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In my recent years of life I have gone through many changes to get to where I am today. I have been able to find new opportunities and experiences for myself. Before I used to find it hard to make friends and talk to others, but now I have opened up much more and have learned to be able to talk to people with ease.

 Starting from my freshman year of highschool to now I have changed so much, my personality, looks, attitude, and goals. Talking about my past used to upset me because I didn’t like how I saw myself and how I used to be, although I still don’t like how I was. I find it much easier to talk about now because I’ve grown. Throughout my highschool years so far I have met a lot of people and I think everyone that I have met has made an impact in my life one way or another.  At the beginning of highschool I didn’t know anyone who went there and I thought I wouldn’t survive. I was too scared to join any clubs to open up and get to know people, so I didn’t. I didn’t want to think about the future either because I had no idea what it was I wanted to do. I got my first job during freshman year where I worked in customer service, which I think helped me make a few friends freshman year because I had to be able to talk to people at work so it made me talk to people at school.  I made it through my freshman year having made two close friends.

 My sophomore year was much better than freshman year because I already knew most of the people in my classes and was able to talk to them. Sophomore year was the year I met most of my friends now. It was still a bit hard talking to people but I was able to do it  much more than before. I was put into a club this year called LIA and this class helped me have to open up more talking to people and get more involved in school. Instead of just talking to the same people from freshman year I met new people. By this year I wasn’t as shy and closed off as before. I really enjoyed my sophomore year because I was able to find a way to express myself in a way I didn’t before without feeling nervous or judged. I was closer to becoming the person I am now. But It wasn’t just in school that I was improving. I was also becoming more social outside of school too. I was able to work more so I found it easier to interact with the customers and my coworkers much more. I became a more outgoing person with the people around me. I also started to go back to church my sophomore year and I think that also really helped me. I created a safe and comfortable space for myself.

Now I am in my Junior year of highschool and everything is going well so far. I am really enjoying my junior year as I have met more friends and people I can talk to. I am very happy with how far I have come with being social and expressing myself. I find that being around the right people will make you exactly who you want to be. Before highschool I was around people who were completely different from me and I could never fit in with them, but now in highschool there is much more diversity and many more people for everyone to talk to and discover the different types of people. It has taken me a bit of time to get to where I am today. I am happy with myself and how I am. I enjoy talking to new people and getting to know them. I overall enjoy how my life is going right now, and I know that there is much more to come in life but I truly am thankful for everyone and everything in my life.