Jonathan Paladio Blog

       I have been keeping track of my thrifting purchasing and the lack of space that continues to grow. To give some context, my dorm is already filled with my clothes, and have exhausted the space for extra space for clothing. At this point, I resorted to selling and swapping articles of clothing each time I went back home for the week. On the bright side though, I've grown and explored many more different styles now. With the minor but also a major drawback of my checking account tanking down at a steady rate. Fingers won't be pointed but I will say that my mom is also a shopaholic, and in my defense, she influences my purchases every week on our son and mother's excursion to the thrift stores. If worse comes to worse then I will ask Goodwill to have ban me from their vicinity until I'm financially stable again.

       Tonight I bought some Wing Stop with my friend. Now to give some context to this situation, I used uber eats which provided a half off discount to my food order. Although its under the premise that my order is above twenty dollars, this doesn't include the taxes or food delivery fee. Upsettingly, our order came up to nineteen dollars and thirty-nine cents which had not let us reach the goal. Coincidentally there was a buy one get one free deal with fries. And as a broke college student, that was more than enough for make to add to the order. Now I placed my order and it told us that there is going to be around a thirty to forty minute wait time.     The time came eventually and the order arrived. My friend unfortunately was in a game and couldn't stop it. Due to this I took initiative and started to eat one of the three basket of fries while my friend ate the other. Twenty minutes passed by and his match was over and two basket was eaten. We beg...

I love buying clothes and it has taken over my room. It's been my source of self-expression. Although when I was little, the feeling was quite the opposite of what it is now currently. I used to hate going shopping and finding clothes. Always being content with the clothes I already had, regardless if they were years old. However, entering the COVID era was when I started looking more into fashion. And my downward spiralled continued. Ive spent hours upon hours of my time crafting many different outfits. And a lot of money down the drain from all my purchases. Even if some of the clothes I bought were more on the not so nice side On the bright side, I feel great when I am able to create an outfit that I like. Looking through various references and different color combinations. To add on, the compliments I get from people always feel great as it makes my day a little bit better from the constant chaos. Even if my wallet has been ran dry and my hopes of recovering financially gets fa...

     I've learned that balancing everything is difficult. like an act, there's only so much I could do before I break character. At first I was doing well, but as things were ramping up. Homework began to pile up, projects began to pop up, and track starting up with frequent practices. Things became heavier and I dropped and scattered my plans all over the place. Losing track of time, mixing up due dates, and drowning from all the work surrounding my head.  Regardless I have been taking action getting back to the right groove and adapt to my surroundings. Getting schoolwork get balanced with track practice, while having the ability to do extracurricular activities, and keeping up with people within North Central. Having methods such as writing things to do for the day, due dates, and keeping track of what to do from most to least important.  It will be a difficult ride with its bumps, but I believe in myself in getting done with my tasks in a timely manner. Sett...