Isles Of Gratitude

First and foremost, I’m a senior in high school now! I cannot believe how fast it has gone by… I applied to all the colleges I am interested in and am awaiting responses. Two of them have already accepted me (they responded in just one week!) Even though it has only been two months, I have had many revelations and experiences. I have never been more involved with my school or community than ever before.Over the course of my junior year, I experienced a lot of anxiety, which carried over into the summer. I started to notice that I was feeling hopeless and, oftentimes, on the verge of depression. I was very in my head and kept unhealthy habits. I knew this was not just “a phase” like I had felt at other times. I finally got into therapy, and it has already positively influenced me. Just speaking my thoughts aloud to someone who I know will not judge me is grounding in itself. I have found solutions to my anxiety and have dug more deeply through the surface to find out why I have had such problems with it in the past. I look forward to my sessions and, so far, am continuing with them.For my senior year I decided to take a class I had wanted to take for years. Because I want to pursue journalism, I joined the yearbook class, which means I will be taking photos and interviewing people around the school! Already, I’ve been more involved with my school than ever. I’ve gone to tennis and football games and will go to others in the future. Additionally, I have had to sell ads to multiple businesses to fund our yearbook, which was very hard and uncomfortable. But now that I’ve gotten it over with, I am glad I did it and accepted the challenge. This class can help me raise my confidence and speak to new people.

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