The Juice Box

 Greetings to all of my loyal readers who are taking the time out of their day to read my post.   I am writing this blog post sitting in my dorm room, again like last week, but on better terms.  Last week I was feeling down and out about a lot of things happening, but I am in much better spirits this week.  Swimming actually began, and we have been practicing non-stop (some two-a-day practices), and I am definitely feeling sore and tired.  Swimming, for me, is kind of like an escape.  And everybody has their escape in some aspects.  Whether it be video games, reading, painting, building something, crafting something, or even just watching a show. Every living person on this Earth has something to help them escape from the harsh world.  My "escape" is swimming.  For even two hours a day, when I am in that pool, I am not thinking about anything else except making my interval time or how I would improve my stroke.  Not to mention how great it feels after a swim workout and I go

After a couple weeks of a break, I am here.  There was a lot of stuff that was happening in my life that I wanted to take care of before I sat back and started writing on this blog again.  But, after a small break, I wanted to share some things that I've experienced recently that really hit me. The last time I wrote on the blog was during a period of division in this country and a lot of malevolent behavior.  Arguments, fights, name-calling, and disruption reaped this nation, and I was appalled. I was upset with the way people were acting and I spoke up about it on this blog.   I hate bringing up politics.  This is because I have stepped away from politics due to the toxicity that boils from it. Too much hate, corruption, and unfairness across the board.  It's important to have your own unique opinions, but as for me, I have been a much happier human being ever since I stopped paying attention to politics.  On a side note, last week there was a big health scare in my family whi

 I've taken a break off of social media and this blog for about a week.  This week has been brutal in America.  Riots, protests, fights, arguments, and hate being thrown around left and right on social media.  In general, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and even TikTok are very toxic places to be spending our time.  People are cussing each other out, fuming with anger- social media is a war zone.  And it is that way because nobody can listen to each other.  Our generation is so accustomed to not listening to each others' opinion and why they think that way.  Everybody just wants to shove their opinions down each others' throats and if somebody else doesn't agree with them, they immediately attack them.  On both sides of the "political parties".  It is absolute madness.    Words are thrown around like "racist", "white privilege", "snowflake".  And what do these words mean? Well you won't be finding out on this blog post.  My goa