We are all familiar with those teen comedies following the same storyline where the awkward shy girl meets the boy of her dreams and receives constant adoration. Well, that girl is me- except I don’t get the boy or the insane popularity or the happy ending, not yet anyway. Maybe my life will find some parallels to those typical teen movies, and I intend for that time to be now. My problem is that I let obstacles in my life control my outlook and confidence to the point that I wasn’t familiar with the girl I saw in the mirror. I would always try to swerve away from the idea of “change” because the thought of being in a foreign setting was unnerving. When I received the devastating news of saying goodbye to my “perfect” life it had a significant impact, but I have come to realize that not all life adjustments are destined to be ill-fated. Driving away from the High School Musical sing-alongs, neighborhood adventures, and spontaneous sleepovers with my best friends was truly heartbreaking but at the time I didn’t understand the upcoming possibilities moving would bring because I was so focused on …show more content…
My changing environment also prompted changes in my thought. I remained quiet in class and barely attempted to make friends, thinking nothing could compare to my life back “home”. My conscious slowly deteriorated because I felt ignored by others, as I slowly morphed into a microscopic organism. My confidence vanished along with my personality. However it was long until I met some of the most kind-hearted people who had the patience for me to come out of my shell. They helped create new memories, not just prolong the yearning I had to recreate old memories. This was when I first genuinely saw change as a possible blessing because I could encounter new personalities that would bring pure positivity in my life in a new