This is to new beginnings! Opportunities to reinvent yourself and to be whoever you want to be. High school was amazing and thank you to everyone who made it the best four years of my life, but I'm ready for something new. I'm going to a school where I know nearly no one, and at first I was really worried about that. Now I think it's the best way to go. I know I'll always have my friends back home and this is a great opportunity for countless entirely new experiences and a new me! I've messed up pretty bad in the past, which I'm sure everyone has, but I've been taking notes on some qualities and characteristics about people that I admire and I'm going to try applying all of them to myself. One of my greatest friends always pointed out genuine and fake people. I always thought I knew the differences but I came to find out that I really didn't. I want to make it an obligation of mine to always tell things straight up to people! If something bothers me or I have an issue with someone, rather than blowing it off or beating around the bush, I want to confront the problem then work on ways to make it better. This may seem ridiculous to some people because they've lived their entire lives doing this, but it's a flaw of mine that I'd like to fix. The quote "if you accept your own flaws then nobody can use them againt you," is one of many I want to start living by.
You get out of life what you put into it. Everything come back around. So this year, and in the years to come, I choose to be the absolute best me that I can be. I'm only 17, and I need to keep reminding myself of that. The older I get the more aware I become of my actions and the more confident I become in my decisions. I like who I am but I don't want to grow up too fast and miss all the little things I should be appreciative of. People spend their whole lives trying to find themselves, but in reality if you just be the best you you can be... all of your actions and decisions will form who you are and you'll end up being happy with yourself because you've stayed true and focused on what you thought was right. Life is too short to not live everyday like it's your last and have regrets. So here's to new people, new experiences, a new life, and a new me!