初中英语作文健康的生活方式(通用20篇)

Over the last page calendar in 2010, time wheels and leave a deep imprint.

With winter snow after the warmth of the sun, in the joyful mood, 2011 to keep

the New Years day.

New Years day, is a connecting link between the preceding and the node.

The New Year is about to begin, standing on new starting point, the aftertaste

is past, have heavy harvest; Looking ahead, waiting for us is the beautiful

future. After a busy year of you I, can at this time to make a little stay,

close your eyes, bathed in sunshine, enjoy harvest thick feeling. From this day

started again, we will have a new targets, and on a one-year new journey.

The grass sprout out of the earth, clouds scud across, and year after year,

annual similar different. But, has not changed for New Years day is my

expectation.

When I was young, every New Year comes a few days ago, the morning wake up,

the first thing is bare bottom from woli leafing out of nowhere, then this

calendar day several times of snapping to finger countdown. Young Im such a

keen on New Years day this festival, in fact, only to have something good food,

new clothes to wear, but also need not go to school.

New Year dyed the our happy childhood, pulled close distance we grow up.

Slowly, I from elementary school, junior high school, arrive at the university,

blossom years as accelerated film a flash and pass. This years New Years day,

we are in a busy spent, work overtime everyday, we need to make very late. In

order to finish the task smoothly, we are often a pack of instant noodles, a

computer, four people take turns input. In order not to delay working, teacher

Chen just will just go to the kindergarten children locked in the home. The

nearest xiaoliu has also been no home, and together we live in the dormitory,

have a meal. Less childhood innocent romance, much work responsibility, also

enjoy our work of fun. During, no one has complained, increasingly mature we use

special ways of enjoying the unique New Years day holiday. As a word that said:

"even though we cannot stop the passage of time, but we can dominate oneself

mood."

New Year, new opportunities, we need a new struggle. Wind is being tidal

flat, hereunder sails; No matter what happens, the more must be quickened his

horse. In the New Year, let us follow temple head, with the development of steps

to the glorious future -- -nikita Khrushchev and walked on.

期末考试结束了。终于可以和紧张的学习进行短暂的告别，开始愉快的寒假生活了。尤其新年将至，我的心情显得格外轻松雀跃。

当我兴高采烈的到达枝江爷爷奶奶的家门口时，两位老人家早已经在路边盼望多时。我扑到奶奶怀里告诉她我有多么的想念她。爷爷拉着我的手，满脸笑容的问着我的成绩，当得到满意的答复时，他笑盈盈的递给我一个大大的红包。我开心极了!

可惜好景不长。有一天晚上妈妈正看着手机新闻，她突然神情紧张的和爸爸说：“糟了，今晚12点过了，我们枝江要封城了。看来事态严重啊。”我在旁边大吃一惊，心想：这真可怕!封城了，我们是不是回不了我上学的城市——宜昌了?

第二天刚起床，妈妈就拿出了口罩命令我们全家必须戴上。并且再三强调了病毒的危害性和传染性。大家都自觉的把口罩戴上了，唯独爷爷不屑一顾。看着爷爷轻视的态度，我很着急的跑向爷爷：“爷爷，你天天看新闻，你就不知道这场病毒的危害吗?你必须戴好口罩!”

爷爷笑嘻嘻地说：“孙子，这可不行呀!我还忙着要去地里照看蔬菜呢，管什么病毒呢。再说了，病毒离我们这么远，不会传染到我们农村的。”

“走，我们去看新闻。”我拉着爷爷的手来到电视前，“你看看每天新增加的人数再来和我理论。”我装作很生气的样子严厉地对他大吼来。

盯着电视上的新闻，望着不断上升的患病人数，看着医生护士们连日不断工作辛苦疲惫的神态，我的心都揪起来了。我深刻感受到这场病疫的凶险和_它所需要付出的艰难。我转过头，发现爷爷不知道什么时候早已自觉的戴上了口罩了。

这次的春节过的不同寻常却又意义非凡。它让我感受到了家的温暖，也让我懵懵懂懂的明白了作为中国人的社会责任感。

十月十八日，我迎来了我人生中的第一次军训，这是一次全新的体验，我也因此打开了一扇新世界的大门。

实话说，在知道要军训时，我的全身心是十分抗拒的，心想着：怎么这样啊，要晒黑不说，每天精疲力尽地回到家，谁会想这样啊。但是在第一天之后，我对军训有着极大的改观。

我们学校的军训呢，虽说也轻松不到哪去，但是也并非回到家就瘫痪的那般极端，也并不是枯燥无味的气氛，而像是欢乐和谐的体验。

我们的教官是一个十分有趣的人，争强好胜又会量力而行，有时严厉有时又会讲笑话，而且十分爱音乐，在军训时教我们唱了不下四首歌。

在军训那会，我们可以说是其乐融融，没有不合的现象。但是有一天，发生了一件让我意想不到的事，事情的起因是因为一列同学中，有一两个同学在那说闲话，教官发现后那一列同学一齐受了罚，在罚到一半的时候，其中一个同学气呼呼地对教官吼着：“为什么别人说话要让我一起受罚啊！又不是我说话！”。看到这一幕的我心中惊讶了几秒，默念着：这人……就挺勇的。之后又为他担忧起来，之后那个同学就被教官拉去谈心了。五分钟之后，教官对我们说：“刚刚那一幕你们都看到了吧，你们天天唱的一首歌是怎么说的？团结就是力量！你们自己好好想想吧！”听了这一席话后，我陷入了沉思，突然我恍然大悟，团结，就是力量！它让我明白了我们这五十几个人是同进同退！我们这五十几个人是同甘共苦！我们这五十几个人是结为一个团体的！我也终于明白了教官的话中话。

这次的军训将成为我一生的回忆。

我生活在“浑浑噩噩”之中。

每当我被繁重的学业压在“五行山下”喘不过气来时，我总是要想：“我的生活，到底是怎样的?”

一天二十四个小时，急急迫迫却浑浑噩噩，看似充实的学习生活却挤不出一点自由时间。每逢周末，整日坐在书桌旁但常常一天下来什么事也没做;仿佛刚回家却又到了周日返校时间。数不清的考试、作业接二连三地砸向自己，渐渐转化为人际交往中的烦躁不安……摊开自己的生活细看，充斥着岔路与死道，面前仿佛无路可走，还果真是“糊里糊涂”了。听着耳旁秒针滴滴答答不停走着，我陷入了沉思。

你瞧，窗外又是阴天，灰蒙蒙的，毫无生机，不正如同不知从何点染的白纸吗?——嘿，你是忘了吧，清晨可是还下过雨呢!又湿又滑，早上还摔了一跤被人笑话，难不成不比阴天差?果真，作文就写不出了吧!我抬头看向窗外，努力压制住内心涌出的烦躁和不安——这可是语文考试!突然，几道黑影在狭窄的白色中一闪而过——那是候鸟吧!简单的身躯却在茫然的白色中勾勒出一幅笔力雄劲的画。仿佛像是疏通了管道一般，我在紧张的考场中顿时放松了下来。

那你的学习呢?这总该是枯燥乏味了吧!时间莫名其妙地过去，却发现自己什么都没有开始做。——才不呢!今早你不还在备考语文?虽说是临时抱佛脚，但不也考到几题了吗?——话虽是这么说，你也不看看接下来还有四门没考?哎，说多了都是泪……——考试结束，不就能放松了?连一向“热爱学习”的老师都建议……畅想着考后的“人民大解放”，我差点在考场中大笑出声来。

那，那面对父母的“拷问”不也是很难熬?回家的日子岂不是更加荒废虚度，控制不了伸向电脑的“罪恶之手”?——哪有!回家既能逃离食堂的饭菜，又能睡在柔软的床上，空闲时分还可看看书，上上网，岂不乐哉?况且父母的“拷问”也不过是关心罢了。

“咔哒咔哒……”秒针欢快地在身边跳跃，耳旁响起监考老师“还剩十五分钟”的提醒，然而我并不像往常一样感到空虚和无力了——用快乐的双眼观察自己的“浑浑噩噩”，它就可能摇身一变，成了生活中的小美好了吧!

My name is Beth。 Im 14 years old， and I study in No。 1 Middle School of Hangzhou。 My school is very big and beautiful。 Im very happy in the school。

I usually get up at 6：15 in the morning。 Then I do morning exercises in the playground。 At 6：40， I have my breakfast。 You can see many students and teachers in the dinning room。 After breakfast， I often read English with my classmates。

We have six classes every day。 The first class begins at 7：50 am。 I like all the classes for my teachers can make the classes lively and interesting。 My favorite subject is English， so I join English Corner every week。 I can speak English with many other students there。 Its very interesting and exciting。 I think its helpful for me to learn English well。 After class， I always play games with my friends。 We play soccer ball，basketball， volleyball， ping—pong and so on。 They are very relaxing。

I like my lessons， my friends and my teachers。 In a word， I love my school。 I find my school life more and more meaningful and colorful。 My school life is wonderful， isnt it？

初中生活从挥手开始，与五年的好友分别痛苦的泪不由自主地夺眶而出。站在台阶上，望着空荡荡地操场，心里此起彼服。

初一的第一天是最难忘的，也是痛苦的。那些陌生的同学陆陆续续地坐下，心里是激动的初中生活从这里开始。

那天的天是灰蒙蒙的，带着一丝薄雾，掩去了我的痛苦。我告别了童年的无知，向全新的青少年生活走去。

初一伴我度过了无数个日日夜夜，我没有压力，昂首阔步迈进了初二的门槛，开始了又一个不同的的学习生活。

初二可算是煎，因为第一站中考项目将在此时进行。地理老师空投无数个知识炸弹，没有顽强的生命力和极强的防御力，想活没门。每一天，地理伴我从傍晚到深晚，从人来人往到夜深人静。每到这时，我总得想，今天的夜怎么来得这么快呢？

带着一个困倦的身体，又一次步入机械的学习环境，又一个阴沉的天。

支着头望窗外，又一轮夕阳渐渐沉入地下线下，又一天过去了。

我游荡在知识的长河之中，缓慢地前行，我也不断用知识来充实自己，探索，前往，前行，探索。

夕阳撒在大地上，初中生活将是我人生的一个终点，也是我人生的一个起点。

在这个暑假里，每一个人都有自己的生活，但是我的暑假生活是从农村开始的，因为我一放假就和奶奶回老家农村了。

在农村里，闻不到汽车排放出难闻的废气，听不到难听而刺耳的喇叭的叫声，闻到的.是青菜和庄稼苗的气味，听到的是优美的大自然的旋律。

我在农村，不是享受大自然的礼物就是和小伙伴一起玩耍。不管是刮风，还是下雨，不管是炎热还是阴天，都能听到鸟儿的叫声，蝉和蛐蛐的演奏，动物伴奏。有时跟爷爷奶奶到田里摘菜，所以每天都有不同的生活，和不同的乐趣。

在这个美好的地方，愉快的生活，简直就是人生中的乐趣，一年四季冬暖夏凉。我的暑假生活不错吧!

Kung Fu Panda is the lastest project from Dreamworks. It’s a CG-animated comedy about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda named Po Po (Voiced by Jack Black), who must somehow become a Kung Fu Master in order to save the Valley of Peace from a villainous snow leopard, Tai Lung. Prophecy said that Po is the “Chosen One” to save the day. But he appears to be the laziest of all the animals in ancient China. A group of martial arts masters are going to need a black belt in patience if they are going to turn this slacker panda into a kung fu fighter before it’s too late.I like the movie because it is very interesting and funny.The monkey is voiced by Jackey Chan who is my favourite star!

Nowadays, environmental pollution is very common. Resource waste is also

seen everywhere. In order to protect the environment, to protect our earth, we

need to live a low-carbon life. I usually go to school on foot, sometimes by

bike. If I need to go to the other city, I will choose the public transportation

and not ask my parents drive me there. If I am the last one to leave classroom

or home, I will make sure all the lights are off. I always will save the water

after washing clothes. And then use it to wash the toilet. Our earth is in our

own hands.

Unlike Martin Luther King’s, my dreams are fair and plain, and there are

many of them. I have a dream from the first time I sit in a car—I want to

drive.

Driving is like running without foot, racing without strength. It’s the

most meaningful way to meet human being’s desire of “faster”. When driving, I

have to put all my spirit to. Operating a car at ease will cost years of

experience.

Driving will take me to my wanting destination, no matter it rains or snows

or winds. I never am afraid of shoes wet, umbrella broken or ears frozen. A car

is rather like a moving house, which protects me completely and helps me rush

directly to the aim hanging ahead. That suits my nature perfectly: love to take

risks conservatively. A smooth ride in a good car is an enjoyable satisfaction.

Seeing rows of trees moving backward rapidly, a feeling of stepping forward will

fill fully in my mind. With music hovering, breeze blowing, my soul flies in the

air.

I was always sick when took a ride of a car, especially when I was young.

Father told me that a driver would never have carsick. That may be one of the

important reasons for me to desire driving.

This summer I am going to learn driving and get my car license. The dream

with all my heart will follow the promise it had made.

今年暑假，爸爸妈妈带我去天津——姥姥家玩。我刚一下车，表哥就向我跑了过来，我听了，甭提有多高兴了。

吃过晚饭，我就冲后院的猪圈跑了过去。我趴在圈门上数着小猪，哇!老母猪生了12个猪宝宝，4只小黑猪，7只小白猪，还有一只小花猪。我推开圈门，抱起小花猪，抚摸着它，真舒服。糟糕!我的举动把老母猪吵醒了，他瞪着他那圆圆的大眼睛，好想再说：“快把我的孩子放下，否则可别怪我对你不客气。”我见了，却得意的说：“看什么看，就你这样还能把我怎样?你不让我抱，我偏抱，看你能把我怎么样。”我越说越得意，竟把小花猪抱出了猪圈。老母猪见了，更火了。用尽全身的力气拱着圈门。我见了，却得意的说：“拱也没用，老实在里面待着吧。”话音未落，只听见“啪”的一声，门竟然被拱开了。我见了，抱着小花猪跑，只见它穷追不舍，我摘下一个树枝，朝老母猪打去。但它还是紧追不舍，我只好放下小花猪，狼狈的逃了。

虽然我献了丑，但是我并没有生老母猪的气。因为我感觉到了老母猪对小花猪的爱，就像我们的父母爱我们一样，我还觉得这是已将蛮高兴的事呢!

I live with my father and mother in a very big house in Dongguan. My parents are both very busy. They leave for work very early in the morning and don’t return home until late in the evening.

When I am home on weekends from school, we spend a lot of time together. We talk about my studies, my health and my school life. I love my parents very much.

My grandparents are still living, but they don’t live with us. Their health is good and they both do sports very early in the morning. My grandmother does gymnastics with elderly women her age in the park. Both of my grandfathers play basketball in the morning and sometimes they go swimming.

Chinese people eat rice for every meal, but I don’t like rice because I think it is tasteless! We eat meat, fish and vegetables. My family eats noodles and congee. My favorite is noodles.

I often play computer games because I like it so much. I often watch Japanese cartoon movies with my parents on the weekends. On long holidays we take trips, too.

That is my description of typical family life in China.

如果说部队是一座社会大熔炉,那么军训就是一座小熔炉。啊!难忘的五天军训生活，结结实实地磨炼了我们一把。军训让我真正体会到了：坚持就是胜利!

唉!刚军训，就让人顶着炎炎烈日站军姿，太阳公公大显神威，晒得地面滚烫滚烫的仍不罢休，还毫不留情地火辣辣地烤在我们身上，烤得我脸和脖子都快糊了，又烫又疼!呀!我已经闻到烤肉的味道了!

本来就酷热难忍，偏偏肚子又不识趣地疼了起来，难受极了，我想“报告”休息一会儿，可又想同学们都能坚持，我怎么好意思当“逃兵”呢?此刻，我仿佛看见了战士们顶烈日，冒酷暑练兵的情景，又仿佛看见了战士们在余震不断的险情中冒死抢救人民的场景，于是，我就强忍住了。

站军姿，听起来很简单，其实不然。你看，贴紧手，瞪直腿，抬头挺胸，顶着烈日，还得纹丝不动，一分钟，两分钟 ……可我仿佛觉得已经过了好几个小时，很不舒服，只能坚持，坚持，再坚持。教官要教我们走正步了，往日看国庆阅兵时，那“啪啪”的脚步声，那整齐的动作，那坚定的目光，简直酷极了，真令我好生羡慕，但听说练正步很难很累啊!果然不出所料，练腿部动作时，由于只用一只脚站立，同学们七扭八歪，甚至有一名同学在其他同学的撞击下，竟然倒了……但是我们都仍顶着烈日坚持练着，坚持练着……由于同学们齐心合力，坚定顽强，终于，我们也能齐刷刷地走正步了。

伟大的思想家孟子说得好：宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来!是啊!钢铁需经反反复复地捶打，才会练成真钢

站在学校的操场前，我的心情无比感慨，不是因为毕业考试，而是因为毕业后，我就要告别我六年的小学生活了。

在这所小学里，每一幕都有著我在这里的回忆，六年来，变化真多，感觉起来，我刚踏进学校好像还是昨天的事呢!那一天是一个晴朗的天气，我妈妈带著我走入校园，我在中走廊的布告栏上找到了自己的名子，知道我读一年忠班，那时我看的懂得字不多，所以我很兴奋的对我妈说：「妈妈，我找到了，我读一年中心班~」想起来还觉得好笑。我对低年级的记忆十分模糊，只记得当时在学校的大草皮上玩游戏时，发现了一个里面有贝壳的洞，我叫它「贝壳洞」，下课后有很多去那里检贝壳，除了这件事外，还有一件事情令我印象深刻，那就是班上有一两个男生翘课跑去抓瓢虫，刚好我隔壁的女生很好奇，要了一支回来「玩」，我觉得那只瓢虫很可怜，就把它给放生了。事后被那个女生骂的很惨，不过她又要了一只回来折磨。

中年级时，我的印象较为清楚，那是我国小生活以来最快乐的时光，唯一美中不足的是，那时的我非常迷糊，常常功课漏了几项，不是国语做完数学却忘了写，不然就是英文写了却忘记社会，还常丢三落四，光是三年级就有两本习作三本作业本失踪，现在我想起来，总觉得要是我别那麼迷糊，那麼一切就完美了。中年级的大事件很多，不过因为页面过多，所以我不再加以详细的讲下去~!!(：我看是偷懒吧~~)所以我们还是直接到下一个阶段吧!高年级的大事件好像都没发生在我身上，那就讲毕业旅行好了!毕业旅行可是我期待很久的事。

再见了，我的六年的小学生活，我会非常想念你的。

“看！天桥。”一个稚嫩的童音在耳边响起，是妹妹。被雨洗的挂不住一丝云的天空，却架起一座“七彩虹”。

看着可爱的小妹，我微笑着对她说“：那是一座桥！你知道吗？每个人都要从这座‘桥’上走过，有的人会经不住诱惑，从上面跳下来，而有的人却能安心地走过这座桥，那一生的幸福就会牢牢在握了，天使会从这里来到人间惩罚那些贪心的人。”“真的吗？那我不做坏事，天使会祝福我吗？”“会的。”

桥？幸福？这两个概念是什么？完全不同，如何能把它们联系在一起？我望着彩虹，喃喃自语。认识她，也许是注定的，我们走到了一起，和她在一起，很快乐。常常会谈心而忘了时间，那一刻真的很幸福，觉得找到了一生的好友。总是喜欢说我的烦心事，她的烦恼事，或许真的是缘份，那份快乐我在别人身上根本找不到。

忘了是谁的挑拨，无话不说的我们，无形中隔了一堵墙，见面后彼此客气。误会越来越多，虽然一直在维护着这就要破碎的友谊，然而力不从心。

她要转学了，我无意中听到这个消息，忽然心底一阵痛，从此忧郁装满双眼，虽然装出很快乐的样子，可是还是没有逃过她的眼睛，这个心结无论我怎么解，还是无济于事，我好迷惑，难道这也是上天注定的吗？终于，我画了一座桥，给她。“明白我的苦楚吗？”我在心里默默自问。

当我再次来到这里——我最爱来的地方，她已经等我了，一封信递给我。

迎着风，我打开它：其实我又何尝不像你呢？我的无助，除了你，有谁又能理解。打开心结，我们共同努力，架起这座桥，走出来，回到过去，回到从前，好吗？我不会转学的，相信我。

我抬起头，吸一口气，看看被雨洗过的天空中架起的那座彩虹。

A Present For Mother’s Birthday.

Everyone should give his mother a present when his mother’s birthday is

coming. It is 25th May Sunday. Today is Han Mei’s mother’s birthday. So she

wanted to give her mother a special present. What present should she give? Maybe

a bunch of flowers a birthday card are the best presents. A card is cheaper. But

it is bad for trees. The more I buy cards, the more trees will be cut by people.

So what another present should she give? Let me tell you this present.

It was five o’clock. It was time to surprise her mother. When Han Mei’s

mother came home, Han Mei said Happy Birthday to her mother. Then she cleaned

her mother’s feet. As you can see, her mother was very surprise.

Why do you think it was a good present?

I get up at seven o’clock in the morning every day. After I brush my teeth

and wash face, I eat my breakfast. My mother makes the breakfast for me. I go to

school at 7:30am, and come back from school at 6 pm. Before I go to bed I will

do some homework. I usually go to sleep at 10 pm. On the weekend, I will go to

play football with my friends, in the summer we like to go swimming. These are

my daily life.

It maybe our common desires to experience a meaning life, but when it comes

to the topic “How to live a meaningful life”, the opinions are divided. In

someone’s eyes, they agree that a meaningful life is just a comfortable life

which means they can enjoy themselves as possible as they can.

However, personally in my view, if we spend our whole life in pursuing

things only for ourselves, we will surely let ourselves down when we look back.

There’s an old saying that goes “The greatest use of life is to spend it for

something that will outlast it”. I can’t agree more. If there is a way to avoid

a disappointed life, it should be to try our best to find meaningful things

which can also make contributions to the whole society. Even a single man can

make a big difference to the world. Not to mention that everyone get together to

bring changes to the society.

It’s high time that we took measures to experience a meaning life. What’s

more, it’s never too late to start a meaning life. So be yourself, enjoy your

happiness and be helpful to others. That’s the meaning life worth living.

Youth is not just a stage of life, but it is also a state of mind. Being

young is so great and also the most cherrish moment in a life, as young men have

more energy and power to move forwards. Once we grow up more, we might lose

enthusiasm to propell our expectation. Nowadays, young men are looking for a job

to work. Work provides money to support our living and meaning of a life.

However, There are some young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of

them. Those who prefer not to work and would rather spend money from inherited

can be seen wandering on the street, speeding on the highway, or gathering as

gangsters. Many of them tend to become drog addicted after they got broke. They

expect good fortune surrounding forever. They don‘t know it is hard to sustain

money for a generation. Fortunately, our education system has influenced on the

majority of young people that we all recognive the importance of having a job.It

is believed that the more we work, and the more opportunitis and treasures will

arrive. Thus, The society will become harmony and peaceful.

learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. this is a proverb full of logic. in other words, learning is significant in our whole life. indeed, we can learn many things from it. if you understand it and apply it to your study or work, you’ll necessarily benefit a lot from it.

there are many reasons which can explain this phenomenon and the following are the typical ones. the first reason is that learning can light our road in the coming future. there is no denying the fact that the society is developing increasingly fast and we are often easily surpassed by the people around. the only way to avoid this is to learn to improve ourselves. as an illustration, i’d like to take myself as an example. after graduation from college, my life has been full of working pressure, which contributes to my decision of pursuing further education. that’s why i can make my own way in such a competitive society.

the effect of learning can be boiled down to two major ones. first, with the spirit of learning, we are more capable of overcoming the difficulties in the future. more importantly, we can enrich our spare time life by learning. no matter who you are, you must remember that learning is the basic skill in our life.

Happy summer vacation is coming, von teacher (tutor) gave me an essay:

"summer fun".

Filed a summer vacation, I will be very excited, because the summer can be

more happy, in retrospect, they like the movie playback in my head.

Photos, I looked at my to hainan emerge previous scenario in your mind:

that day, we will go to hainan! I was excited and happy, can fly again! That

night we came to the resort yalong bay, sanya in hainan, by plane arrived at the

hotel cooked cooked.

The next day, I to the sun, against the wind and the beauty of the scenery

beautiful had a stretch. I observed a look, my dad is still sleeping, but I

cant wait to go to dinner to the beach. I call my father. After dinner, we came

to the seaside. Im more comfortable sea breeze, waves.

We begin our "engineering", I took a shovel to dig a small hole and then

just center, because the water of the sea fall to dig around for me. And get a

shovel to give him one layer built a wall, tired of the sand can be high. Very

tired ah, look at me "big project" my heart very happy.

Oh, what a wonderful memory. I found that life is not good thing is much,

but to myself.