Inhale positivity, exhale everything else

How would someone balance good grades, a job and a good social life without being overwhelmed?

Balancing a multitude of activities while meeting personal expectations set for yourself is an extremely difficult thing to do, but it is manageable. First thing that would help relieve stress is to take everything day-by-day. Thinking about the week’s activities and homework exhausts your energy and causes immense anxiety. My method of staying up-to-date with what I need to get accomplished goes:

  1. Get a calendar and start using it.
  2. Get a sheet of paper and list everything needed to be donethat day.
  3. Start crossing off tasks after you’ve completed them
  4. Use stress releasing mechanisms, such as the ones mentioned below, to calm you down.

Being overwhelmed causes you to be unproductive and wastes time, which causes even more stress. It’s a vicious cycle. Here are some ways I calm myself down:

  • Make a playlist of the most relaxing, coffee-shop type music and listen to it, such as: Wolf Alice, The Honey Trees, Rhodes, Corinne Bailey Rae, RY X, etc.
  • Light a candle or incense or even spray some Febreeze if you’re like me and can’t afford candles.
  • Crack a window open or walk outside. Get out of the stuffiness in the room.
  • Step back from everything and just breathe.
  • Take a 5-10 minute break and let your mind relax.

Lastly don’t spread yourself too thin. Busy yourself but don’t go overboard. Life is meant to be enjoyed.

 

Inhale positivity.

Exhale everything else.

 

When can I justify a lie?

Lies can only be justified if it’s for a surprise party.

 

How do I break up with my girlfriend? She’s really clingy and possessive and she makes me feel bad about myself whenever I mention it

Just do it. Relationships are a two-way street and if one of you isn’t involved emotionally, end it. It isn’t fair for the both of you. Any relationship, whether platonic or not, is supposed to be based on loving and supporting one another, and her degrading youdoes not help you grow as a person. It seems as if she’s berating you to mask her own insecurities, which is a sign of a toxic mindset, therefore I highly suggest letting her down easy. Pick a setting where it’s not crowded, not public, not with any of her/your friends and just talk. DO IT FACE-TO-FACE, NOT OVER TEXT, NOT THROUGH FRIENDS, IN PERSON. Be honest with her that you feel the relationship is unhealthy and you can’t reciprocate her emotions.Despite some doing so, high school relationships aren’t meant to last forever, rather they’re to discover what’s negotiable and what isn’t. With dating there’s always a 50/50 chance of either breaking up or marriage, and the purpose of doing so is to uncover what attributes and quirks you find attractive in another person: the must-haves, the negotiable and the non-negotiable aspects that deem someone to be the one. Good luck and I hope all goes well.

 

What are your opinions on Chaco’s, chubbies, hoop earrings and cowboy/girl boots?

It definitely varies person to person, because sometimes they can actually look decent on somebody. In my opinion, the whole Chaco’s fad is pretty silly, because not only are the shoes extremely expensive for sandals, they’re not even an interesting shoe choice. Its design is a tad boring. Chaco’s simply are just another fashion craze about hippie-dippy teenage “angst” that everyone wants to hop onboard.Shoes are meant to be another outlet of creativity because it’s another way to showcase someone’s individuality. The shoes they wear represent their hygiene, their interests, while illustrating the adventures the sole has experienced.  If everyone wore the same type of shoe because it’s what fashion dictates, then it’s as if everyone readjusted their personality to ‘fit in’. I’m not saying to stop buying Chaco’s or to throw them away, to each their own, but personally I’m not going to spend hundreds of dollars on shoes that I can only wear in the summer.

Chubbies are a different story. I don’t understand how that craze started, but let me tell you this: it’s more tragic than any play Shakespeare could’ve written. Cover up yourselves. I mean I could become blind from how pasty white your thighs are. I’ve deciphered the true meaning behind the acronym:

C—Christ

H—Himself

U—Upchucks

B—Because

B—Boys are

I— Incapable of

E—Ever having

S—Style.

 

Hoop earrings aren’t that big of a deal unless they’re undoubtedly prominent or bigger than their ego. The ones, who wear the earrings so enormous that I could probably do some acrobatic move and tightrope my way through it, need help. Don’t your earlobes hurt from having to withstand all that weight?  You’re entitled to your own fashion choices.

Cowboy and Cowgirl boots are cool accessories that can tie an entire outfit together, yet people here don’t understand how to utilize its features. Personally, I don’t wear boots therefore I do not know how to style them correctly.

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