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My Ukuleles

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Both are sopranos. The one on the left was a gift from my friend for Christmas, who said it was his old one and he didn’t know what to do with it anymore since he doesn’t play it. It’s decent but the strings need to be replaced and tuned. It sounds horribly tinny and gets untuned very easily. It’s also a pretty cheap uke, but I like to keep this one as back-up if I am going somewhere where my more valuable one will get damaged, or if my friends and I are going to have a jam session and one of them forgot theirs. The one on the right is my pride and joy that I got from my dad. He paid like…$27 for it I think, when it was originally priced for $90 (around there). His friend worked at the store he bought it from and was able to get a hey-can-you-give-me-a-better-price-because-we-know-each-other-discount. Even though it’s not as expensive or awesome as other ukes, I think the quality is fantastic for being so cheap. My friend has a ukulele her parents paid $235 for, and it sounds only a hair better than mine. I love the brown one to death and bring it along for jam sessions and concerts.
I don’t take lessons- I self-teach myself and watch videos on YouTube or look up chords on ukulele websites. I’m not a great singer, either, but I love playing and harmonizing with my better-singing friends.
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30 Day Challenge

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SO I WAS IN CLASS ONE DAY…

And my teacher told us about a “30 Day Challenge” thing that people do. Basically, someone chooses a goal they will do every day for 30 days. Some people choose to quit smoking, to bike every day, to eat salad every day, etc. The “30 Day Challenge” encourages people to do something better for their lives and helps them develop a healthy habit for it. Me being the person I am, I decided a while ago to do 30 challenges EVERY DAY for 30 days. If you didn’t get that the first time, I did 30 challenges every single day for thirty days. Here was my “30 Day Challenge” checklist:

 

 

 

30 Day Challenge Checklist

[_] Eat something new

[_] Kiss someone

[_] Write

[_] Listen to a different song

[_] Compliment someone

[_] Talk to someone new

[_] Take a photo

[_] Cook a meal

[_] Watch a new youtube video

[_] Give someone a present

[_] Try to catch something

[_] Wear the color red

[_] Send a text

[_] Watch a movie trailer

[_] Read a poem

[_] Have someone lift me

[_] Quote someone famous

[_] Do a new gesture

[_] Do 1 push up and add one consecutively per day

      (i.e. 2nd day: 3 push-ups, 3rd day: 4 push-ups)

[_] Read a chapter from a book

[_] Untie/take someone’s shoes

[_] Dance

[_] Tell the truth

[_] The whole truth

[_] And nothing but the truth

[_] Learn a new word and use it

[_] Facebook stalk someone

[_] Drink tea

[_] Wear something different every day

[_] Pick up line

As you can see, most of these things are silly and interesting. After doing the 30 Day Challenge, I reflected on the experience. A lot of people were entertained by what I was doing, and a lot of them helped me out and inquired on a daily basis to ask whether or not I did all of my challenges yet. It was a nice experience to have, and I actually did develop some good habits from it. I tried a lot of new foods I didn’t think I would like, and some other foods I decided I would never try again. I helped develop a ton of skills (cooking, making movies, dancing, writing). My arms got more toned (YES!). I cycled through the clothes in my wardrobe and created a lot of new, creative outfits. And lastly, I found out a lot of ways on how to not tell the truth, but not lie. The “30 Day Challenge” is a great opportunity to make life interesting and better. You should try it!

Your friend,

Jazmyne

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New Year’s Resolutions

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I know I’m a bit late, but I really wanted to share what my New Year’s Resolutions were. If not for you guys, for myself, so that way I’ll have a harder time forgetting them. Here you go:

  • Get back into hot yoga
    • I did hot yoga over the summer last year and it was AWESOME. I really want to go back and do it again for an extended time period. It really cleanses the body out and makes you feel refreshed and ready to go
  • Have a healthier diet
    • I’m not doing this because I want to lose weight. I simply want to feel healthier and more energetic and like I have more stamina. So, no more cake or chocolate or excessive vegetarian bacon.
  • Dance more
    • Hip hop dancing is one of my passions. I really need to start choreographing more this year.
  • Move into step-family’s house
    • This has been loooooong overdue. We’ve been meaning to move into our stepfamily’s house for like…9 years. I think it’s time. (Especially since I’ll be graduating soon)
  • Get rid of things I don’t need/are old
    • I really don’t want to be on the next episode of “Hoarders”. Time to get rid of my old stuff.
  • Buy new furniture for my room
    • Time to hit up Goodwill Outlet and look for a new desk and some new shelf/storage space for my room. I’ve had relatively the same furniture since 3rd grade.
  • Care more about fashion and less about makeup
    • I really love fashion and going thrift store shopping. I need to shop more this year and expand and flesh out my wardrobe so that way I can be hitting up the streets in style. I DON’T want to care about the small imperfections of my face and let those imperfections control whether or not I think I look good. I don’t need makeup to feel beautiful.
  • Grow out my hair
    • Last year I experimented with different short-medium hairstyles. Time to grow it out and see what happens
  • Keep in touch with people
    • I really need to do a better job managing friendships and keeping in touch with people I don’t see every day at school.
  • Don’t be a pushover- be confident!
    • I can’t let other people step on me and make me feel inferior. I have to assert myself and be confident and independent in order to be happy and feel important.