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18 Is Not You

You're going to change and that's okay

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18 Is Not You
Taylor Massey

When you are a high school student it is easy to believe that you know who you are as a person. I thought I knew who I was the entire time I was in high school. I was the passionate theatre geek who was, let's call it "intense." I spent numerous hours of every school year in either the theatre or at the softball field. I believed that I was who I was and that wasn't going to change. How wrong was I?

It forever amazes me how much that has changed in the last two and a half years since I graduated. I am now a junior in college and am no where near the same person. I have new passions that have replaced my old ones. As a senior I could not fathom a life without being involved in theatre but it has been over two years since I have been on stage and I honestly don't miss it. I am way more serious about my walk with Jesus and that has shaped me as a person. New passions in my life such as the relationship I have with Christ, spending time with my friends and boyfriend, and working a crazy amount for a college student have replaced the old passions high school me had.

I have found the the biggest change took place in the first year after high school. I was a completely different person after a year. The amazing thing is that I am not the person I was even then and I know I continue to change. I have friends who agree with this and have attested to their own change.

High school students. You are going to change when you leave that high school. It's a fact of life and it is totally okay. Most the time those changes are going to be for the better. I am grateful for who I was in high school because that shaped who I have become today, and I really love life right now. So know change is going to come but also know you direct those changes and where your life goes within that. I can't wait to see where we end up.


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