Balancing a normal/happy life while battling an unhealthy mindset is grueling. No one wants to deal with their mental health sadly I'm one of those people. When I'm sad after I come home from school or practice I simply just lie there in my bed as if I never went to school. I force myself to get up just to eat or work out. Being a seventeen-year-old girl who graduates in less than a month and has to work on her mental health as well as everyone else's in the house is impossible. I've seen myself gain and drop weight based on my mental state. Over the years of high school, I've watched my grades go up and down because I couldn't pull myself up to fix anything. I've had to lose friends because I wasn't consistent. I have cried myself to sleep multiple nights. Even though I tell myself multiple times I don't need a boyfriend I still go looking. I went looking one time and found the most satisfactory boyfriend ever, due to me not working on my mental state I lost him quickly. I even have moments where I'm questioning God, asking him why me I've always told myself that I'll never question him. To try to convince me that all I need to do is continuously pray when I did just that but over praying led me to not hear his responses. I've gotten frustrated with god at one point and quit talking with him, when I did that I was so miserable. I had fallouts with my sister's friends and even distant family members due to my ignoring God. Even when it comes down to school I've lost myself I'm on the way to college even now I'm trying to clear my headspace. I say to myself all of the time no one prepared me for anything truth is I haven't prepared myself either. I use to wait for my father's permission to do the smallest things and would get told no. I use to beat myself up bout that all the time. I never made my mental state any better though I always just pouted and cried because I never allowed myself to heal healthily. Blamed everyone because I'm not as happy as I want to be. I have always hindered my happiness by worrying about what others would think. I changed myself to fit everyone else's version of myself to the point where I've become unrecognizable. I now have a chance to fix myself though. I see my flaws and I see what I have to do in order to get whatever I lost back. Some things I have to do isn't the most popular things but those are just obstacles that I will overcome.

When I was younger I would roll around in the grass, take my shoes off to feel the scratchy grass on my bare toes. I use to enjoy playing with the dandelions I was truly a nature kid. I would play in the dirt, even play with the raindrops as they hit the wooden table. This portfolio I've presented is a tale of a nature lover. To the naked eye, it's anything but beautiful. To me, it represents my childhood and even captures the beauty of nature. This portfolio tells the tale of a carefree spirit. It describes the true essence and pureness but in pictures. My photos not only allow me to keep memories but allow me to share them with anyone I cross paths with. I love to take pictures of anything that catches my eye truly. Photography allows me to escape reality and allows me to live in the moment. I enjoy capturing the little things in nature, even if it's a small ant. I use the outside to escape from everything. I have discovered that most of my situations could easily be saved by stepping outside and allowing mother nature to slap me in the face with the wind. I would like to show my love for nature in any picture I capture.

I'm a 17-year-old African American high school senior. I always enjoyed school secretly am I any good at it? Sort of you see I never did hold interest in life after 15, I just wanted to see how it felt now would I say I was suicidal no. I did however had a few sad thoughts in the back of my mind like what if I become homeless and never amount to anything. It wasn't a great feeling honestly. I would work hard then give up. I've always had issues going on but I never took care of them. I placed them on the back burner and never paid them any mind. I have the mindset of oh yea I'm young I have time. I use to think like I'm only a freshman I have time. Could you believe I was wrong? Now I'm stressing over everything and I wished I focused more. The more I think about it the more it kills me . It all started when I moved with my dad and grandmother. That did damage and healing at the same time. I wish I could go back and tell my younger self to focus on school. Now here's senior me fighting for my life to pull up my GPA. How is it that I'm doing well but still failing? I'll explain you see I began to take school seriously sophomore year I had it all then covid started. I became severely depressed. Of course, that's based on an unprofessional self-diagnosis. I never did anything to keep myself up I quit track and field and ate my feelings away. Boy did that have major consequences. I'm not on the track team again after an entire year of being off trying to get back to my sophomore year shape. I am healing but it's taking so long and I am the one to blame mostly. I allowed everyone around me to make me feel sad. I knew I had to do something to change my uncomfortable situation. I moved out of my dad's at the end of junior year to live with my mom. Now it's my senior year and I feel positive about it. I'm excited about the recent choices I've made in my life. I now have dreams to become a psychologist studying business. I'm excited about my future now. I have learned if you say negative things that's what will happen. I now attempt to stay productive every day. I am learning more and more every day about myself. I found that once you put a positive mindset on it you are bound to have a positive outcome. I'm excited that I no longer put myself in the category of confused because I know exactly what I want. down to the colleges I wish to attend and my future career.

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Getting a college education means I never gave up on myself, It means I am trying regardless of my doubts. I would be the first child to go to college out of my immediate family so that means a lot to me. It means I'm still here pushing regardless of my doubt. A typical day in my life would be getting up late 7 early 8 am depending on the time I got up. Then I either work out depending on the strengths and feelings I have towards the idea. Then I'd stress over school and college finance situations I'll probably call my sister or friends but most of the time I'm chilling on my phone. I tend to straighten up my room mostly because I'm just throwing clothes around throughout the week. I would probably talk to my sister that's if we go to each other's room or cross paths. I'd make something to eat if I am hungry and I'll stay on my phone. I try to keep my days outside of school very minimal due to the fact that school stresses me out. I love to write so I try to do scholarships like this or differently or I'd go to other sites and write for fun.