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Be Confident in Yourself

March 15, 2016

I’ve learned some really valuable lessons during 7th grade and one is especially important, so I wanted to share it with you.

Have Confidence

The spirit weeks at my school have theme days and I love to dress up. There are always cool themes for each day like Tacky Tuesday and 80s Workout Wednesday. I am known to be super spirited, so needless to say, spirit weeks are my favorite weeks of the school year!

When I show up to school in my full-out, head to toe, themed outfit and I see that almost nobody dressed up, I start getting self conscious and full of doubt. But I have to get out of the car sometime. I walk in kinda fast and look down, trying to avoid eye contact, but then I see my friends dressed up too and I instantly feel better.

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When Soccer Is On Halloween? Your Team Dresses Up

October 31, 2015

Your soccer game is on Halloween! Since some people are like, “I want candy. Not a work out,” we made the day more fun by dressing up as the 101 dalmatians. We all made our own dog t-shirts and socks with spots and our numbers on the back. My mom made my shirt and she is a pretty awesome artist, so my shirt looked like we bought it from a store.

We used Sharpies for the bottom coat of the spots and number because we needed them to show. My mom made templates so the spots looked extra neat and pretty. After the first layer of Sharpies, we got to have some fun! We bought sprayable glitter to cover the spots in because being me, I have to have my glitter. When we finished my shirt (or should I say work of art by Leonardo da Vinci) I couldn’t believe how awesome it looked.

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