How I did it: I spent the entirety of middle school friendless, and I was determined not to let the same thing happen in high school. So I created a plan. Every day I would introduce myself to one new person. After about a month of this, I'd acquired quite a few friends. I still wasn't the most popular person in the world, but then I'd never wanted to be. And it's fun knowing people. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Ever since I was small, I loved to tell stories. When I learned to talk, I would do puppet shows. No one was ever really sure what they were about, actually, but I would entertain myself for hours. In kindergarten I would write and draw stories. Of course, my handwriting was so bad no one could tell what I was saying. In third grade I created vivid imaginary worlds with my sister, where Aslan and Laura Ingalls Wilder and Darth Vader exist… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I was the social outcast of my middle school. If I wanted to go to a movie, I could go with my family or by myself. I saw a lot of movies by myself, and it was always incredibly lonely, especially if the movie was a couple of weeks old and no one was in the theater.I'm really glad I have people to see movies with now. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Over the course of three years, acquiring music by various completely legal means, I found songs that really spoke to me. The list is pretty short and selective; I think that a soundtrack to my life really needs to be the absolute best songsl. In a lot of ways this helped me know myself better. All these songs have a common theme of escape, of running away from mundanity. In a lot of ways, my life bores me. My life still bores me aft… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I decided a few months ago that I hated my hair. I was just so bored by it. I've had the same hair the entirety of high school.So I tried to figure out what would make it look better, and my mom suggested that I cut it short. Although we initially had conflicts over what "short" meant (apparently I am not allowed to have the Pink haircut), we eventually decided.I feel so beautiful right now. My hair looks like Daphne's from Hero… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I sat down and decided I was going to read it. I'd liked Anthem, due to my weakness for dystopias, and never finished reading the Fountainhead, because I thought it was glorifying rape. Ugh. I liked Dagny and Rearden well enough, but John Galt was such a Mary Sue. And, by the way, don't stop the plot for a hundred pages to lecture about your political philosophy. Sheesh. Even though I agree with a lot of it, I still prefer not to be lectured at. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I shoplifted a book from a bookstore, mostly just to see if I could do it. I've always enjoyed trying to figure out how to break laws and not get caught as an intellectual puzzle, and I thought I might as well put it into practice.I used one of my most thought-out plans (see below) and successfully stole the book. However, it was incredibly undramatic. I didn't even have to talk my way out of anything! I suppose I could argue that this sh… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I wrote a novel over the summer, which meant that I always wanted to know what happens next. If you write something you're interested in, you're more likely to want to write. The whole essential problem is motivation. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I took honors classes and one AP. My school's highest honor roll is for those above 4.25, and since AP classes are weighted on a 6.0 scale and honors on a 5.0 it honestly isn't that hard. Right now my GPA is around a 4.9.I made sure to do all my homework and study for all the tests. There were a few classes that I was good at, so I let them slide in order to work harder on my other classes and get a good grade.In the second quarter o… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I bought a pot and grew some tomatoes, but the crop didn't come out very well and we basically got one salad out of it. Obviously I was never cut out to be a gardener. But I guess I'm happy that I get to know that fact about myself. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Basically, what I did was I sat down and decided to do it. I wrote about a chapter a week over the course of a summer. I didn't plot or anything beforehand, so I was writing mostly because I was curious what was going to come next. I think that was the essential motivation necessary to finish.I got my idea by creating a list of things that really annoyed me about Buffy (her lack of PTSD, the non-multicultural nature of the characters, the… Read how I did it…
