day in the life | junior year

a day in the life | junior year

4:45 am- alarm goes off, turn it off, roll over
4:55 am- 2nd alarm, roll over again

5:05- i should probably actually wake up….

5:20- there’s no more procrastinating it, i roll out of bed bleary eyed and slightly confused and stumble into my closet

5:40-6:00 (depending on whether we are talking about the beginning or end of the year): hop into my car and drive to early morning seminary listening to either a conference talk, my current favorite mix on spotify, or just the radio

6:05-6:20 (again- depends on what point in the year we are at): sheepishly walk in late to seminary

6:20-7:00- learn a ton of really great stuff at seminary. the book of mormon is the coolest- i honestly learned so much about the love God has for us, the power of humility and righteousness, and how much God wants to bless us. 

7:00-7:10- socialize or finish homework

7:10-7:25- drive to school, it’s fun to see how the people who rode with me to school changed over the course of the year. at the beginning I was usually alone, then sometimes someone would ride with me to help with homework or studying, then at the end it was pretty much the same 2-3 people every day. 

7:30-8:53- Pre-Cal or Physics. ugh. i learned a lot in these classes but am 100% okay to be done. marissa was in both of these classes so luckily i survived. i fought so hard for that a in physics. 

9:00-10:23- ap engligh III or APUSH. i survived skinny block!!!!!! english was tough at times but overall i really enjoyed both these classes and feel like i learned so much! 

10:30-11:00- SWORD. aka filler class. 

11:00-12:53- yearbook & lunch! yearbook was a lot more fun this year because i was all in (compared to doing both band and yearbook sophomore year). i learned a lot about how the yearbook actually works, made some new awesome friends, and also had a good amount of spare time to work on things i enjoyed. despite that, i did work really hard and am excited that it payed off cause now you’re talking to next years editor in chief! we had an amazing staff this year and we made what i think is the best book our high school has put out yet…. pressure’s on for next year! 

12:53-2:25- first semester i had spanish II, another class that was hard but i really really loved learning spanish- it's so interesting! second semester i had an online dual credit class so i got to leave early!! (best. thing. ever) i used this time for a lot of things. some days i would go home and work on homework, tossd, or photography stuff. other days i would go to dad’s office and hang out in action room one while i worked on various things. sometimes i went over to nora’s grandma’s and we talked, ate junk food, and did homework. occasionally i actually did work on the online class that i got to leave school early for haha. having this extra time honestly saved me this year. 

2:25-3:00- drive to work & listen to a podcast. favorites include How I Built This and the occasional episode of Munchin’ with Moguls (especially the early ones)

3:00-5:30- work at the preschool. i just completed my last day here but this job taught me so much about patience and hard work. i worked in a lot of different classrooms throughout the year but all of the kids were sweet (although very..um.. spunky? at times too) and even though it didn't make me rich, i’m really grateful for this job. 

5:30-6:00- drive home. traffic made it seem like forever. 

6:00-9:00- honestly so different every night. sometimes it was going to sibling events, giving people rides, doing homework or working on projects, in the fall i volunteered at curbside on thursdays, every wednesday i stayed in town and worked on photography projects and homework in the church parking lot to save gas, some days i went to gramma and grandads, some days i just came home and spent time outside, hung out with siblings, and just did normal teenager things. i feel like i had to learn to use my time a lot more efficently this year in order to get things done but also to just enjoy life. 

9:00-10:00- the first 1/2 of the year i used this for school or watching t.v but in the last quarter i got in the habit of running and it made my life so much better! 

10:00-11:00- shower, read scriptures, go to bed. 

my nightime schedule is really just a rough draft because it was so crazily different every night! some nights i stayed up until 1 am doing homework or working on for fun projects, other nights i didn't even get home until 10 and then just stumbled into bed. between 2 jobs, 2 ap classes, a dual credit class, a church calling, responsibilitues that come with being a human, trying to have good realtionships with friends and family, raising money for hefy, waking up at 5 am every morning, and the side project i always seem to have (no matter how busy i am i can't seem to help having some kind of creative or business project going on- some examples include creating 2 websites, trying to launch a photography business and all that goes a long with that, creating a paper portfolio, editing pictures, designing and selling a tshirt, creating invites for church activities, hosting a second craft camp, trying to learn new skills, etc.) this was definitely the year of tired. a really fullfilling year, but also a really tiring year. i think that was one of my greatest challenges. sometimes i would just feel so overwhelmed but so blessed because i truly loved everything i was drowning in. i think i learned how to work harder, survive on less sleep, and manage my time a little bit better. this was a crazy year but a real good one. 

highlights of junior year: fall break, going to arizona, visiting BYU for the first time, finally saving up enough money for HEFY, launching moorelightshine, first job (x2), first car, driving!

Junior year was a 10/10 year and i'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that i'm a senior now- what even?!?!