Dera's Diary

Hey everyone, I hope you've been having a good week. This is my last week of school before the Easter break and I cannot deny my excitement to go home! Also, Easter is such a special celelbration and I'm pretty ecstatic about that as well. Some weeks ago, a friend and I were having a conversation that struck a schord with me. We don't accept help when it's offered because we don't want people to think that we're not capable or we don't want to accept vulnerability, we don't want to miss the opportunity or position. The particular situation that triggered this conversation was quite simple. I wanted to ask my houseparents for help with something, and when I entered the duty room, one of them was asleep and so I was whispering. The houseparent I was speaking to asked if everything was okay because I seemed really quiet. I dind't realise that she could be talking about my voice level and thought she felt I had generally been speaking less lately. Th...

Hello everyone, How has your first week post-lockdown been? (if you are in the UK I mean) Mine was pretty peachy. I got to see friends I haven't seen in a while, start some pretty fun projects and have physical classes again. I know not everyone can relate, but I personally loved being in class again. It reminded me why I love some subjects, and made some (insert suitable adjective here) subjects a lot more enjoyable. I was pretty tired during every first period, but I really love being back in school... guess I'm just that type of person. Also, I am really excited to go back home over Easter. I haven't been away for sooo long, but I'm just really excited. I also must say, in this last week, I have felt so much peace. I'm just not as stressed about everything... and that's not to say that there haven't been stessful things. But with loads of practice and failure, I think I'm finally getting to the not-letting-stressful-things-stress-me part. After...

Hey there everyone, I'm writing this so late and am not sure this qualifies as a post in this week but... I'll go with it. Happy new month by the way! I think I'm gonna be celebrating my one-year blog anniversary pretty soon :) This week flew by.... Don't know if I felt that way during the actual week, but I feel that way now. It was majorly uneventful. There were definitely some really great moments that I recall. One of them being games on Wednesday. I was really nervous about playing soccer again cause of what happened last week, but I had to remind myself (and am still reminding myself) that I cannot control anyone but myself and that I do not have to live in fear. Something wrong was done, I spoke up about it, end of story. Making myself uncomfortable will not change anything. It's a gradual lesson, but one I'm embracing more and more everyday. So, I mustered up my courage throughout the day, and ended up having lots of fun. A little while back, I was...