and she wanted to stop it. Nothing really helped and on top of everything I had school,drill team and other things. It was just very hard for me and I was very depressed all the time. 

How does this relate to my theme?

This taught me ways to just realize what was going on and focus on the good things. I started realizing how to forget about the people that have passed away and started talking to my dad more. Doing this made me way happier and I could start to focus more at school and Drill Team knowing things happened for a reason and I was trying to fix the separation of me and my dad.]]> 2022-10-17 17:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/venabede000/s0zr0g92oqgcfisq/wish/2343639651