The Monique Ø. Show

Yesterday I graduated High School, I am officially an alum. It is so strange to think that I've been dreaming of living out my high school musical dreams of walking, getting my diploma, and tossing my cap. And it finally happened. I don't think it hit me yet that this chapter of my life is really over. Looking back on my past years of high school I want to make a list of 18 things I learned: Always ask for help if you need it You're gonna mess up but that's ok ALWAYS pull your weight in a group project Put your phone away!!! (still working on this one) Find your organization system early and stick to it Use a planner do!! your!!! homework!! If there is someone you want to talk to do it Cut toxic people out asap Put yourself first Find a way to de-stress and express yourself The school isn't out to get you Form relationships with teachers, administration, custodians, etc. it will only enrich your experience Take classes that interest you, not just b...

It’s been a while since I’ve written here but it’s been a busssyyy month. But I won most likely to be president!!! It’s been over two weeks since I had my last day of class and it was crazy. I was a pretty big mess, to say the least. I knew I was going to miss my teachers but I didn’t think I would be crying all over the place like I was.   I don’t think I really truly appreciated the structure that school provided me and how many deep and meaningful relationships I formed with my peers and teachers. It’s difficult to wrap my head around the fact that school is over and it’s the only thing I really knew. I’ve been through 3 different education systems and many schools but they’ve all followed the same class, snack/ break, class, lunch, go home. Next year at college it’ll be organized based on classes that I take and I’ll be in charge of my work and studies and from then on it'll kinda be up to me to put things together for myself. Right now I’m currently on internships wh...

Also, I got nominated for Most likely to be president as a senior superlative, results come out tomorrow at 3pm... hopefully I win because that would be super dope but we'll see

Realizing that I have 18 days left that I have to be at school is WILD to me. For as long as I can remember I have looked up to seniors and dreamed of the day I would become one. It's only hitting me now that everything I've built and been comfortable with for the past couple years will never be the same. This is different than doing an exchange for a year like I did last year because I came back and everything was like how I left it, but now when I leave it'll never be the same. I saw a tweet a couple days ago that was talking about missing random people from your classes that you were never friends  with but you made snarky comments with them or had a quick laugh in class. These people I'll probably never talk to again which I find hard to believe. I have a very hard time letting go of people even if I wasn't extremely close to them and I think that's because the idea of having the last conversation with someone really freaks me out. Irs really making me think...

After many hours of thinking I have decided to put this blog together. Here I will basically just publish some thoughts I have, any poems that I find that I like, interesting articles, etc. Basically, anything that I find interesting and worth talking about. My first thing will be this picture that my friend Jules (hey girl!!) posted on her Instagram. After traveling so much in the past couple weeks I've really felt like my heart and soul are in 5 million different places. I've had the amazing privilege of traveling so much with my family, doing exchange and Eurotour, and most recently traveling with my class from Spain. I really really am so grateful for everything but coming "home" feels so odd to me. I feel like now I can never be fully "home" because my family and heart are spread on almost every continent. Every place I have traveled to in the last 4 years has had an extremely strong impact on me and my development as a person and it just seems...