Tag: #resolution

• Advocating For Yourself: Be Your Own Star

  Hi guysss!  What’s popping?  In the preceding blog, I delved into my worries of lacking the capability of mounting the stage for graduation, (https://banaanyablogs.org/2023/05/22/i-want-to-be-normal-coming-to-terms-with-my-disability/).  Now, as a graduate, I can deliver an update: Amid graduation practice, as we strolled into the auditorium, my eyes immediately sought the stage.  It consisted of four steps on both…

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  #advocating, #cerebralpalsy, #classof2023, #disability, #disabled, #fear, #graduate, #graduation, #motivational, #resolution, #teen

• Putting Yourself First: Learning to Say No

  Hii guys!!  Over the course of the past few days, a theme was introduced into my life.  Okay that’s a bit dramatic, but I learned something.  Yes, you should care and support your friends.  But at the end of the day, you are your own priority.  You come before them. My friend requested my presence…

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  #disability, #disabled, #fear, #friends, #motivational, #resolution, #senioryear, #sunset, #teen

• Not Running Away From Situations: Asking for help

  A looming, foreboding event perpetuates a storm of butterflies, accounting for the multitude of possibilities that can arise.  You seek, imagine, and generate a remedy for all the probabilities.  You consider skipping the occasion all together.  Last week I was entangled in this distraught state with the dreaded class picture. Due to my Cerebral Palsy…

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  #cerebralpalsy, #disability, #disabled, #fear, #help, #motivational, #resolution

• I Can’t Read Facial Expressions: Embracing it

  Rather recently, I was mindlessly sitting through class, preoccupied with completing work from other classes.  My teacher was asking throw away questions.  Who is this?  Dory.  Who is this?  Nemo.  I said it matter of factly, expecting him to continue and explain whatever principle we were studying.  Wrong!!  He sighed exasperated.  “You should know this,”his…

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  #cerebralpalsy, #disabilty, #disabled, #exppresions, #motivational, #resolution, #strgging, #teen

• The Meaning of New Year’s: How to Approach It

  New Year’s- is a joyous occasion, welcoming the new calendar year, ignited by partying.New Year’s resolutions are pondered and formulated.  Sometimes including a course of action.  But what if this is the incorrect approach or only captures part of the purpose? On New Year’s day, I stumbled upon this quote highlighting how we tend to…

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  #2023, #beyourself, #cerebalpalsy, #change, #disability, #dreams, #newyears, #resolution