How to learn to drive, again

"Freedom and independence."

How I did it: I decided that it was time to be brave and face it! I asked my father, my mom and my boyfriend to help me. They really made me not feel insecure.

One day, there was no one to go with me in the car as a co-pilot, so I decided to drive to college by myself. It was such a great experience, driving alone for the first time! After that, I can go everywhere!

Of course I don't have my own car... I'm just a student, but sometimes my mother let me drive her car.

Lessons & tips: Just do it when if feel completely safe. Don't go with the flow.

It took me 2 months.

It made me Confident

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How to overcome depression and anxiety

"Be brave! Feed your soul with good things!"

How I did it: It took me four years to realize that I had an spiritual issue. I didn't trust myself and I kept attracting negative things. So I decided to feed my soul with good things. Reading great books, taking photos, writing and doing things that only pleased me.

Once I realized that God put us in the world only for me to be happy and that the bad things are only an obstacle, I started to learn from it. Now I don't feel like I'm unlucky, I'm just here to be happy.

And I am happy!

Lessons & tips: Don't look for problems. They can fall from the sky on your lap anytime, so it's not worth thinking about them all the time.

It took me 4 years.

It made me Very happy!

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My fear of a lot of things

I don't have only one fear. I have lots of them.

The first one is that I'm afraid of losing my mind completely. I'm afraid that sometime I'll get so stressed out that I'll do something very stupid.

I'm also afraid of viruses on the internet, and to lose all the work I've done, all my pictures. It's really strange when you need to rely on something that isn't totally reliable to save your things.

Another thing that I've always been afraid of is to share my feelings. I close myself so hard that it hurts. I'm not very talkative, I'm very shy, actually. And I never discovered how to show or talk about what I feel. It's something very difficult for me and it's always a hard process whenever I need to talk. I'm not afraid of public speaking, though. And don't ask me why. I really don't know.

And I've always been afraid was of growing up. And it's happening. I feel so lost, never know what to do, how to behave, or how to deal with people. I think I have that Peter Pan syndrome. I don't want to grow up. I often do childish things, such as collecting Hello Kitty stickers, or wearing teenagers clothes. But I'm 21! I need to overcome this fear, urgentely.

My favorite room is someone elses' room

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I don't have a favourite room in my home. But this prompt remind me of a picture of this room that I saw somewhere on the internet. I liked it so much I wish I could have a room like this for mee. I don't know why, but I have this thing when I see artists' places. All full of papers and pencils. Everything looks so messed up and so organized at the same time. It's cool.

I wish I were a cool artist and had a room just like this. But I'm working on mine. Some time soon I'll have my own place to organize the way I always dreamed of.

How I'd spend $1,000

Right now I'd go to the mall and buy five dresses. You know, there's always that shop you keep passing in front of the shop-window and stop, staring at the wonderful dresses, wondering how they'd look on you...

With this money I could buy five dresses, one bag and three pairs of shoes. Good ones, very beautiful and comfortable ones. OMG! I feel so poor when I realize I will only be able to earn this amount of money in about five years. And I'll have to spend it not on shoes and dresses, but on bills, house stuff, etc. Terrible feelings.

If I could tame a wild animal, it'd be a hippo

I love hippos since I was a young girl.

Mother hippo and calf by Tambako the Jaguar

I would definetely choose a HIPPO as a pet.

I have this 'thing' with hippos because my favorite toy as a kid, until today, was a cute hippo girl named "Branquinha". I sleep huging her every night. And sometimes I used to imagine how my life would be if she were alive.

I think we'd certainly be great friends. I would feed her with hippo food and take care of her. I think I'd probably swim with her in a big pool that would have to be built in my backyard.

If I were a superhero, I would certainly wear tights

Super Sky-Opening Girl

I'm bad with choosing names. But let's see what I can do.



I would live in a huge city and I would fight against people who build very very tall buildings, so tall that people are not able to see the sky anymore.

Super Sky-Opening Girl... is that a good name? Well, maybe people could suggest a better one. My main aim as a super hero would be to give the sky back to people. So when the day starts, people would look up and see the sun rising and keep a smile on their faces for the rest of the day. And when the day finishes, people would go back home to see the sunset with their families.

I would be a very kind-hearted superhero. Don't you think? Oh, and my clothes would be glamourous. I'm a girl, you know...