The current date is Friday, August 18 of 2017 it is the 4th day of my Senior year in high school and i already feel a little stressed which is funny because i am not really the stressful kinda person. Being that it is Friday in high school there is a football game today after school which is expected to be really fun. Also the fact that it is my last year of high school i really want to do something like join clubs to finish high school off. 

9 Ways to be Happy and Make Something of your life 

Gordon B. Hinckley

  1. Be Grateful 

There are many reasons why people should be grateful. Many reasons including the fact that there are many things people take many important things for granted of such as food, school, a home, a family, and even being able to wake up the next morning. Being grateful is a part of life because once you are grateful then you start to appreciate life and start taking advantage of the things you have. Instead of complaining that other people have better stuff than you do. Also when you are grateful for the things you have you will not spending your time trying to get better things than what you already have instead you will be able to focus on more important things in life.


2. Be Smart
Being smart in the world can apply to many things in life whether it is applying to money, school, sports, and many other things. When being smart it has an advantage to other people if they are not being smart because you are being smart and do good things and will have many opportunities. So when you aren't being smart it allows the other people who are being smart to have the opportunities that you could have had. An example of being smart is to play sports by the rules and not do anything that is considered breaking the rules. Another example is that when you are making money and spending it on useless things and things that you don't need right now that is not being smart with your money. Also, being smart with your money requires you to save it and use it wisely. 


3. Be Involved
Whether you are in school or at work or even at home it is best to be as involved as you can for many reasons. Being involved allows you to be able to know more and be a part of more things which is always good. At school you can be involved in extra curricular activities like sports, clubs, and other different activities. At work you can do more than what you are expected to do which shows that you are an over achiever. Also at work you can get involved with different people and communicate to make the work environment better. At home there are many ways to be involved whether its cleaning outside, taking out the trash, helping mom wash the dishes, or even walking the dog. All these are ways of being involved at home. 

4. Be Clean

Being clean in life is very important because when you are clean you are able to be neat and organized in your home,school, work and also sports. What I mean by being clean in sports is that you will not brake the rules or bend them and that you will play clean and honestly. At home you are clean by cleaning your room, cleaning the house, cleaning after your pet which you may or may not have. Being clean at school means to clean up after yourself and keep your desk area neat and organized whether you throw away paper or broken pencils or even just moving things to look neater that is all being clean and organized at school. Being clean at work requires you to be clean if your at an office or if you are at a conference room you always have to be clean and organized in your work space. Another way of being clean is to use clean language which means not to cuss and say bad words all the time because when you cuss and use foul language it sounds unprofessional and immature. 

5.Be True

In life being true can apply to different things whether you are true in a sport by playing fair, or at school telling the truth. You also need to be true at your work place because if you are at work and you do not tell the truth about a sale or a situation then you could possibly get fired. At school if you lied for not doing your homework or lied about not doing a project then you will get in trouble, lower your grade in the class and possibly be sent to the office and get a call home. Also at school if you lie but you do not get caught and you graduate and go on in life you will have accomplished school and are in a career but you didn't learn anything because you lied your way through school. In sports being true is extremely important because it shows you being fair and it shows really good sportsmanship. Lastly, one of the most important qualities about being true is that you need to be true to yourself and being true to means not to lie to yourself about different things. 

6.Be Positive

Positivity is very important especially in our world because no matter what being positive can push you forward and will help you with anything. People say that laughter is the best medicine for anything and i believe that because laughing can change your mind from whatever situation you were in. For example if your at home and you accidentally break something you become negative and think about what punishment you will get and how to get out of it or do you become positive and clean up the mess and face the consequences which might not be that bad if you tell and accept the truth.

7.Be Humble:

Being humble means to be respectful and courteous to other people no matter the situation of the problem. You should always be humble to the people around you even if they are not to you. Also being humble includes putting yourself down to pick others up. For example, if you are in a sport and your one of the best players on the team then to be humble you don't act like the best you make others be the best and play how others are playing to pick up their spirits. Also there is a saying that goes keep your friends close but your enemy closer and i believe in that quote not for a bad reason but for a good one. If you keep your enemies closer and respect them even if they do not do the same to you then that is being humble. "A humble person is more concerned about what is right than being right, about acting on good ideas than having good ideas , about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team then exalting self, about recognizing contribution, than being recognized for making it", this quote is very motivating because it shows what being humble looks like and how to act like a humble person. Being humble is one of the most important qualities in life. 

#8 Be Still

To be still means to be calm and to be nice even when everyone around you isn't. Being calm can be difficult at sometimes when you are in situations where you can't even think about what being calm is. An example of being still is when you are at school and you forgot to do your homework so you be still and tell the truth that you did not do your homework and that you will accept the consequences. Another example of being still is you find yourself in a position where you feel sad or alone or stressed this is another opportunity to be still. 

#9 Be Prayerful

Final Reflection 

Of all of these 9 ways to be happy and to make something of our life there is not one that does not explain how this makes our lives happier and how we can apply it to our lives and make something of it. These 9 ways show us and tell us to be grateful, be smart, be involved, be clean, be true, be positive, be humble, be still and to be prayerful. All of the ways are exceptional in their own little ways but the one that sticks out to me the most is to be true not because honesty is the best policy but because when you are true to yourself you can do anything since you are honest about who you are. Being true is very important everywhere in life whether at work, school, in a sport/club, even at home it is very important. Besides being true all the other ways are important to apply in our lives to make our lives happier and so that we can do something with our lives. 

Summer 2017

My summer of 2017 was great because i got to spend a lot of time with family and was able to do a lot of things. One of the things i did this past summer was go to summer school which was pretty cool since i still got to see some of my friends. Also in summer i had family friends come here to Los Angeles to live with us for a couple of weeks from Guatemala so that was fun. In my summer i also went to the beach to go to some bonfires and parties. My summer also consisted of going to Knotts Berry Farm from time to time with my friends since i have the season pass.