I want to create a raw and unfiltered video that expresses my feelings and shares the struggles I've faced throughout my life. I feel like the only problem is my lack of confidence. I often stutter, am unsure of what to say next, and mix up my words. What can I do to be more confident and create a good video that helps people understand where I'm coming from? I've held it in me for long enough. I have to let it out, now.

I have made a few posts talking about controlling my emotions in situations where life is not in my control and I can’t do anything about it. Well, today, I noticed some damage on the loaner car I have while mine is in service. I have many recordings stored onboard, but a gap of 2 hours where no disturbance happened around the car, no accident, so nothing was recorded. But the recording right before that 2 hour gap shows the car is perfect and the recording right after that gap shows that trim piece damaged/vanished. I can’t prove my innocence and have no idea what happened. I’ll pick up my car tomorrow and we will see how it goes. Worst case, I’ll have to pay for the damage. Can I change anything? No. So why stress about it. But damn life keeps testing me 😅

Hey Shimon’s Tribe! I could really use some advice. I’m 15, and there’s something that keeps showing up in my life. I care way too much about what people think of me—what they might say, how they might look at me—and it’s starting to hold me back from doing the things I actually want to do. For example, I recently started track and field. I want to get better, but I don’t like going to races because I know I’m not that fast yet, and I worry I’ll embarrass myself or that people will talk about me. Since I’m the one living through it, their opinions feel like they hit me harder. And even though I know they’re not in my shoes, it’s still hard—because I know they don’t understand what it’s like to be in my position. What I really want is to care more about improving and less about what people think. I wish I could just focus on getting better without being so caught up in how others might see me. When I was younger, I didn’t think about this stuff—I just did what I wanted. Maybe that’s because everyone was younger and things felt lighter. But now it’s showing up in different areas of my life, and I think about it all day. I’m about to be a junior in high school, and sometimes I feel like it might be too late for me to grow past this or to get good enough in time. But I really want to change—I just don’t know how. If anyone’s been through this or has any tips or advice, I’d be really grateful. Thanks for reading 💙

To quote the poet, Dylan Thomas, “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage against the dying of the light.” I’ve been thinking about this line for the past few days, and it’s a very thought-provoking concept. Death is waiting for me. No matter how much I hate certain things about my life, one day I will cease to exist. It may be a year from now, five years from now, 15 or 20. It may be tomorrow! What do I do until that day? Rather than drift into each week on auto-pilot, I must make every moment count. Now, my goal is to earn my sleep at night by living the day with a fiery passion. So, if you’re like me and you’re in a place where it’s hard to breathe, let go. Just let go and feel the shackles of that place break right off of your ankles. Let’s make it a mission of ours to live to the fullest extent and die as happy people. Much love, everyone.

Found out about this app called "How We Feel" made by Yale's university and it allows you to track your emotions so you can see patterns, and so much more. I still feel like im scratching the surface of this app. Anyway I believe this is a good way to be more present because you get to ask yourself: how am I feeling? And apparently in the long run it also helps with emotional intelligence. So I recommend it to everyone there, and it's 100% free!