sweetoctober

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  1. First off, congratulations! To get scholarships like those is not easy. My family is in the same bucket yours is; my dad got fired, and now we have no income. That means I get Pell grants at the max, and most of the scholarships I have applied to, I have received! You sound pretty darn adequate for this one. Now my favorite part...Fashion! If you school in not uniformed, than you should wear business like attire that says you are serious and passionate. Don't got out of your personal element though where a person will look at you and say "Is that Lizzy?" It may be weird to some people if I don't normally wear hooker heels and then I randomly wear them one day, get it? LOL sorry for the analogy but it's the best I got. For your hair, SIMPLE! I just had experience with bad highlights, and I learned to hide them with a braid. Side braid are very trendy now a day... Just google pictures, and believe me they are very easy to make. Always practice your outfit, hair and make up before you embark on it! Ugh, I can't tell you have many what no to wear's I have seen lurking about -___-
  2. My stake president says that for sport (I am not sure if you would call going to the gym sport) that it is OK. but here is the thing, at the gym you are not really required to wear a certain type of anything, and there are plenty gym clothing out there that are modest. If you were let's say a runner, and you had to wear the really short shorts and rash guard then I would say the exception would be made there. I don't wear garments yet, but they are really important to me. Seeing my parents wear them growing up has taught me a very demure respect for them. I've heard so many stories where garments have truly blessed and saved peoples lives. So if I were you I'd get some basketball pants, bermudas (cotton of course), or sweats, and just wear that. My mom always tells me that she had a hard time wearing them when she first got them, but it was easier as time went by, and she grew accustomed to them. You'll know what feels right.
  3. It's a scholarship through my particular school, and grant. I am starting out at a two year college before I decide which university I would like to attend. I've got a lot to sort out, you know? Anyway, this scholarship has very specific guidelines... for instance you must be receiving a particular grant (not a loan) and you have to be an undergraduate of so long. Your best bet is to research Study Abroad scholarships for your grant, loan, or whatever it is you have. They are all different. But if you are paying out of pocket than it is a different story entirely! What school are you going to?
  4. I have the opportunity to study abroad on a scholarship for two to four years. The program itself recommends that you study in places that you wouldn't automatically pick, like Indonesia, or Russia. I would have a much better chance choosing a country like that instead of picking France, Italy, or a place like that. I was just wondering if anyone has studied abroad. I know that a lot of you have gone on missions, but I think that is a bit different than actually studying abroad; awesome, but different. Can you attend and actual school, or is more or less a study the culture type of thing? I am not sure I would want to go if that is what it entails, because I want to be smart about what I can eventually major in, and not back myself up into a corner like my french teacher confessed to doing. So in short, Study Abroad, good or bad, and personal experiences would be so appreciated =]
  5. I seriously have no idea who I am anymore... I am starting college in the fall, and I can't make up my mind. It's the worst internal conflict I have ever experienced in my life, and no matter how much searching I do, I always find glitches in the plan. I am so insanely lost and stressed... I hoped around through so many careers I love, but there are always these gross obstacles... like course hard, and it's measure of difficulty. I would love to study neurology, but I hate math and science. I love psychology, and would love to have my ph.d in clinical psychology, but my mom says I need to get a heart before I can start to try and help others with their problems... I love journalism, but I don't want to get stuck in a field that is non productive. Advertising is cool, but whos to say it's for me? The cuteness of being indecisive or the grace period is OVER and I still have no idea where I want to go.... And I feel like I am disappointing people everywhere I go =/ This is hard!
  6. So, I got the itch to highlight my own hair... just a few, I said, and now I have this terrible brassy color coating my whole crown. It's so gross I can hardly look at myself... and it washes me out and makes me look very sick. Re-dying it is NOT an option, because I don't want to risk the overall health of my hair that way (I will get it colored for graduation in two months). So does anyone have any solutions to which I can tone this bassiness down? Personal experiences??? Tell me that I am not the only idiot out there! And believe me, I am not THAT kind of girl that spends every other moment in her own refelctions, but in this case, I really can't stand it >=/
  7. Do you have a successful career? If not, than point proven. I am selfish, I want to do me, and not kids, and a husband.
  8. I am miserable. I let my heart get stomped on, and opened my eyes to all of the fake people out there. I can't even talk to my leaders, and I have been reduced to posting on here... I need something, and I am not sure what it is.
  9. I feel like I am in this total church funk right now. I just don't agree with anything any more, and I don't want to conform to the cookie cutter life style. I'm starting college, and I can't stand the pressure that seems to be grabbing me at every chance it gets. Especially at church. I feel like LDS members married too fast, and it's gross. People throw their entire lives, and careers down the toilet just to get hitched and have 5,000 kids. I feel like there is something wrong with me... I don't have the testimony that I once had, or the faith for that matter... Everything used to be black and white, and now I am seeing a lot of grey. I used to love my bishop but now I can barely look at him without getting sick. Everyone just seems to conniving and fake. I am miserable, and I am not sure what to do anymore...
  10. One of biggest challenges I had as a youth, was who I connected my feelings with. I cling to maturity, and we were always prompted to date within our age groups, which never peaked my interest b/c I was drawn to older men...It was crazy..It got to the point when I had to discuss the issue with my bishop...he is so funny, and great, he really snapped me out of it. But, yeah, that was hard.
  11. So I've only just had my 18th birthday last Tuesday, and I've already recieved a calling! Can you believe that? I m so scared. I am the music leader in primary...I have just seen how they have been eater alive, and I want to be different, even though I am so young. I just am scared that there will be disrespect because of my youth. Will they through me right into it, this up coming Sunday?? Any suggestions?
  12. Here is the thing, who are we to cast a judging eye? I am only 17, but I my self have had difficultly with swearing. It is a powerful addiction, that took me time, and deep desire to quit, and break. I never considered my self a bad mormon just because I would swear often. Did I have less spirit? Yes, I never felt 100%, but what we must always remember is that other people may struggle with things that we don't. Put yourself in their shoes, would you want a person questioning your place in the church because of something like that? There are A LOT worse things going on out there and inside of our church with our members, that when people take things such as these, which should remain between the Lord, and the participant, that it really seems like gospel hobbies. The best thing to do in your situation, is maybe invite this sister over, and have the missionaries over as well, to teach a lesson on profanity. One day, she will be clean of her mouth. My problem was so far along, that I openly used profanity with my parents. I felt dirty, and when being interviewed for my P Blessing by the bishop, I told him. He told me that I had to truly want to stop, to be free of the addiction, and then poof, after that day, I was clean...I wanted it, and soon enough, she will also....
  13. So I am pretty much scared out of my mind right now. I have to go and speak with my bishop about an addiction that has taken over my life. We are good friends, and I am so afraid that he will be angry or disgusted. I am praying for courage, and I think that I pretty well know what I will say, but it is still so hard. I want this off of my plate, but at the same time I don't want him to look a me any differently. What should I do, and what type of repentace process should I expect?