<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Teenaged Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teenaged Thoughts]]></description><link>https://margaretyang.wixsite.com/teenthoughts/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:13:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[An Exciting Announcement!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a very exciting announcement to make: this blog will now be connected to the Teenaged Thoughts podcast! You can access this podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TeenagedThoughtsPodcast and from now on, every podcast topic will be the same as every blog topic posted, and I will be posting new episodes and articles on the podcast and the blog once every week, and this is will become my safe space to share what I have with the world and to also share more passion-filled stories...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/an-exciting-announcement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dde887602a28f5308c1a1d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:05:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6bdfe_dd7c0ba771d04ff7aa57025f8ce0cd97~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_756,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Being Afraid to Start Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whenever I skate, I always think about the skaters I admire and their spins and footwork that I would rewatch over and over again because of how much grace it has, and I would then look at my own skating moves and realize ow much of a difference my movements has with the professional skaters’. I would always try my best to mimic it and try to do it in the way I want to, but then it will always turn out in a way that does not look as good. So, in this case, I would fear that the more I try to...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/not-being-afraid-to-start-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cfd94e740e6b9d93858322</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:17:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/21b950299e424455906fd23d694bf842.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Passion]]></title><description><![CDATA[I came across this video on WeChat channels the other day on this girl who is also a figure skater, talking about how after a conversation with her coach, she realized that passion isn’t always “smiles and motivation and waking up early because you can’t wait”. Passion also looks like tears of pain, frustration, and moments of catastrophe.  To me as a skater and a person who is juggling quite a few projects at once, I feel the same. I love what I do. Whether that is in school, outside of...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/on-passion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c939eb8bb7e54baa69de1a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:44:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/49b7605f924d0dc784d616d0c9b53748.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music for the Olympics]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the Milan Winter Olympics, my playlist has welcomed a few new songs, which are the songs skaters have used for their programs, such as The Lost Crown, Dies Irae, MacArthur Park, Fear by NF, Promise, and of course, Viva la Vida. Those songs always bring me back to when the skaters skated their programs and I watched them on the TV in my living room. As amazing as they are, I also thought of another song (other than Viva la Vida) that would encapsulate the vibes and the Olympic...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/music-for-the-olympics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69be61c54d56f917b020d123</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:17:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6bdfe_eb3a7045e2a948e48c6b95fdbdb9dd91~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_810,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it just me or is it already March?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So much has already happened this year in my life—the Olympics ending, the new school semester starting, going to musical practice, starting new projects, refining old projects, etc. I am still in the process of recovering from the sadness of seeing the Olympics end, but school starting has made me shift my perception of it. On my to-do list, there is always this task of “watch the Olympics ONE LAST TIME” because for me to watch the Olympics on the TV screen, I had to buy a Membership, but it...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/is-it-just-me-or-is-it-already-march</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b4c57a6f1601b21825363c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:23:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_880c7b78f2784cb48e182e145a301663~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Productivity &#38; Stress]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, school has just started after the Chinese New Year holiday, and that marks the beginning of another semester. This means homework and school work is piling up again, and that goes alongside my extracurricular work. This means that not only do I have 8 hours of school, the time that I have to myself is limited to only 5 hours after school and maximum 0.5 hour before school. This is very little compared to having the whole day to myself during the holidays. I still feel like I need to...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/productivity-stress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69aba092d66894c6d6f52b8f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_baf6e6ab528049eea6375e4509405fa3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End of an Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[I reflected on the Milan Winter Olympics and there is one detail that I have not completely thought through. So many athletes are having their last Olympics, and all the happiness and sadness and regrets and all the moments they have been through, is what I like to talk about today. Let’s provide a quick list of figure skaters who will be retiring this season or immediately after the Olympics. Madison Chock and Evan Bates will be retiring after the World Championships. Sui WenJing and Han...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/the-end-of-an-era</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a1b76ef9c4f9db1661fa68</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:27:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6bdfe_b29d2fb8cba341018e07e01674d2e6e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Milano Cortina Olympics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Chinese New Year! It’s finally the year of the horse! I was watching the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics this Chinese New Year holiday and it has been what I have been looking forward to ALL day EVERY day. From the Team Events to women’s singles, there wasn’t one competition I missed out on, and this time, my overall takeaway and thoughts on this event really just revolves around the cruel reality of competitive sports and the importance of facing everything the way it is. For example, in...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/the-milano-cortina-olympics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69981b9bb8ed19d283758601</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:35:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6bdfe_cd0af9ee2ef74036abd49e7f42aa4cb9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste &#38; Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was busy last weekend as I was in Hong Kong for two days in a row for two events, but now I am making up for the last post :) I was interviewing students at my school for my podcast teaser on Wednesday on whether 2026 will be the next 2016 and some said that it is not possible due to the dominance of AI producing so much of what we see, some said that 2016 was before the pandemic and the economy was growing. One answer stood out to me—as time progresses, one’s perception of beauty becomes...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/taste-art</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69870b60eacc8a67c8a4458b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:53:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0ef509642a5043dbacc9f2cbbbee866e.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is 2026 the New 2016?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps we have all seen on social media the trend of bringing back the culture of 2016. On Chinese social media, 2016, along with other years of the 2010s, are seen as the years of “经济上行期”, which essentially means “the era of economic growth”. Think about it—before the pandemic (aka 2019), economies around the world have been booming. As a girl living in China, that rise and people’s attitude towards the future of the nation and the world was extremely optimistic. Not to say that it is not...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/is-2026-the-new-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69756409d43586da50c3249c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:30:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6bdfe_cbe59b3ff69740458c1d0114469779ef~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_828,h_828,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["The New Generation... *sigh"]]></title><description><![CDATA[This weekend, I am in Shenzhen at Shen Wai International School for their Model United Nations conference and my school has came with our MUN Director, who is a science teacher at our school and as my friend and I were talking to him, he started to talk about how in his generation, his peers used to talk to each other during their break times while nowadays, we just go on our devices by default. I do recognize this change and this may seem like a negative change but perhaps talking to others...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/the-new-generation-sigh</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696c3f033d420427946b65a1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:57:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_9dcf5fc43e2940458b3022e6d4907850~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have skated my whole life but have never taught anyone this formally, but last year, on Dec 28th, I had my first experience teaching autistic children skating and it was one of the most eye-opening experiences I have had. I have trained for singles skating all my life and have never experienced what it was like to grow with someone else. All the time in my life,  I have been told to do everything for the best of myself and my own benefits, but teaching someone else? I have never thought...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/teaching-experience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69637566f5c800c9665221e1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f70cae29194a437bb8598c03e06e6470.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is officially 2026! I still cannot believe that I have been in Guangdong for a year already, and this year has been a year of change, growth, and evolution for me. I have been through so much within the past 12 months and I simply feel like I have grown more than I can ever imagine. I have had so many shifts in perspectives and perceptions through all the experiences—going back to Beijing for MUN, business operations, transferring to a new school, and getting used to life in a brand new...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/new-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695779e7b825d96637d34ab8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:56:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_7e949cde3b17469eb77b4b8c216bcc22~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Ever Magazine Publication]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week is the first week of Christmas holiday, and I have so many mixed emotions—my first ever magazine has been published! This has been the product of 3 months of hard work from nothing to 18 pages after working with my English teachers, my classmates and the headmaster. We have interviewed so many teachers for the publication, had so much decision-making to do to figure out the formatting, photos, articles, but I just can’t wait to let the school and rest  of the student body see what...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/first-ever-magazine-publication</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695097e7a48525611150588c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 02:38:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_f3e6d6821c5b46329637a874bed14411~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Does this World Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have always asked myself that question, that never-ending quest of seeking answer of why are we working so hard and making things so much more complicated than it needs to when we have the choice to stay simple and remain like that. I came across this video of this university freshman talking about this the other day and I think she is right—we give other people our needs and want, they fulfill it for us, and we give them more of what we need and they fulfill more, and so on. For example,...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/how-does-this-world-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69466c9a238be523262d113b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:31:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_1600fe990c4d4c38935009825fac8fd5~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Room for Ourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, there were lots of times when I felt disappointed with myself, feeling a range of what one would deem as “negative” emotions with what happened, however, I found out that the key to overcoming those emotions is to simply make room for it in your heart.  Our lives are made of so many different components, just like different paints on a palette—there are sad times, happy times, cringe times, embarrassing times, nervous times, and loads more. Those are all what makes us, and our...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/making-room-for-ourself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693c3eba5edaf5b3be2b47e0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:12:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_85a736d876694d049a83fb8cdc32d539~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why aren’t Rich People Anxious?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This question might be self-explanatory for some, but sometimes, I do wonder the essence of anxiety and the source of stress—as there is a balance between materialistic stability, and also mental stability. My theory is that because rich people’s wealth bring them stability materialistically, they will stop worrying about life on a daily basis, which gives them their laid-back approach to life. If we follow this logic, we can also understand why the poor are anxious and stressed about life...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/why-aren-t-rich-people-anxious</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69344b2921dbaf583f893257</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:29:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060d5fcf79564564a4dd8fe9c58de7c3.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are Manners?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I went around the school to interview people for my podcast teaser earlier this week, we came across a very rude (what I would call rude) Music teacher who immediately rejected us as he said “you need to inform me before you come to my class, you need to write an email and I will let you fill out a form and that is when you can come”. Literally so sassy and so disrespectful—he is saying that I should let him know before I ask people from his band to do a quick 2 second interview. He...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/what-are-manners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692ad8dcd8fb7619deed8388</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:29:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_80c745f098b8472ba6ae52282120753d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality vs. Preferences]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all have our own preferences of all sorts of things in life—whether we like to wear school uniforms or not, whether we prefer to go to work in formal attire or not, or whether we think teachers should be acknowledged by parents with parents spending more money to celebrate them. However, some may be tied to moral issues, while others may be tied to a simple preference. The line between morality, legality, and preference, may be clear, and it may not. For example, one may think that forcing...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/morality-vs-preferences</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6922be7218f3b71d4fdd09d4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 07:58:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/920160558b3b43f3bc86604b84d85c23.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dress vs. Pants Delimma]]></title><description><![CDATA[After discussing my “campaign” of allowing girls at my school to have the choice to wear pants with other teachers at my school, I found out that there is this possibility, but because not everyone who are in a environment aligns with the organization’s true missions and intentions, or whose experiences allow them to believe what is being conveyed to them truly deep down, I have had teachers who support me and who have expressed slight disinterest in this initiative because they grew up in a...]]></description><link>https://www.teenagedthoughts.com/post/dress-vs-pants-delimma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691726728299f58d7f84d7ed</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:54:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_a81236b5132c4ddda21b6f19e5af19f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>