Journal Entry #1

"What did I know to be true that I didn't know a year ago?"

This question really took me by surprise because of how real it is. One thing that I now know to be true: everything about you is going to change one day, whether you like it or not. Now, this sounds kind of bad, but I think it's because society has kind of put a bad rep to it. The way I look at it is...yes, it's going to happen, but it's up to you how you handle it. I can definitely say that I am not the person I was around this time one year ago, let alone even two days ago.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a big fan of change. I'm all about my comfort zone and familiarity. But once I graduated high school, I had this thought in the back of my head that things are gonna change, and it's gonna change really fast. I can honestly say now that I like this change because of the people that it lead me to, the events that happened because of it, and the person that I molded into. You are going to meet new people, hear new things, see new things, experience new experiences, be a whole new person. It will be scary at first, I'm not gonna lie about that. But the best way to handle it is to go in with your head held high and an open my. While I'm still learning how to do that, I hope you join me in discovering yourself and the world around you. The world has so much to offer, but it's up to you to put in the work to find what it has to offer.

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