It was tough deciding how to end this line of blogs I’ve
been accumulating. I was almost used to the blog due every other
week. It almost became routine. I even enjoyed writing a lot of them. It was
sure better than the age-old journal entries from the days of yore. But alas,
here it is, the final blog – numero 15.
I would like to take this time to look back at my wildcat years, and then consider the
future ahead. Millbrook was definitely far from the best years of my life. I
made friends, though not as many as I should have, and worked hard in school to
secure a promising future, though I probably didn’t have to make as many
sacrifices as I did. Looking back, I nearly shut out everything else besides
grades for a couple of years. It was not fun but there really isn’t anyone to
blame for that but myself. Thankfully, after a few weeks at governor’s school
this past summer, I met and got close to so many people and soon enough realized
that grades did not define me- it’s the people and ideas you surround yourself
with. Governor’s school turned my life around for the better, and ever since
then, I’ve been having the time of my life! I’m pretty sure I’ve done more
memorable things and met more unique and amazing people than I have in the past
four years! Senior year has had a profound effect on my life, and it is definitely
the one I’ll miss the most. I wish I had known what I know now back in freshman
year. It’s always interesting, however fruitless, to wonder how things could have
played out differently. But in the words of a poet I never thought I'd come
to appreciate so much, Healthy, free, the world before me/The long brown path before
me leading wherever I choose. College is right on our doorsteps, leading us
on to an open road of new beginnings, relationships, and opportunities. While
many lament at the dwindling days here at Millbrook, I am counting down the
days to a new chapter where literally anything is possible and nothing is
holding you back. Don’t get me wrong, there are no hard feelings towards high school;
I just regret not getting my nose out of the textbooks earlier on nor making
the most of every opportunity that surely came my way. But hey, it’s all water
under the bridge; life is full of second chances, and college happens to be one
of them!
University life will undoubtedly change us from who we once
thought we were. We’re supposed to find our people, our passions, ourselves. Is
it possible? O me! O life?
Answer: Yes, do it while you can! Carpe diem – Sieze the
day! I know I will.
