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Journal ni Gars#6

Determination and Passion, I believe this two things made me the person I want to be right now. Being a metalhead opened me up to a lot of new things, it’s also the reason why I started learning the guitar. I want to thank my favorite rock/metal bands for inspiring me to play the guitar, most especially my parents because without them and their support I might have given up on it, at first they didn’t wanted me to play because of my music genre and style. I’m glad they support me, even though they don’t want my preferred music, at least they gave me a chance to find myself which is being a metalhead. I feel so sad for the people that don’t get the chance to find themselves because one of the reasons of living is finding who you truly are.

Heavy metal music is the one who helped me get through everything. Having someone that has the same feeling, emotion and pain is kind of relieving. Let me put it this way, it’s like when life sucks, and you feel alone and empty. You blast some metal and suddenly life is better because somebody knows the pain and the rage that you’re going through. I want to tell you that you need to hold on to your goals and dreams because one day you’re going to achieve it. Learning guitar and being a rock star is one of my greatest achievements in life because not only does it make me happy, it also makes me satisfied in some way because there’s this feeling of achievement and somehow triggers the dopamine in my brain, that’s why I like challenging stuff in the guitar, it makes it more interesting. There’s the time that I wanted to give on learning solos or lead in the guitar the reason is because it’s too hard and longer to get used to, but if you have determination and perseverance, surely you will have enough discipline to finish what you’ve started. As a guitarist for 8 months I can surely say that I have a lot of progress because I literally practiced everyday so I can be closer to my expectations. It is also very important to not compare yourself to others because you’ll just get unmotivated and disappointed. Focus on yourself and nothing else and when the day comes, you’ll be the person you wanted to be.

In order for you to start something you have to start it by doing. Learning a new instrument can be quite challenging, that’s what makes it fun. Motivate yourself and start doing what you love doing, you will never know something unless you try, remember grab the opportunity while it’s there because experience is better than regret.  🤟

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Journal ni Gars#5

This week has been so stressful because there are so many things we have to prepare and do like: unit tests, petas, quizzes, activities, and the upcoming MST. It has been rough this past few days because I was pressured by the unit tests and the deadlines of activities, I didn’t know what to do first because I have many things to do like house chores and other stuff related to our home. I realized that we have to use our time wisely, we can do a lot of things in a day if we plan it ahead of time, basically it’s all about time management. Also life is short don’t waste your time on something useless. 

I was also pressured on Oral Communication because it was an impromptu speech knowing that I’m an introvert. I can’t think properly on the spot because I was so nervous to the point that my mind was blank. There were a lot of unit test in this week so that’s why we’re all drained. It doesn’t stop there because the MST week is coming. I just want the upcoming week to be finished because this past few days all of us are so close to being burned out. 

This Experience thought me to handle my time wisely and to focus on my studies. My technique for motivation is think of something that you want or love doing for example: Playing games, eating, dancing, singing, playing the guitar and many more. Now think of it being your reward after finishing your goals, this will lead to you being more productive because not only you finished your tasks you also got to do the things you love. For me the things that motivates me the most is Playing the guitar, playing games and listening to heavy metal. This routine made me a productive and better person because doing what you love the most will make you fulfilled and satisfied. 

This challenges in our life our just building blocks of our journey because we will never learn if there are no challenges. Everything in our life is just the beginning, there is no end. We have to accept that the world is not in our favor because I know the feeling of highly expecting of something and getting disappointed. I hope we all learn from our mistakes. Remember Life is all about learning.

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Journal Ni Gars#4

This week has been both relaxing and frustrating because there was a lot of thunderstorms and typhoons such as typhoon Ulysses. I find it frustrating because the power interruption was so long, this had a bag impact on me because I was used on having electricity and internet everyday. 

During the power interruption I played with my dogs and listen to music to pass time. This experience taught me to be patient and to just let everything pass because a lot has been going on recently such as the pandemic, typhoons and many much more. It just taught me that you should let it all pass because once you think about this stuff it’s just going to add up to your problems. As an overthinker I also think about this stuff but I learned to block out its effects on me because many traumatic event has already happened to me, I just learned to live with negativity and to feel nothing. Feeling nothing has disadvantages because it lessens the dopamine in your brain leading to lack of emotions and being not pleasured on certain situations.

I find it relaxing because after what recently happened I got to chill and spend time with myself. I also think that everything that is happening around us is fine because as I said it will eventually pass, not now but soon. Also this week I’ve been given the opportunity to perform in an event (MoveAsJuan), the event was superb because it was for the victims of the typhoon. The Pandemic, typhoons, and other more coming challenges tells us to be strong and rise up from our experience therefore it makes us better.

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Journal ni Gars#3

This week is sure a hustle because there are many things to do such as doing your tasks as a student and a family member. I sometimes can’t decide what I’m going to do because for the past few days I have been burned out or drained because of the overloading activities and information. This week is an eye opener because It tells me that we should not procrastinate or else we will be overwhelmed by our tasks. I have been sleeping late at night because I want to enjoy my rest by either playing the guitar or playing video games. This week has also been sad for me because people only care for the results, they don’t care about your progress.

Maybe It’s just a normal thing because the world is already unfair you just have to accept everything and move on. It might hurt a bit but that’s life we make mistakes and we learn from it. I think life is an endless adventure of learning because there is many things that we could explore like new hobbies, new friends, etc.

There are many challenges in our lives it is up to us if we are going to run from it or learn from it. We just have to do our best because that is all that matters. One quote I live by is “Lower your expectations and you’ll never be disappointed.”

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Journal ni Gars #2

This week was fun because we had a 5 day weekend. I realized that I can reward myself after class by playing games or by practicing my guitar. The songs that I mostly play on guitar are Rock and Roll, because it satisfies me when I complete a part of a song because most rock songs are hard to play on guitar.

This week has also been fun because I learned that resting mentally is sure healthy for us because we have time to reflect within ourselves, It is also healthy because we don’t get stressed. Sometimes having this kind of break is needed because Online class is more hard than going to school normally. For me I think the discussion is fast and there are a lot of activities leading us to be drained. I suggest that we should advanced read so that we may have an idea before the lesson starts.

I think we all deserve a 5-day break because all of us are tired and we are still adjusting in this new normal so it’s normal to be tired, although it’s hard I know that we are going to surpass this challenge because God will never give us a challenge that we can’t win. All of this has to do with the way you think because If you think of negative things, you will get negative things, so I suggest that we should be more positive today because the depression rate is higher due to the pandemic.

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Journal ni Gars #1

Hello, My name is Kristian Garingo, I am a Metalhead hence the name GarsMetal. This week I played guitar after every class, it’s very therapeutic for me because it distracts me from negative thoughts. This week I also played Valorant with my friends because that is our way of bonding during this quarantine.

This week has been overwhelming because we are all adapting to this new normal, It has been exciting too because we are now on senior high and we get to know our classmates and our adviser. Although online class seems to be boring, our class finds a way to find the joy in our class. I always question myself “Is this online class going to work?”, For me it depends on you because I was self studying last year because I wasn’t able to go to school therefore I was ready to learn online. It always has to do with your mentality because if you’re lazy you will not learn on this new normal.

Always remember that you are not the only one struggling in today’s situation because life is suppose to be hard.