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No, I Didn't Peak in High School But I'm Glad I Didn't

To the girl just trying to find her way

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No, I Didn't Peak in High School But I'm Glad I Didn't

Let me just lay it out open and clear. I wasn't popular in high school. I didn't have a ton of friends in high school. I didn't go to a ton of parties in high school. I was just trotting along counting down the days until I graduated. While everyone else was talking about the crazy party they went to that past weekend, I was sitting with my three friends talking about the Friendly's ice cream run we did. A part of me knew I wasn't meant to peak in high school cause a part of me knew I was better than my small town and it's drama. I sometimes wonder what it would be like if I did peak in high school but then I think of all the wonderful things I have now and I forget the thought completely.

Fast forward to today and I go to a great University, I'm a senior completing my major in marketing with a minor in communications and I'm a part of multiple organizations holding executive leadership positions within two of them. I'm happier than I've ever been and I think I owe part of that to not "peaking" in high school. What if I did in fact peak then and I followed friends to a different college? What if I was never forced to branch out in college and I never met the good friends I have now? What if I didn't have the life I didn't have now? I feel like I was kinda forced to grow up but I'm glad I was because I think it gave me a better understanding of who I am as a person.

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