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Wow, it's been awhile!  I didn't even realize, until I started reposting my old stuff this evening, how long it's been since I posted anything on my blog.  Which is kind of sad, since I feel like I've been learning a TON this past year.

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First version posted on old Writers website on Monday, 08 January 2018

Reposted on current site (finally!!!) 5-2-19

Dedicated to all the highschoolers (and my college buddies, too).

Hello!

Since I feel like I've learned a LOT in the last couple of years, I thought I'd start a list of tips and tricks for, well, surviving.  Some of them may be geared toward Managing Perfectionism, others towards handling ADD - or just getting through a day.  Some day, maybe, I will put them in some kind of order.  Until then, I will post things as I think of them, in the hopes that they will help you, as much as they have helped me.  Enjoy!

 

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I was fooling around on YouTube a few minutes ago, and noticed that the Wreck It Ralph 2 trailer had an image of the Disney princesses, in PJ’s, in a slumber-party like room, talking with one of the WIR characters.  Since I’ve always daydreamed about the Disney Princesses being friends, and forming a kind of hit team of heroes, I had to watch it.  The rendering was good – all of the girls were instantly recognizable – but I had some issues with it.

Namely, that when the girl from Wreck It Ralph was trying to convince them she was a princess, the progression went “Do you have magic hair?  Magic hands?  Do animals talk to you?  Were you poisoned? Cursed? Kidnapped or Enslaved?”, (clearly as a satirical comment on how most Princess stories go, which is irritating, but can’t be argued with), and then “Does everyone assume that all of your problems were solved when a big, strong man showed up?” “YES!” “SHE IS A PRINCESS!!!”

Ok, WAAAIIIITT.  While I appreciate the desire/sympathy behind the current strong-female-character movement, I think you’re missing the point with Princesses here, people!

Now, what I am about to embark on is an attempt to put some of my own thoughts and feelings down.  I don’t have it all “right”, and I’m sure to tick off a few people, but this is more a way for me to work through what I believe, so please bear with me.

 

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Originally published on Old Writers Website Friday, 01 September 2017 

Republished on current website on 5-2-19, with some minor spelling and grammar edits