When I started blogging a little over 3 years ago, it was to record pictures and what I experienced at the International Pro-Life Youth Conference. After writing this guest post for Timmerie, though, everything kind of happened and now here I am.

Now I write because:

It helps me be a better writer.

People read what I write and sometimes they like it (and with the pro-life stuff, sometimes people stop and think because of it).

I enjoy connecting with other young women bloggers and sharing parts of our lives with each other.

It helps me stay connected with people back home while I’m away at school.

It’s my getaway. As an introvert, blogging is a great way to have time to myself when I need it.

It makes me think. Writing about something makes me think about it critically and formulate what I really think and know about it. Sometimes it takes a bit of research and learning before writing something, which is also good.

All those things all bring a little bit of joy in their own way to my life, and hopefully some of them bring something positive things to others.

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Well this is definitely an area I could improve on. If I could change some habits (*ahem* occasional procrastination), these issues could be avoided altogether . . .

But since fear, stress, and anxiety are part of pretty much everyone’s lives, here’s how I might handle them.

Fear

There aren’t too many things that scare me. Not because I’m brave or something, but probably because I don’t come in contact with a bunch of scary things. Spiders are gross, not scary. Car crashes are scary, so I try to avoid them. Some movies are just plain creepy, and I don’t watch those. Like I talked about before, one thing that I do find scary is evil/demonic things. So I just have to keep up my spiritual game and remember the St. Michael prayer.

Anxiety/Stress

Stress was not something I had fully experienced before coming to college. And I’m happy about that. Being stressed is not fun, AND it’s usually self-inflicted by situations I could have avoided. *sigh* Let’s go back to last semester when I had a huge accounting test I had to get a certain score on for the class. Two days before, I studied for about 8 hours straight and was freaking out. I freak out internally much more than externally. So most of the time you wouldn’t know how stressed I am (unless you look at the condition of my room).

A friend had an assignment she was freaking out about at the same time, so we sat down. I knew what the 6 (or 8? I don’t remember) sections on the test would have, and got out paper and outlined how to work out each kind. And then I sat there and studied, going through each one. But I absolutely can not sit down to study for that long. So what I do is power through the task at hand (maybe sending up a prayer to St. Jude if it’s desperate) taking occasional breaks. I’m pretty sure we took random dance breaks and blasted songs. That always works 🙂

I depends on the stress inducer, but most of the time I tackle the task and take occasional breaks so I don’t go crazy. And I try to remember to pray to keep myself focused on what’s most important.

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At this point in my life I kind of have two “homes”: the place where my family is and I grew up, and my dorm where I live the majority of the time. Leaving for college makes home a little funny because it doesn’t quite feel the same. But it’s home nonetheless. Though I live in my college dorm, my family is always where my home will be.

Home is . . .

where your childhood memories are.

where your family is.

where you’re always welcomed.

where it smells like dinner (or cookies . . .).

Home is awesome.

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