10 Ways To Become More Confident

1. Smile :) Not only will it brighten up your day, it will make others around you smile too. Smile not only because life is full of reasons to smile but because your smile itself is a reason for others to smile.

2. At the end of each day, write down something you think you did well, for example: My teacher praised me for getting full marks on a test or I stood up for a friend who was being bullied; and put it into a jar. From time to time, look through all the bits and pieces of paper you have put into the jar and you will see how much you have accomplished in life.

3. Listen to songs that makes you happy, not ones that makes you want to shut yourself off from the world and cry all by yourself in your room. Listen to something upbeat and lively :)

4. Believe that you're in a confidence bubble. Kind of like you're wearing an invisibility coat. Try to block out all the negative thoughts thrown at you. Treat the confidence bubble as if it's your shield. It repels back all the negative words thrown at you.

5. Love what you wear. When you look good, it changes the way you feel about yourself. This will make you confident with presenting yourself to the world. Dress good to feel good :)

6. Walk with a purpose. Believe that you have a reason to be in this world. Walk with your head up high, shoulders straight like you have got somewhere to be.

7. Make eye contact with the person you are talking to or are talking.

8. Next time you're at a party or social gathering, meet someone new. The girl/guy sitting by himself in the corner looks like a good person to start with. When you are able to make new friends, it helps with boosting up your confidence.

9. Clear out the clutter in your life. A messy room equals a messy mind. Coming home from school/work to a clean room is much more inviting then a messy, depressing room. A clean room gives you the opportunity to clear out your mind.

10. Stop comparing yourself to others. No one is made to be like one another. Everyone is unique and different in their own way. Weight and height is all just a number. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Focusing on your positive qualities, rather than comparing yourself to others, is a great way to boost up self-confidence.

Written by:
Audrey J
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Count The Little Things

Do you ever feel as if nothing good ever happens to you? Well then buy a jar and at any time something good happens to you, no matter how small or how big, whether it be you got a good grade on your paper, got a job promotion or went out to the movies with close friends, write it down on a piece of paper and place it into the jar. Do this for a whole year and at the end of the year, open up the jar and look at how all the small things that happened in your life adds up. We always judge our life by all the big things that happen but what we forget is that the big things are made up by all the little things in life.

-Audrey J-

YOU

Nobody else is like you, and you aren't like anyone else. You have your own proteins to create a beautiful eye colour, face shape, hair colour, along with your own skin and bones. You have a laugh distinct to your voice, and a gorgeous smile to pair with it. Your fingerprints are merely a physical example of how unique you are to this world. You have your own talents, and you are beautifully made as intended. Your DNA is set to you, your body strives for you to live. You are made to be YOU, and no other can compare.

Home Rules

Always Be Honest - PROVERBS 12:22

Count Your Blessings - PSALMS 34:1-3

Forgive And Forget - MICAH 7:18

Be Kind And Tender Hearted - EPHESIANS 4:32

Comfort One Another - 1 THESSALONIANS 4:18

Keep Your Promises - ROMANS 4:21

Be Supportive Of One Another - ACTS 20:35

Be True To Each Other - DEUTERONOMY 15:11

Treat Each Other Like You Treat Your Friends - MATTHEW 7:12

Love One Another Deeply From The Heart - 1 PETER 1:22

Marriage Box

Most people get married believing in a myth that marriage is a beautiful box that is full of things that they have longed for: companionship, intimacy, friendship, love, loyalty, etc. The truth is that marriage at the start is an empty box. You must put something in before you can take anything out. There is no love in marriage. Love is in people and people put love in marriage. There is no romance in marriage. You have to infuse it into your marriage. A couple must learn the art and form, the habit of giving, loving, serving, praising and keeping the box full. If you take out more than you put in, the box will be empty

-Audrey J-

Time Waits For No One..

Imagine that there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance that you failed to use during the day. So what would you do? Draw out every cent before the day ends, of course? Each of us has such a bank. Its name is time. Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as a lost, whatever of these that you have failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you and each night it burns the remains of the day. If you failed to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against tomorrow. You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, love and success. The clock is running, make the most of today and every day of your life.

-Audrey J-

Miss being a kid.....

I miss being a kid. I miss birthday parties in class with goodie bags and getting golden stars and smiley faces when I score full marks in spelling tests. I miss being able to run around playing freeze tag all day without getting tired then getting home to a nice bubble bath and finally putting my head on the pillow at night and knocking right out with no worries or cares. Or better yet, falling asleep on the couch and waking up on the bed the next morning. I miss eating however much I wanted without a thought about getting fat or being made fun of, and curling up on the couch with a good story book and getting lost in the world of fairytale; just letting my imagination carry me where it wants to go. I miss running home to watch my favourite cartoons on the tv and waking up early just for morning cartoons. I miss not being stressed, when everything was pure and simple. But what I miss the most of all, was the time that seemed to never run out. Now I feel as if I'm just growing up too fast