A lot of the time, my life feels fairly bleak. It is a never ending routine of school, sports, work, repeat, with weekends as my only respite. When this feeling strikes, often in bed the night before a particularly stressful day, I like to play a game where I think about five things I am looking forward to (no matter how trivial) the following day, the coming week, the coming month, and the next couple of months. This reminds me to feel thankful for everything I have, and to take pleasure in the small things. This is my current list:
Today
- Doing the Wordle and Globle
- Watching Encanto in Spanish
- Hanging out with my friends tonight
- Going to the mall after school
- The final bell signaling that school is out for spring break
This week
- Going to Florida
- Getting tan
- Wearing summer clothes
- Spending time with my friends
- Not having any schoolwork
This month
- Celebrating two of my friends birthdays
- Our first Rugby game
- Perfecting my current piano piece and starting a new one
- Spending more time outside- running, playing soccer with my friends, having picnics
- Seeing my brother and dad again after two weeks
The next few months
- Being a camp counselor
- Going to Maine
- Going on fun summer adventures with my friends
- The Wilds season 2 coming out
- Seeing Lucy Dacus in concert