Dear Anita

I’m thinking of using Groupme to organize my notes. I am thinking of putting my English and History notes in my own groupchat space and possibly opening it up to some friends who may want school notes to help them study. That way I can reduce the clutter of papers, folders and binders on the shelves of my room by putting my English and History notes online where I can access them when I want and not have to carry the papers/notes with me. It will also reduce the paper/notes and provide more space on the shelves in my room. Also the idea of sharing the notes with a friend makes me feel happy because I can help them as well as helping myself become more organized. I will likely keep my science and math notes on paper because there are important graphs and pictures that are hard to upload online and the images often take up storage space on phones. I like your idea of organizing my notes in a “Now, Later and Way-Later. Thank you for your advice. I think I am going to do that with my science and math notes because lots and them can be organized that way. I am grateful for your help:) Also I think I may go over some of my fading notes with pen and rewrite them- especially my science/math notes. When I asked about preserving notes, I was referring to ways to stop papers from getting wrinkled and since I mostly write with pencil, ways to keep notes from getting smudged. I was thinking of possibly using erasable pens to make notes last longer and also be able to erase mistakes or I could write out in pencil and once I’m sure of the information outline it in pen. I only have 3 more hard exams this month and two take-home finals one for psychology and the other physical geography. Sadly, my Chemistry II exam and Anatomy/Physiology exam are both on Monday December 17th and I have only a few hours between them. What are good ways to relax as well as ensuring good exam results when you have two exams in one day? Also my other exam for Anatomy/Physiology lab class on December 13th will be on muscles and the nervous system which includes a sheep brain labeling. I told my friend about the wiccan site that I may be inactive on the site for the next weeks because of exams, but I’ll be here if she needs me. Thank you so much Anita for your encouragement and I’m glad to have you in my life. Your advice motivate me to be a better person. Also I have better understandings of my emotions and can understand what causes them and the different emotions so I don’t feel like I’m lost in an emotional turmoil, but have some clarity. I am taking better care of my health. Some days when I feel strained and my head hurts, I take a break from school. I don’t want to sacrifice my health for the grades in school. Grades are important, but health is more important. I am working on being less self-critical of myself and embracing the grades I get trying my best and also telling myself it’s okay to take a break from school to recollect myself. I’m not a perfect person, but I’m still okay and deserve happiness. There isn’t a thing such as perfection and I think I’m done trying to chase it. I have also began to read more stories about LGBTQ people and finding connections between myself and others in the community which inspire me. With each story, I watch (mostly on YouTube), I feel like I understand more about who I am because I see myself in the experiences other transgender people have and it gives me hope.