I like to spend my free time - Sleeping and playing games mostly If I could change one thing in my life, it would be - I would love to somehow get the funds or get to the age where I can live on my own. I really value my independence and I'm counting the days until I can get to college and live somewhere new. My ideal home would be - Cozy, on the darker side of the color spectrum, and private. Compared to my childhood, I am now more - Laid back? I was a lot more giddy and hyperactive, but then again, most kids are One thing I'm proud of right now is - If someone near me had a heart attack/choked/drowned, I would be capable of stabilizing them until the paramedics came. My opinion of kids is - I feel like I am capable of handling small children well, but I don't enjoy doing it for long periods of time I respond to the unexpected by - Taking a few moments to assess the situation before doing what I feel is best or what'll benefit me in the long run. I respond to pressure by - I tend to shut down a bit when I get stressed out. I'll usually start running through all the possibilities of what could happen if something else happened (like, what would the end result be of me failing to read the entirety of a book assigned for English because the chapters seem to spawn when I’m not looking) and figure out how I could respond to a worst-case-scenario without losing anything. After that, I put some soothing music on and start compartmentalizing like it's no one's business. Two things that matter to me are - My grades, as they are what are controlling my future; and my knowledge? I've recently come to the conclusion that I don't know nearly as much about the rest of the world as I'd like, so I've taken to spending as much time and possible reading newspapers and articles online and listening to NPR. If I had one superpower, it would be - Learning through osmosis!
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Date: 2011-11-09 12:23 am (UTC)I like to spend my free time - Sleeping and playing games mostly
If I could change one thing in my life, it would be - I would love to somehow get the funds or get to the age where I can live on my own. I really value my independence and I'm counting the days until I can get to college and live somewhere new.
My ideal home would be - Cozy, on the darker side of the color spectrum, and private.
Compared to my childhood, I am now more - Laid back? I was a lot more giddy and hyperactive, but then again, most kids are
One thing I'm proud of right now is - If someone near me had a heart attack/choked/drowned, I would be capable of stabilizing them until the paramedics came.
My opinion of kids is - I feel like I am capable of handling small children well, but I don't enjoy doing it for long periods of time
I respond to the unexpected by - Taking a few moments to assess the situation before doing what I feel is best or what'll benefit me in the long run.
I respond to pressure by - I tend to shut down a bit when I get stressed out. I'll usually start running through all the possibilities of what could happen if something else happened (like, what would the end result be of me failing to read the entirety of a book assigned for English because the chapters seem to spawn when I’m not looking) and figure out how I could respond to a worst-case-scenario without losing anything. After that, I put some soothing music on and start compartmentalizing like it's no one's business.
Two things that matter to me are - My grades, as they are what are controlling my future; and my knowledge? I've recently come to the conclusion that I don't know nearly as much about the rest of the world as I'd like, so I've taken to spending as much time and possible reading newspapers and articles online and listening to NPR.
If I had one superpower, it would be - Learning through osmosis!
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