Since March 11th, 1994, I've been known as Harmony Jayne Hawley(obviously). I've lived in the same house all my life, in a small town with a population of roughly 200 people. My life has always been based on family first. I'm the youngest of 4 girls. My parents were 16 and 18 when they had my oldest sister and have been together ever since. Two years after that, they had my other sister. Then ten years after that another sister of mine was born, and then finally two years later, I was born. When I was young, I always wanted to follow my sisters footsteps, but last year I realized that I'm not meant to be like the rest of them. I participated in gymnastics for four years and did competitive cheerleading for eight years. Last year I branched out and tried pole vaulting in track and I had the time of my life. It was so exciting for me to go out of my comfort zone and do something new. Ever since then, I've been trying to branch out more and more. This year I quit competitive cheerleading, and gave soccer a try. After eight years of one sport, I thought it was time to see if I was good at anything else. It's been a struggle to have my parents understand why I don't want to keep doing cheerleading anymore because it has been such a huge investment for them, but they finally came to there senses and realized that I can't get better at something that I don't love doing. Some more activities I'm going to be trying in the future are skiing this winter, taking more classes at whatcom, and possibly getting a job during the school year. My passion is trying as many new things to make myself as complex as possible.
As a writer, I enjoy to write when it doesn't have to be formal. I dislike immensely having to follow a strict format and getting marked down on papers for not following the rules. English has never been my strong point. I have always been a math person because I like having 1 answer for everything. In English, there is always such a wide variety of answers to choose from and it frustrates me when I can't grasp a concept. One type of writing I enjoy is writing letters. This summer, one of my friends was traveling a lot, so we sent letters to each other. It was such an adrenaline rush to open a letter that I'd been waiting for and finally getting to see how he was doing. It was also nice not having to worry about him critiquing how I wrote. I knew he wouldn't judge me if I didn't always use perfect grammar. Other types of writing that I use frequently is facebooking, texting and writing essays for school work. Normally, the texting and facebooking only consist of short conversations with people and talking about how my day went. Texting is an easy way for people to say how they feel over writing and not having to talk to people face to face. I personally don't text very often, but when I do it normally is a conversation with my sister who lives in Montana. I generally text at my house when I'm watching T.V. or doing anything that is unimportant. I never let texting distract me if I'm doing an important task. From my perspective, I think that texting was a terrible invention because it just gives people an excuse to not develop the skill of having to say how they feel but write it. I do text because I have the option to and it is convenient at times. For example, watching a movie. It would be extremely rude if someone chose to talk on the phone. Texting is a much quieter option. Even though I don't like to admit it, I would probably be more comfortable talking to people about my problems and have stronger relationships with my friends if I didn't ever text. Having texting has made me afraid to verbally say how I feel.
As a writer, I enjoy to write when it doesn't have to be formal. I dislike immensely having to follow a strict format and getting marked down on papers for not following the rules. English has never been my strong point. I have always been a math person because I like having 1 answer for everything. In English, there is always such a wide variety of answers to choose from and it frustrates me when I can't grasp a concept. One type of writing I enjoy is writing letters. This summer, one of my friends was traveling a lot, so we sent letters to each other. It was such an adrenaline rush to open a letter that I'd been waiting for and finally getting to see how he was doing. It was also nice not having to worry about him critiquing how I wrote. I knew he wouldn't judge me if I didn't always use perfect grammar. Other types of writing that I use frequently is facebooking, texting and writing essays for school work. Normally, the texting and facebooking only consist of short conversations with people and talking about how my day went. Texting is an easy way for people to say how they feel over writing and not having to talk to people face to face. I personally don't text very often, but when I do it normally is a conversation with my sister who lives in Montana. I generally text at my house when I'm watching T.V. or doing anything that is unimportant. I never let texting distract me if I'm doing an important task. From my perspective, I think that texting was a terrible invention because it just gives people an excuse to not develop the skill of having to say how they feel but write it. I do text because I have the option to and it is convenient at times. For example, watching a movie. It would be extremely rude if someone chose to talk on the phone. Texting is a much quieter option. Even though I don't like to admit it, I would probably be more comfortable talking to people about my problems and have stronger relationships with my friends if I didn't ever text. Having texting has made me afraid to verbally say how I feel.
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