Six years later.

When I think of the amount of years that have gone by, I stop and think of the memories that have passed and people I have come in contact with. In high school I had so many dreams and aspirations that I knew I wanted to accomplish and it's safe to say not all of them have happened.

Freshman year I was currently taking junior level classes while I was attending online school at home. There was a hint of hesitation as to if I was going to be able to get through all of the strenuous school work and not having time for friends after because I was exhausted after five hours of class and four hours of homework that I never understood.

It was soon after sophomore year I decided that it was time to break the mold and attend public school for the first time. It was a big step but it led me to the next big step of applying to Youngstown State University, where I wanted to major in journalism. After all, I've wanted to write for a living ever since I was a little girl; that's also how I got involved with the fine establishment of Odyssey.

The first day of public school I was one of the shyest girls to walk in that building. I had never uttered a curse word, never attended or was invited to a party, never drank or smoked anything at all. It was safe to say I was a sheltered child. I grew up in Christian household with very strict rules and the “all important curfew” that still reigns over my head (thanks, mom and dad.) With that being said, I didn't have the desire to break the rules and go out and act crazy with my friends until the end of the night.

College was a completely different story. I went through a complete culture shock on the first day that I cried when I made it back to my house. I went from a class of 192 to a staggering 15,000 class campus. I wasn't sure how I was going to handle it, so I stayed to myself until around my junior year when I finally decided to get involved in my internship and apply to the school newspaper. Those two places changed my life forever and switched around some personality traits that I never knew I had.

I realized after graduation that it wasn't going to be easy for me to find the job of my dreams and that I would have to work at it, which I am continuing to do while I'm writing this story. I never thought I would be the person I am now, finding happiness in unfamiliar situations and relationships have turned into the best situations and relationships I have ever had.

Remember what happened in your life six years ago? I'd love to hear about it. Leave it in the comments!