#1 - Time For Change

You know I've started so many blogs in my life and each time...they don't really end up being a blog. Usually I just post a bunch of pictures or reblog something from someone else. But this time...I don't know. I want something that means something to me. I want to be able to get everything I'm feeling out and stop bottling it up on the inside. I'm starting college next Monday. It's time to grow up and change. And I guess by having a blog like this...maybe it'll help me change. I hope so, at least.

So here's to change and a new start. To my journey through college. To the new friends I'll make. To the old friends that I'll keep. To my mentors that are going to guide me through this step by step and help me into adulthood. I'm ready. I'm ready to take the next step. I'm done with high school. If you asked me 2 months ago I probably would have had a different answer. But now...now that everything is sinking in. I'm ready. I'm ready to push the old aside and start new.

My goals for this school year? To work hard. This isn't high school anymore. I can't just be like "Meh, I don't feel like doing this homework assignment". No. I HAVE to do well. I have to do well so I can get that degree and start my new life. I want to be successful. I want to be able to prove to everyone that I'm not going to follow in the footsteps of my family before me. I'm going to be different. I'm not going to change for anyone. I'm not going to be someone they want me to be. I'm going to be me. And I'm going to do things my way.

Plans for the next few months? Land a job, work hard for a bit, and move out. It's not that I want to abandon everyone here. But the truth is...for me to do what I need to do...I need to get out of here. I can't keep living here at my parent's house when I'm almost 18 and in college. I need to do things for myself. Yeah, it might take a little bit...but it's something I have to do. And I have my friend's to back me up if I need it.

So to end this; yeah...I'm gonna change. But I'm changing for me. And nobody else. College is a whole new experience. It's the next step into my life. And I'm going to work hard. I have to. For myself. And for my dreams.

-Laura