"I am a flamingo in a world of pigeons."

There are a few things in this world that can make a gal simultaneously want to cry her eyes out, starve out of stress, eat everything in sight, scream to the air in general, have a significant other to tell her it'll be all right, and take a nap.

College is one of them.

I love BYU. Absolutely adore it. The people are great, the classes are great, the atmosphere is great, the wards are great. Some are born great and others have greatness thrust upon them. I was launched into the second category, apparently, when I enrolled at BYU.

Maybe that quote from Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen that I used as the title should be flipped a little bit. *I* am a pigeon in a world of flamingos. EVERYONE ELSE HERE IS PERFECT AT EVERYTHING. At least, that's how it feels sometimes.

Sometimes, I do this cute little thing where I'm hyper-critical of every failed task I perform, every awkward sentence I utter, every chipped nail I leave unpainted... And you wanna know the grand total number of times that's ended up making me feel wonderful and confident?

Exactly zero.

Unnecessary self-criticism will never end in happiness. The thing that'll end in happiness isn't keeping a tally of all the mistakes you've ever made in your life. What's going to end in happiness is letting go of those things.

(I'm gonna shut myself up right there. One Frozen reference is quite enough for one blog post.)

Gosh darn it, I AM a flamingo in a world of pigeons! (I refer you back to the first picture.) I might not have the most melodic voice or nimble fingers, or the highest grades or number of followers on Twitter. But who needs all that? Surely not a strong, independent pink flamingo who don't need no man. (That's me.)

That's as deep as I can get right now. Like.... even that was a little too serious for this blog. But I think it's a good thing to remind ourselves of. We should be what we wanna be, and be proud of it.

I'm sorry this post isn't as illustrated as some of my other ones. And I know what you're thinking. "Krista, you're a college kid. You have SO much homework and cleaning and organizing and homework and socializing and homework and shopping (heh! Good one!) to do... Why aren't you wasting more time on your blog?"

Good question. Probably next time I have a big exam coming up or a stressful presentation to prepare for, I'll take the time to draw masterpieces via Paint. But since I'm relatively free tonight (it's a Friday night. I shouldn't be free. Just throwin' that out there), I have other things to waste my time on. Like dishes. And I am making some progress on my homework. Here's photographic evidence:

BREAK TIME!