Distractions

"Mom, Ms. Jenkinson LOADED me with homework today. I am never going to get all of this done!"
School can easily distract us. Distract us from what? From God, of course. God is knocking on your heart right now - "Hello? Anybody home?" - and all you care about is school. I'm not saying school isn't important, but God is more important. He created learning, so you should at least spend 10 minutes a day talking to him.

"Watching TV is lots of fun. I have six favorite shows that I watch back to back to back every night."
Every night? What else could you do every night? Spend time with God, maybe?

"I really wish I could be like those girls on the cover of fashion magazines. They are so skinny and beautiful...I'm nothing like them."
Yes, you are! God didn't just throw you together. He wanted you to look the way you do. If you are complaining that you aren't skinny or beautiful enough, you are telling God that what he did isn't right...and it is.