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Balance is the most difficult thing I
have experienced in the last year.
Life is chaotic, balancing Friends,
new friends, school friends, and family, but not necessarily in that order.
This challenge can suck the life right
out of you but it’s something that
needs to happen. It took a long time
to realize that the friends and family
that get upset because you don’t
spend enough time with them are
really just not good at sharing. It can
be a problem but you have to take
ownership of the issue and make it a
point to get together with them and
keep to doing what you committed
to do. No one likes to be excited
about meeting up and get stood up
or canceled on.
The community is very outgoing
and accepting, but there are a few
things to avoid. It goes back to the
things we learned in the first few
years of socializing with others. Many
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call it the golden rule. “Do unto others as you would like done unto you”
This rule is really not hard to live by
but it can be difficult when others
don’t treat you the way you think
they should. My advice is to kill them
with kindness. The Most important
rule is and will always be don’t talk
behind peoples back. I have found
this to be the most harmful and
depraving to some ones social life.
It goes back to what your mamma
always told you “ if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything
at all” This is a small town and what
you say will get back to the person,
especially if its negative.
So why not live the way you want,
be friendly when you talk to people
and really listen to them when they
talk to you? Why not let yourself
experience what Boise has to offer
and enjoy the differences in the
people of our community? Why
not allow life to be enjoyable, this
is meant to encourage everyone
to get out there and say “Hi”. Life is
too short not to get out and meet
others. It could change your life,
or you could meet some lifelong
friends.
I have met and have made some
amazing friends. Most of which
are people who would do almost
anything to help you out; whether
it’s helping you move in to a new
place, getting fit or just some great
conversation. I have always been
shy and have been called timid;
however meeting these amazing people in the community has
changed my life. I am extremely
grateful to call them my friends. Just
wanted to say thank you and thank
you to the community.