May 9, 2019 A note to myself… Dear Justine, Hey, it’s been lots of months since 2018-2019, my first year of high school started. There have been lots of stressful times but also there were lots of fun and happy times. It felt so long but at the same time, it all felt so short. I wonder how my first freshman year passed by. This month (April) has been one of the craziest months of my life. I started studying for my AP Final exam. Lately I've been quite stressed with school work. Not being stressed about the work, but simply being stressed with comparing my grades with others. It seems that I work the hardest, but it never pulls off. How come when I work hard nothing good happens? How come others do so well without even trying? I really worked so hard for Ap Psychology this year and I really want to do well on the final. I’m trying hard and I’m crossing my fingers that this time it will work out. This is just a reminder to myself that grades don’t always matter. Love, Justine ♡
Today is January 22, 2020 which is the last day of finals week! Which also means it’s now the end of the semester! This semester had a few hard times but it was also a really memorable semester. I honestly learned so much about myself and that I need to improve in terms of my learning and school. Which means I was also able to improve my studying skills which makes me super happy because it took me so long to finally find a technique that works for me. I am now able to rest for 4 days and then it’s back to school! I am honestly very scared and nervous for semester two but there is nothing I can do about it. Like always, I am still counting down the days until summer breaks. 138 days left! I’ve been counting down since that said 300 days so it seems like a small number to me know. Know? No now haha. I love that I make so many mistakes in my journal but I don’t use white out because I’d rather laugh it out while writing it in my journal. Have fun and good luck in semester 2!
Today is February 22, 2021. First day of people going back to in-person school which means classes now start at 7:15 AM for me. Obviously because today is Day One it wasn’t too bad. Tomorrow I go to school for the first time in 11 months to take the ACT. I did not study for it, but I’m hoping it will show me where I am. School, art, and work have been keeping me super buddy but now I also have tons of kdramas to watch to keep me busy.