Some of us peaked in high school. Some of us will never be better than the person we were for those long four years. However, high school, for some of us, was not that kind of cake walk. We were not “lucky” enough to be the cool one, the skinny one, or the one that everybody wanted to have as a friend. Some of us weren’t invited to the parties, and some of us even got rejected at the door.
But, the some of us that were fortunate enough to peak after high school are the true lucky ones. Here are the real reasons why peaking after high school is way better than being the popular one roaming those cheap, linoleum-floored halls.
There is way more to life than high school. While you’re there you feel like you’re never leaving. Sometimes it even feels like those walls could collapse on you at any moment, and it would be totally fine, because then you wouldn’t have to come back the next day.
You’re the best version of yourself (so far). And you know it. You can feel a change in yourself knowing that you’ve never been this confident before. Embrace it.
You get hit on… a lot. Compare this to high school, where someone showed interest in you a whopping zero times.
Going out to places and seeing the old “popular” kids you graduated with is awesome. You wont realize right away, but its actually a blessing in disguise. By the end of the night though, half of them are drunk and trying to get with you, while the other half just stand there in the corner, too scared to leave the group. You'll be shocked, yet satisfied. You'll see that the group of people you once wanted to be apart of so badly, aren’t that special at all. You'll watch them gain that freshman 15 (or 50) through Instagram. You'll hear all the stories about how almost everyone has broken up. You will feel so very satisfied.
You have no where to go but up. Not being confident throughout high school is normal. Let’s face it, for the majority of us high school really sucked, but you have everything to look forward too.
You find your people. Sometimes the people you attended high school with aren’t the kind of people you feel comfortable surrounding yourself with. Once you graduate, you will start finding friends that you can relate to, friends that benefit your life. Whether it be from a new job, college, or even from a gym or club that you have joined, you can relate to these people.
You start looking forward to your high school reunion. You imagine yourself walking through the doors of that super typical Knights of Columbus reception hall and watching everyone turn to look at you. You know what they’ll be thinking, “Look how amazing whatever-their-name-is looks.” All the while you’re finally seeing how much everyone has changed since graduation; some not for the better.
There is a lot you need to thank your old high school self for; once you realize how far you’ve actually come. If it wasn’t for that person you used to be, you would have nothing to compare your peak to. You will never be as grateful or as happy as you are now if it weren’t for those 4 long years. Coming from the fat girl, the girl who had to become the editor of the yearbook in order to ensure actually being part of it, the band geek, and the girl who no one paid attention to - life only gets better. You just have to be patient and enjoy the ride along the way, because you only get to watch yourself rise to the top once.
