Wonder Day 6.12.15

Don't say maybe when I mean no. I'm not a very self-confident person and I don't like to speak my mind or create conflict. I've been letting myself succumb to peer pressure a lot. I've started to do some questionable things, although nothing bad has happened yet. I just think my life is heading in a direction that I'm not sure I want to take. I'm a risk-taker, but I'm having a harder time going against other peoples' will when I know that something is not right. I also have been cutting a lot of people off. I forget that not everyone views things the same way I do, and other people have their flaws and I need to be more understanding of that and maybe even make the effort to help them improve. However I'm not here to make a difference. I'm only here by chance, and have been damned to existence, and I don't plan on being around long enough to try to make any changes within myself or others, so I probably won't be making too big of an effort to actually go forward with the two points I mentioned. - high school student, Florida

Wonder Day 4.17.15

I have struggled a lot with peer and family pressure. I have always been expected to do something great. It's always "make all A's" and "no referrals" or "I can't believe you don't know the answer." The best choice I made was remembering that it is okay to break under pressure. Crying was always what I resulted to. Whether it was crying silently or alone or yelling at others in my head. This gave me a lot of relief. I began to learn that I don't always have to be Ms. Perfect. I still try to be perfect but now I know how to do it correctly. I can now still please everyone without hurting myself. - middle school student, NC