1 Year

I think its funny that how in a year, so many thing could have changed. Where you go to school, who you are dating, who you hang out with, and everything else in your life. I'm going to be 21 in exactly one month. And as much as it sucks to think wow I really am getting old, it feels great. However, the best part is to look back to a year ago and think about what I was doing then. One year ago i was miserable. I was trying to figure out whether i should just stay miserable so I could continue going to school for free, and destroying the one thing i love, basketball, forever. However i removed myself from that horrid situation, and havent looked back. I almost have nightmares that one day I'm going to wake up and be exactly where i was a year ago, but then I wake up and remember. I never have to be there again unless I want to be. Whoever, if anybody, is reading this, you don't know me. So what i tell you about myself you just have to trust. I believe that every situation is what you make it. Even if you hate where you are or what you're doing, if you throw a smile on your face and have a positive attitude, you can get through alot. But somethings, especially those far worse than mine, need more than just will. They need action. So do it. Take action. I transferred to a school that I had met the coach for less than an hour, not knowing anyone there, and quit a very well paying job. Now i lucked out. But when i left my school, someone asked me "Well, how do you know that you will be happy there?" And what i've realized is that I didn't neccesarily have to be happy there. I hadn't been genuinely happy in such a long time, that to be happy was a far fetched idea. What mattered was that I was happiER where ever I was going to end up. And at that point, anything was better than where I was.