Assignment 24 - Hannah Pulley

It doesn't seem right that the year is almost over, and that the next few weeks will easily slip away as well while we're all busy with AP tests and finals. Maybe that fact will be helpful; if I can't slip into thinking the semester is over, I can't mentally check out until after June sixth has passed. (You can probably tell, I deal with stress by denying it.) I don’t have much to say about successes that someone hasn't said before: I learned how much I can achieve if I slow down and focus on one task for some amount of time; and that taking risks, joining that club or applying for that job, no matter how unlikely it seems, could pay off in the end. My only goal for next year is to try to keep this up—apply to college and hold it together. This summer I'm planning on spending more time outside, taking more walks, going to more concerts, meeting friends that I haven't seen since last summer, which is pretty much everything I've had to put off during the year.