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How do i boost up my confidence


Question Posted Thursday November 29 2007, 8:00 pm

How do i boost up my confidence ? Im thirteen and I want to be the "outgoing" girl again. I used to be fun to be with, funny, everyone loved, kinda girl but know I dont know what happened to me. Im in eight grade and am trying my best to make the best year out of it. ( I mean it's 8th grade! )

Another point is, I want to do stuff and not get embarrassed for it. [doesnt really have to do with all school stuff] Like whenever for example I would read script I really want to get the part for [in a play], when it's my turn to read IGET REALLLLLY NERVOUS like in my mind i think, What the HELL? I was so excited for ths and now why is my heart beating SOO FAST and i wanna do my best on it... and then like when i'm alone and try to read it, it sounds so good! but when it's in front of someone or some PEOPLE (even my OWN family) I get really nervous and feel like backing up. How do I change that in me? Please help, Im always like this, probably all my life! I want to be an actress and how do i not be scared in front of people (even JUST READING!!!)
And I want to change that now..

So how do i become this outgoing girl again that everyone wants to be "Bestfriend!" with and you know like cool again when people know you stopped being it.. like won't it be weird all of a sudden you change? How do you NOT make it weird? Sorry about the many many questions. lol .

I'm desperate!

One more thing, how do i get skinnier like I have a lot of blubber and it's most coming from my lover abdomen or like from my stomach. Im thirteen. Its NOT baby fat. It's coming from my upper thighs too.

Thanks please try your best to give the best answers you can! =]


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You_Got_Advice answered Saturday December 1 2007, 1:01 am:
you have to completely ignore your surroundings and just get into whatever you are doing. like if its a presentation or an audition. personally, whenever i see a person who is doing something kindof weird..but doesnt care what everyone else is thinking of them and such, yeah when i see someone like that it's almost like inspiring. people LOVE people who just dont care about their surroundings. they love confidence and you just have to know you can do it.

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Durene answered Friday November 30 2007, 1:14 am:
well i dont have all your answers but i know some. um first of all i got nervous a lot too, i always do, like whenever im auditioning for a part or doing something in front of the class thats graded and is really important. unless im in a group. or otherwise if its just for fun i dont mind and i can go crazy with it without getting nervous. i used to be way more shy before.. and im the same age as you, 13 in 8th grade and i was def awkward and stuff around 5th and 6th grade but it started to change in 7th grade and now i love the way i am (well most things hehe). um to not get nervous.. its hard to do but try like practicing infront of your friends and family first to get used to it. like im in my school musical and before i tryed out it really helped to get my friends and family's opinion since i was gonna sing a song. before i used to think i could never do that but now im used to it and i can sing in public.. its easier than doing it infront of people you arent as comfortable with. reach your goal in steps. and.. when your presenting something, maybe like have a rubber band and play around with it and it helps me and a lot of people i know (sometimes ive seen teachers do it) relax themselves by fidgeting around with it while they talk. but like ive said its really important to practice infront of people your comfy with first (just say 'screw it' and read in front of them anyways. they wont judge or make fun of you anyways, they're your friends/fam) because if your too nervous to do that, forget trying out infront of people you hardly know. and i know what you mean.. but i guess we all go through our stages.. you'll probably break though that.. and just be yourself. ive never really been like afraid to do that, and ive learned to like leave people you dont like to be around, or bad friends that are only there for the good times and not when something bad happens to me (even tho i help them in their time of need cause thats just how i am), and basically just be true to myself. i mean.. lifes too short to be wearing a mask for too long, so like yeah with you when you feel like changing just change! some people might just feel so crappy about themselves they'll may make fun of you or whatever for the sudden change but thats just sad.. and people will see how fun you are then and will want to make friends with you. leave those other losers in the dirt who wont help you. but dont be mean to them either.. since you dont know the troubles that may have happened in their life. like lol we just had an assembly yesterday about kinda what i was saying.. like being yourself and blah blah and the guy said to tell like 10 people they were beautiful (people we didnt kno) and smile and say hey to random people in the hallway. our class was so enthusiastic i swear i said it like 50 times and freaked out the little 7th graders who didnt have the assembly haha ok i get OT a lot but yeah.. wow that didnt even relate to your question really... lol. and yeah to get rid of fat all you have to do is get active and eat right foods. for lunch dont buy school lunch so much since you dont know how many calories and blah is in it. even salads have lotsa cals, especially those at micky d's. um so pack your lunch with stuff like.. this is just what i do, but like whole wheat bread and inside i put usually organic peanut butter or laughing cow cheese on it, an apple, and water. thats my lunch. all my friends think im like a psycho health freak haha but idc.. like i cant believe some of my friends eat such shit everyday.. and they think that just cause they're thin it wont affect them at all. it will. you can still be a little fat and healthy at the same time. but like really.. other than eating right (and at home drink lotsa water (NONE OF THOSE GAY VITAMIN WATERS. you dont need all those xtra vitamins and sugar. just drink water.) and it helps a lot to lose weight, and... dont eat too much sweets or too salty things n stuff like that. dont just assume the calories.. ask your mom, dad, whoever makes food for you, or read the food labels yourself. look online for the food pyramind and follow it. yeah so other than that getting active like.. do a sport. basketball, volleyball.. dance, other winter sports. i mean you can run everyday in the morning to get stamina and stuff but honestly ive done that and im lazy so i prefer to do sports where its competitive and not like.. k i gotta run around this circle or whatever.

act how you would want your bestfriend to act with you and other people. you probz know how to be outgoing just be it! screw what they think, they'll get over it (like ive saidd) and some will become great friends with ya, trust me! :]

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