Getting several licenses is one of the things I’ve been wanting to do lately. Getting a driver’s license is one of the credentials that I am most likely to obtain soon. I’ve been attending driving school once a week, and I want to earn my license as soon as possible so that I can drive with my parents and friends. During my summer break, I also want to pursue getting a license as a manicurist. Since going to a nail salon is difficult and expensive when living in a dorm, I have lately taken up doing my own nails.I will be able to do a lot of different things and have a lot of fun if I can create my own nails. My mother is a licensed foot massage therapist, eyelash extension specialist, and manicurist, so I thought it would be fantastic if I could get certified for my pastime. Additionally, I’d like to give becoming a licensed home builder a shot. In addition to being a certified real estate agent, my father holds other real estate-related qualifications. I found it really amazing that he pursued independent study after turning adulthood.Like my father, I want to grow up and be an independent adult who can travel the world on his own after graduating from college. I want to focus on my studies right now so that this summer I can get my manicurist certification.

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I’ve always considered myself to be fairly good at math. 

So when I’d drive by this certain furniture on the side of the highway that said “7 days until closing”, and a week later, it’d say “6 days until closing,” I knew something was up. 

This furniture store—which I’d always pass by on me and my mom’s weekly Costco runs—was lying straight to the face of its customers, and no one was saying anything.

This made me mad. 

I didn’t take ten years of Kumon to be tricked by a marketing gimmick by some dreary furniture store. I knew that a week later, the sign would still say the same, the furniture store would still be open, even though six days had obviously passed. 

Though this enlightened me to the lies that surround us in everyday life, my mom told me that if you paid attention, these lies were everywhere.

So, it’s this furniture store’s fault that I have trust issues. It’s this furniture store’s fault that I’m a skeptic. 

Like Donald Glover once said,

This is (consumerist)America. 

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I really love the idea of prom but it always ends up being super weird. I wish that school dances weren’t so awkward. I think it is us that make it awkward because if we all just decided that we were going to have fun and do things together then it wouldn’t be. Unfortunately because we don’t have the social skills to get along with each other, getting ready is my favorite part. That’s why I like dress dinner so much. I like it because it’s an excuse to get ready and put work into myself.  I like to have something to look forward to and talk about leading up to it, but things like that are just never worth the hype.  Although I have that mindset I get my hopes up every time that it’s going to be different and try to make the most of it. So maybe this year will be different.

I love to get ready. A lot of people hate picking out their outfits and taking a long time to do their hair, but I love it when I have time. I get to relax and do self-care all day, then get ready for a fun, nicer dinner. I love getting my nails done and picking out cute dresses while sun-kissed in the summer. Picking out blush shades and watching makeup tutorials. Sitting with a romance movie on as background noise while I have a face mask on my face in my silk pajamas. I sip my smoothie or matcha and read a book, cuddled up in a blanket or watching the sunset along the beach. Silence, quiet, noiseless. The world is quiet with the peace of getting ready. In the end, I am filled with confidence and self-love. Making fun videos and watching them back later of myself blabbing on and on about the most random things while I get ready is something I find to be so fun.

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