Hello all,
I have been doing a lot of growing up here in Italy. I have been through some stressful times on my own and had to learn to deal with them on my own. I have learned to budget my money, travel on my own, stay away from places that are bad, grow as a person, and just have respect for the people around me and have respect for myself. Before if I was upset with someone I would just argue now I just talk it out with person and fix the issue compared to just yelling and not resolving it.
At a certain point in the beginning I was afraid to be myself because I was afraid people would judge me but in the end I’m not afraid anymore because at the end of the day you are only yourself and who cares what people think. I have become more responsible. Going abroad has taught me to become an adult. I’m not afraid to be on my own and I’m not afraid of making choices for myself. I only have a few weeks left and I plan to make the most of them. Some might say that you’re in vacation mode over here or not in reality but to be honest this is most realistic my life has ever been and it was an eye opener. I think everyone should travel! Seeing the world is truly amazing. I have been to cities I couldn’t even imagine going to and I have only been to a few. I want to see the whole world, but of course some places are to dangerous so I will be smart about it but I hate having a routine. I love living in the now because that’s all we have, I mean yes we have a future and its always smart to plan but the now is what we only have.
Life gives us choices and it is up to us to make them, good or bad. I plan to live my life the way I want it. Going to Italy was a dream come true and now I get to have new dreams. My next dream is for my senior soccer season and it is for my team to win the Conference championship and go to the NCAA tournament for the first time and we can do it. The last thing to I’m going to say is be yourself and the real people around you will stick by you, live you life, screw a routine, do things you wouldn’t think of doing, you only have one life, fall in love and if you get hurt build yourself back up, life is about taking chances so take that chance. There is no new me, just me doing things I needed to do in my life.
Sincerely,
Melissa