Routines

I often see myself falling into routines. Daily ones for school, weekly ones for events like piano lessons, what chores have to be done, and what parent i'm with for the night. Weekend ones as well, as i switch who i'm staying with for the weekend every week.
I like routines, but eventually get bored, and even a bit depressed if I stay in one for too long. On the flip side, when routine is broken, i get stressed out, especially if its short notice, or no notice at all.

do you find yourself in routines, and what are your feelings about them?

College and career path

After visiting a few colleges over MEA break, something dawned on me. I'm only 17, and making one of the most important decisions of my life. Not only choosing where i will stay for the next 4 to 5 years, but a degree, and a career for the rest of your life (possibly). What if you make the wrong choice in which college to attend, and don't fit in or like the feel after living on campus? What if i decide to switch majors, and the major you want to enter isn't offered at the school you attend currently? College is way to expensive to make a mistake like that. Things like this shouldn't be taken lightly.

 I feel that I will make the right choice, but how am I supposed to know what i want to do for the rest of my life?

Should we, and can we be trusted to make a huge decision like this at our age?

The Glass

People seem to be talking about birthdays a lot  and my birthday came to mind. I'll be turning 18, like most people, but that's not what I'm thinking about. I'm thinking about the date I was born. December 31. New Years eve. People everywhere throw parties and celebrate the end of the old year and the new year. I also see it (jokingly) as people throw parties for my birthday. But they're parties counting down to the end of my birthday.  So this joke that I make every year got me thinking about perception and how we view things.

What causes us to see things the way we do, in terms of glass half  full or half empty?

Don't say anything stupid...

As everyone knows, I don't speak much in class. Or outside of class. I just don't say that much, ever. I'm just too afraid to say anything stupid in front of other people. I know i shouldn't be worried, but I am. I just don't want to be seen as that one guy who said that one thing. It doesn't have to be about what we say, it could also be what we look like.

Why do we, as a culture, worry so much about our perception to other people?