Keep Climbing

"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."

Shirley Chisholm

I need something to pick up my bad mood. Yeah, I know that being in a bad mood is a choice. You're probably thinking, well then decide to be happy. Its not that easy.

Don't we all have those days where you feel generally unhappy for no apparent reason? Today is one of those for me. Keep climbing no matter what and eventually a better mood is attainable. Yeah i'm still hanging on today, but I want to take a rest. I feel bad complaining on here, but I just need to clear all my frustrations and then I will move forward.

We spent a few minutes during my Journalism class today just speaking up about our frustrations with high school. All of us complained about things that our teacher had no control over and took our frustration out on her. It was not right. High school and rules are frustrating, but I understand why we need them. Structure is important to have stability. It is the same driving. There are speed limits to keep people safe and have stable driving environments. If you break the law, there is a chance you will be caught and punished. High school is the same. We need to all take a minute and look at things in the perspective of authority figures.

My job for you today: Instead of complaining, think of a way to fix one of your frustrations.