writing prompt

"start with the day of the week it is... then let your stream of consciousness take it from there."

(sidenote: i was reading meggy's blog and she's doing writing

prompts and i realized it's been forever since i did one. so here you are)

today is (*checks calander*) tuesday. which means tomorrow is wednesday which means the next day is thursday. and i hate thursdays more than any other day of the week. know why? it's like, the weekend is tempting you but it's not quite there (also waiting for a letter, it comes any day from thursday to saturday, the suspense is wretched). hopefully this weekend, i can actually do something. i've felt a little trapped the last few weeks but hey, i guess that's part of growing up. 

i don't like growing up. it has it's perks sometimes, but i miss being a kid. you know what i miss the most? saturday morning cartoons. i also miss waking up early while my dad was getting ready for work and eating breakfast with him. just me and him. then i'd go snuggle up in bed with my mom. those were the days. 

today me and my (former) roommates were reminiscing about freshmen year. what a great year. there was something magical about it. me and megan confirmed together that there was in fact magic during that time. somehow. the place. the people. the adventures. all of it. i miss it. 

i also miss bryan. my best friend in the world. only 304 days till he comes home. that's 10 months from today. i love missionaries. it sort of freaks me out that i have friends coming home from missions this year. like, people my age that i graduated with. it makes me feel so old. i remember when people younger than me started leaving on missions. THAT made me feel old. 

another thing that makes me feel old is that i officially didn't go to school with anyone at layton high now. everyone i've gone to school with, is graduated. people my age and younger are getting married and having kids. it sort of makes me panic sometimes like, i'm behind everyone else but then it's like "wait. i'm only 20. i've got PLENTY of time for that."

it's so weird cause outside of utah, people don't get married  that young. even 20. even like, 26! my singles ward, they're all older. they're all graduated from college and are set in their careers. it's crazy, at one point, i was the youngest person there. and they are all happily unmarried. so, even though i get a little intimidated when someone tells me "oh, i'm just finishing up law school" or "oh, i'm just a scientist using stem cells to find a cure for cancer" and i'm just like "i'm a nanny. i did one year of college" i think it's awesome that they are living their lives and have a great career and aren't part of the 'utah norm' even though a lot of them are, in fact, from utah. and it reminds me that there is no rush. it's not a race to be the first one of your friends married with 10 kids. 

i plan to travel at least a little before i have kids. i know, i know. EVERYONE says that but, it's my dream to go to greece. when i was home, my dad was saying that when i'm married to just do it. him and my mom wish they would have gone to france when they were first married. just swiped the cards and gone cause it would have been easier to pay it off before they had kids. so, that's my plan. swipe the card and head to greece. if that's the only country i visit in my life (besides U.S. and mexico) i will die happy. i also want to do a cross-country roadtrip. hit every state (aside from hawaii and alaska) in like, 2-3 weeks. live out of the car and hit a few states a day. you dream going to a fancy hotel in some tropical paradise and i want to live out of my car for a month. (hahahahaha) but really. it would be an adventure of a lifetime. i've also decided i want to live in alaska for a few years. i've thought about it a lot the past few months. and it would just be cool. it's out of utah and it's not california. and who lives in alaska? no one! it would be so cool.

back to reality. i work a full day tomorrow. and i just went from wednesday to living in alaska. it's sort of like the telephone game or gossiping where things get warped and changed only, it's all in my own mind. now if you'll excuse me, i've got a room to clean and pretty little liars to watch. 

goodnight. i love you all!

writing prompt

"write a letter to your 16 year old self"

Dear 16 Year Old Mia,

First off, you're awesome. 

Second, here your babyface trying to hide your braces:

Next is, do what you want to do. My favorite song right now is called Who You Are by Jessie J, (she's not popular for you yet but just wait, she's pretty great). But I want you to take the advice from this song:

"sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.

tears don't mean you're losing everybody's bruising.

just be true to who you are" 

Don't be afraid. Go try out for the volleyball team. Then the basketball team. Then, I want you to try out for student body office. 

Then I want you to know that the football players are not all they're made out to be. You'll date one or two then, believe it or not, you'll be one of those missionary girlfriends. Guess what? He wasn't the quarterback, but he's amazing. And he's someone you know right now. And he's amazing.

Don't worry about having a lot of friends, you don't need them all. A few close ones are all you need. And after you graduate, those are the ones who will be your friends forever.

Don't fight with your sister. It's silly. None of it matters and one day, she'll be your best friend.

Don't cut your hair, it was cute and all but I'm trying to grow my hair out and if I hadn't chopped it, my hair would be THAT much longer.

Those AP classes you take sr year? Turns out, you actually need to study for those. So please do. Maybe you could get a scholarship instead of having to pay off a student loan. 

You have amazing parents and they will literally become your best friends.

Enjoy the time you have in high school. Because once you graduate, you will never see half of those people again and you will have to be a grown up and get a real job and pay taxes and miss people who leave. Be active and meet  new people. 

Also, enjoy the astro van while it lasts.... *tear* 

You WILL get out of Utah, I PROMISE so stop whining about it. You'll actually end up missing it once you're out. So savor every snowflake and every sunburn. Especially the ones you get in the same day.

Have fun. Spend time with your family. Pray always. Share your testimony. 

and lastly, here you are 4 years later:

Love, 20 Year Old Mia

writing prompt 6

describe the most vivid dream you can remember:

i used to have this one all the time as a kid, like, ALL the time. and to this day, i remember it better than any dream. k, so there were are (my fam) sitting in our house when suddenly there are earthquakes and fires and volcanoes and screaming outside. so we all stand up to run and a t-rex tips our roof off. mom and dad ran out to the garage and told us kids to run to gramma (oaks) house. so we start running through the streets hiding from dinosaurs and avoiding hot lava. we never made it, i always woke up before then. so.. we probably got eaten. or fell in a volcano, who knows.

more exciting business, bryan's little brother carson (or as i call him, crunch) was just called to serve the Lord in Jackson, Mississippi on september 11!!

(old pic... but it's a good one)

writing prompt 5

i've slacked off on my writing prompts lately. but i'm here to finish what i started. today's is:

"tell about a lesson you learned in middle school"

in middle school. i had like, zero confidence. and i tried REALLY hard to 'be cool'. too hard. and i was just... awkward. and i was scared of boys. 

i was always taller than all the boys, i had crooked teeth and big bushy eyebrows. 

i eventually learned to love myself. and i learned "who cares what other people think about you?" i think every girl eventually realized this at some point or another. 

i also realized that the more i didn't care about what other people thought of me, the more friends i made and the more people wanted to be around me. and i've noticed that in other people too. i don't want to be around people who have no self confidence or self worth. it's sad. 

i also learned to wax my eyebrows and now they're my favorite feature, is that weird? learning how to do my own hair was a good thing too i guess.

i forgot these things i learned a little when i got into high school. i was too scared to ever try out for volleyball or student body office and i regret that more than anything. i'm so glad to see my siblings go out for the things they want and not letting fear get in the way of that.

and i sometimes see it in myself even now. so i'm setting a new goal starting NOW. i'm not going to be scared. i'm going to be me.

i've posted this before but i'm doing it again:

moral of the story: sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching and live like it's heaven on earth.

writing prompt: 4

"what material object do you cherish most?"

every letter bryan has ever written me. plus 105 he wrote to me pre-mission. one a week for every week he's gone. so it's like i get 2 letters a week. when i'm sad and miss him, i've got (literally) hundreds of letters to re-read.

my beloved camera. i don't consider myself a 'photographer' as many girls do these days but i love to capture memories. bryan used to give me a hard time cause i would ALWAYS take photos of EVERYTHING. and i've never regretted any photo i've ever taken, i usually regret more the times i didn't have my camera on me. i love going through and seeing old photos and remembering everything else that goes along with that particular photo.

my computer/ blog. i love sharing. and netflix. and my computer lets me do both. sometimes at the same time.

my journal, 'random thoughts' notebook and book of mormon. the above things let me bare my soul and also mend my soul. 

writing prompt: 3

"what is the oldest piece of clothing in your closet that you still wear?"

(please ignore the dorkiness of this picture)

my dad got this sweatshirt on his mission and i have been

wearing it ever since i can remember.

plus, it's totally 'in' right now. bonus.

writing prompt: 2

"if you had to eat the same meal over and over again for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?"

say in this world, there is no such thing as unhealthy food, i would live off of the stevens' family chocolate muffins with peanut butter and homemade maple syrup. omg, i want it right now.

writing prompts

hello readers. i hope you all enjoyed conference. and if you didn't, it's not too late. you can find it HERE.

anyways. i've been feeling a lack of inspiration in my blogging lately. then i found a little gem on pinterest called 25 Writing Prompts so, starting today, i am going to do one a week for the next 25 weeks.

here we go! the first prompt is:

What is your earliest memory?

i kind of have a jumble of early memories but i'm not sure which came when. but most of them take place at my gramma and grampa oaks' old house with all my cousins. one i remember specifically is i had just painted my nails and i went to show my cousin dj and i just kinda shoved me out of the way and quickly said "cool". hahaha

another is making forts with sheets and the laundry lines outside. and climbing the tree in the backyard and picking grapes and raspberries and watching the rides at lagoon from their porch.

i also remember having lots of movie posters and cut outs of characters from movies. or maybe i made that one up? confirmation mom and dad?

i had a cabbage patch doll named katie that i remember singing a primary song to and thinking i had an amazing voice and i was going to be a famous singer.


i hope this works cause i think it's kinda fun. have a wonderful week all and remember the words you heard from God's prophets and apostles today and keep them with you.