Just saying hello.

Dear people of SpaceHey,

Hi.

I'm Nicholas. Well, I mainly go by Arlo, but for the sake of my username, let's just go with Nicholas.

I'm 14, turning 15 in March. I have no idea what my life's ambition is. All I know, however, is I like getting good grades. Top of the class, high achiever, intelligence - that's me.

I'm at that stage of adolescence, or life, where you're just confused by everything. You question your own identity, all the things you know, that you've been taught, that you've held on for your whole life. Where you question yourself, and in turn, discover a new part, or parts, of you. I like this phase, but sometimes, I'll admit, it's confusing. Being a teenager is confusing in its own right.

How does one set themselves apart from the others? How do you know you're concrete in your own identity, in your body, in yourself?

I don't know. I'm asking the big questions, that's for sure.

But I've got plenty of time to answer those, so that's okay.

Being 14 has been quite the challenge. My favourite challenge so far. It has had its ups and downs. I want to say it has been the most challenging age to be yet (for me at least), the most challenging part of my life, but I know it's not.

I love being 14. It's been quite the thrill. That's why I don't want to turn 15. But I know I've been mentally preparing myself to be, and when the time comes, I'll be ok. I'll be ready.

That's all I've got to say. For today, at least. ;)

I'm a big dreamer. I've got a lot to say, and I'll never not have anything to say. Nobody can silence me, not even till the day comes for me where I inevitably perish. You know the saying, "a picture paints a thousand words"? Well, I'm that saying. Except my words paint a thousand paintings.

- NoGoodNicholas (aka Arlo).