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Movies and TV shows love a good makeover, but the difference between a movie and a TV show carrying out this overused trope is that the ones we see on TV are usually super temporary. They last a single episode before the character goes back to normal and often realizes that ~they never needed to change in the first place because they were great just the way they were~. Yeah yeah yeah, we’ve seen it so many times that we’ve practically forgotten how often it’s used… and how hokey it can be.
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Before you know it, the school year will be over and you’ll be out for the summer. Some of you might be starting your next year of high school, but I’m sure plenty of you will actually be leaving high school forever and starting college in the fall. Your high school years will be a part of your past, and you’ll look back with either a good riddance or an extreme sense of sadness.
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Periods, as most of us have come to realize at this point in our lives, are pretty terrible. Yeah, they’re a valuable and necessary part of life and all that, since human life wouldn’t really exist without periods, and blah blah blah. But even with the knowledge that periods aren’t anything to be ashamed of, between the cramps and the moodiness and the overall fact that you are bleeding out of an orifice you’d probably rather not be bleeding from, actually, they’re just not all that fun. But you know what periods are pretty great for? Acting as a scapegoat.
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The older I get, the more I look back on my younger self and feel awful for all the turmoil I went through. I took everything so personally, I tried to be a “good girl,” and I didn’t know how to trust that things would eventually work out. I wish I had someone like the current me to give me advice back then. I would have encouraged myself to stick up for what I needed and to embrace the wonderful, beautiful person that I was. Except, even if someone like me was around to drop uncomfortable truth bombs I needed to hear, I probably wouldn’t have wanted to listen. I’m just being honest! I, like so many other high school students, was super stubborn and set in my ways.
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Some people just * know* when they’re ready for sex for the first time. Unfortunately, it isn’t that easy for a lot of us. Many people view having sex for the first time as a Very Big Deal, which can make figuring out if you’re ready super stressful. Even if you don’t want your first time to be with the love of your life and you just want it to happen, it can still be tough to decide if you’re ready or not. Unfortunately, there is no perfect time or date or age or maturity level that indicates when you’re there – you just have to figure it out on your own.
Everyone with a best friend knows that imagining life without a bestie is terrifying AF. What would you do without your partner in crime? Your ride or die? The peanut butter to your jelly? Your life without them would have a lot less joy, less laughter, fewer chick flick binges, late-night fast food runs, sleepovers, and inside jokes. You would do anything for your bestie right? Sometimes, “everything” even includes lying to them… and whether those lies are necessary or not remains to be determined.
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Ever had a crush on someone who doesn’t know you exist? Same. Here are some things that, in my twenty-two years of life, I have done as an attempt to get a crush to notice me:
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If you’re like me, every single time you’re around your crush, you mysteriously become a mute. Like, your tongue stops working. Your mouth refuses to open. You might as well, for the moment, not even have vocal chords.
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The truth is, you don’t need tips or tricks to get guys to like you. You don’t need to change who you are. Even if one of these crazy tactics somehow does land you a boyfriend, they won’t be getting all of who you are because you lost so much of yourself trying to lock them down in the first place. Take a deep breath, take a look at what you’re doing, and reevaluate a few things.
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