Post 196 | Almost 20

So at dinner last night I realized something... I am no longer going to be a teenager in about three weeks. That is really weird to think about. My teen years have been amazing and awesome and life-changing and thrilling and all of that! But now that I am not going to be a teenager what am I supposed to change my blog to?

It has been "The Blog of a Teenage Guy" for so long now! It's gunna be really weird changing it but I think it's the right thing to do. It's either that or start a new blog entirely on my other Gmail account which almost seems like something to do... Hmmm...

It is a weird turning point I guess. I have the chance to start fresh and begin a new blog or do I revamp this one and keep it going? Decisions, decisions... I feel like this is a creative conversation that needs to be had with some of my friends. 

It would be really sad to see this blog go, I've just written so much on here and journeyed basically throughout most of my teenage years. Well, they ain't over yet!

I have really had some really great times. I have made awesome, life-long friends, stayed up late playing video games, watched tons of movies, built tons of legos, written a lot, attempted to make stop-motion animations, created podcasts, tried to save a tv show, fell in love, helped build a house, gone to Chicago numerous times, driven cars, gone to the movies a ton, read a lot of books, went to the launch of a video game system, played a lot of board games, became an Apple addict, drawn, painted, created, and just have had a great time.

There have been a lot of struggles too. Relationships strained in both my family life and with some of my friends, but hey, I have always pulled through. I think it really helps to work towards having a positive attitude towards life overall.

If you are consistently looking for negatives, that is all you are going to see. Instead if you are looking for positives they will shine even brighter and it can help you set your priorities straight. Trust me, I speak from experience. Life is good, go out and live it! I am trying to best I can, even if I make mistakes, at least I am having a good time doing it.

Trying to live without regret is a huge struggle but I think one we all really need to reach towards. If you went out to a party and had a great time and got wasted, try not to regret the hangover in the morning. If you went out and smoked pot or something, and had a great time while doing it, try not to regret it. Now I have done neither of those things but I can only imagine there is some level of fun involved.

Try forgiving yourself for the mistakes you made. Realize that you are just human and any mistakes you make only help you become who you are, or help you grow as a person. I have made mistakes in the past and I am working on not regretting so much, but things will keep nagging at you and you really cannot get past that.

Anyways, I'm almost 20! It's crazy! I have been "The Blog of a Teenage Guy" for... a little under five years now, that is a lot of time. So anyways, keep your eyes peeled for my transition into being twenty-something. Thanks as always for reading and you should tell your friends to come here and read my stuff... Really.

Post 189 | Advertisements

Hey everyone who possible reads this, I just wanted to give you a quick heads up about what you see below this post and to the right of this post.

There are now advertisements on my blog. I know, they can be annoying but after looking at what Google had to provide and how they would look on my blog I decided to give it a chance. Now I am not going to sit here and tell you to click every single one of them, that is completely up to you! Please don't feel pressure to click or not click, if you see something that interests you click, if not don't!

I trust Google with the fact that ads will appear here that have somewhat to do with what I talk about on here, and that if you decide to click on one of them you will not get a virus or anything. Sure Google could appear to be this big, evil corporation but I trust them with this so just go with it.

Ok that is all I wanted to talk about today, I have an idea for a blog post about some Oscar stuff that I will write sometime this week, probably tomorrow to break from all my speech work. Ok, thanks for reading and for understanding!