Introducing myself through just typed words feels like probably the hardest

part, I wish I could just jump through the screen (in a noncreepy way) and give

you a big, warm hug.

Pretty much anyone who knows me describes me as a BIG mood! Loud and quirky

with a touch of stubborn and bossy, but mostly a light-hearted, always fun, loyal

friend. I live in Los Angeles, California. I recently moved from a neighborhood closer to the city to a little

beachy, surfer town about a half an hour west. In my family, there's my mom, my dad, and my brother- he's 2 years older than me. No dog oops. I started at an all-girls middle school on the other side of town in 7th grade and continued there for high school... major college prep vibes. I know what you're thinking and I think it took a lot of the time. I didn't really choose the all-girls school life, it chooses me, but for reasons that are too complicated to get into, I've realized I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Hobbies: While I may have a lot of interests, I'm really not that good at any of them... they're just fun and enjoyable. I did ballet academy when I was younger, then switched into the competition dance moms type scene, and now I do rec classes for fun at a local dance studio. I played soccer and ran cross country, but I've recently taken up tennis, golf, and lacrosse. I'm also trying out surfing and it's a rocky start, to say the least. I've also become involved in many social action initiatives for my community.

Why blogging? Around my thirteenth birthday is when I kept searching for books on amazon or youtube videos... something to explain my insecurity and confusion during middle school. I eventually figured everything out until I started high school. When I'd normally be my positive, happy self majority of the time, earlier this year and recently I am finding that there have been a lot of moments where I just feel so lost, overstressed and irritated, maybe sad and anxious plus I overthink EVERYTHING. I know I couldn't be alone, and although I have an amazing aunt and cousin who serve as that older sister figure and amazing friends, I felt like they didn't fully appreciate exactly how I was feeling (obviously because they're not me). I looked up teen blogs, but everything felt very fuzzy and too surface. In short, no one told me how to feel when I got left on open or when the parents just completely didn't understand me. I get you, I feel you. I'm here for you, girl. We're gonna get raw and real and relatable. No filters here.

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You got this,

Sophia

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P.S. Ask me all your question and if you need advice or just

someone to vent to under the 'Ask Sophia' section :)

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