6 Things I Regret from High School
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6 Things I Regret from High School

Missing the “good ole days” is not something that I typically do, but I know that if I went back in time there would be some things I would try to do differently.

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High school is a crazy and complicated time. From pep rallies, lunchroom bullies, and school gossip, no one really has it easy. My high-school days were not the worst, however, there are many things that I do regret doing during my high school years.

1. Never worked hard to find a dress for dances

At my high school, we had two dances a year, a homecoming in the fall and a formal in the spring. Because I was on student council all 4 years, I had to go to every single dance. Even though not all of them were fun, my biggest regret from that time was not working hard enough to find a dress for these events. I would just go to a store try on a few and buy one, just because I hated shopping that much. If I had been able to take the time to actually shop and look around I think I would have liked dressing up for the dances a little more.

2. I didn’t find a way to study

I never tried too hard to find a way to actually retain the information, typically just winging every test that I took. Now that I’m in college I’m realizing just how much I wish I had actually found a way that worked for me, as it would be a majorly useful tool.

3. I watched WAY TOO MANY TV SHOWS

Now don’t get me wrong, your girl loves herself some Netflix, but I think that I spent 16 hours out of my day watching Netflix. I would even watch it during school when my teachers weren’t looking, I would always have it on. I know that if I had taken a break from watching How I Met Your Mother in class I probably would have learned way more than what I know now.

4. I held on to bad relationships

For a while I tried so hard to make relationships that just didn’t work, work. I would reach out after being ignored for days, I would try to build bridges that I didn’t want. I ended up trying to making these relationships a depiction of who I actually was. I felt like if these two or three people didn’t like me that it was my fault for being hard to get along with.

5. I never branched out

Going to a smaller school it was hard enough to make connections with different people, and one thing I regret was never trying out of school activities to help me make new connections. I stayed very much in my own group of friends and never tried to meet other people from my school.

6. I put so much pressure on boys liking me

I was never the type of girl to really date in high school - this was due to the fact that I never dated in high school. My school was so small, and had kids that I had known my whole life, that finding a guy there was nearly impossible. Even then, I still blamed myself for boys not liking me and I felt like something was wrong with the way that I acted and dressed and talked. I felt like I needed to change myself for a boy to take interest in me - which I now realize that I don’t how to do.

Missing the “good ole days” is not something that I typically do, but I know that if I went back in time there would be some things I would try to do differently.

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