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I was Born
The world got a little bit brighter -
Learned to walk & Talk
Got mobile and gained my silver tongue -
Started Tennis
Hated it -
Ended Tennis
Still hated it -
Learned I don't like sports
I would re-learn this over the years but this was the first proof that I really hate sports and group things like that. -
I started preschool
At solomon elementry school -
Started Kindergarden
At Sauganash -
Got my first dog, Blue
R.I.P -
Started to gain responsibilty
When I got my dog blue and got a little older, so my parents started giving me more chores and things to do around the house. -
Kindness
When I got into 5th grade, kids definetly started to be lot meaner. This helped me understand I'd rather put kindness into the world rather than hate. -
Expression
When I started playing guitar and getting into music, it allowed me to gain a new form of expression, songwriting. I would develop(still developing) this skill over many years but it really opened my eyes to the true beauty of music. -
Started Playing guitar
Took a few lessons and enjoyed it -
Covid started
No one knew what was coming -
Started at Notre Dame College Prep
One of the worst decisions of my life -
Addiction
When covid started and I had nothing to do, I turned to drugs to cope with the hardships of being inside. This forced me to learned that I have addictive tendencies. -
Social Anxiety
When I started at ND, I realized I wasnt similar to the other kids. It wasnt a me or them thing, we just didnt have the same intrests. But being a stupid freshman I thought It was my fault and developed a lot of social anxiety that I still deal with. -
Rehab/Mental Hospital
There was like a 3 month span where a went from rehab to the mental hospital -
Self-Help
Through rehab and the menal hospital I learned that no one is going to help you but you. If you want something it has to come from inside you, not people telling you they want it and just going along with it. -
Started going to pathways
A credit redemption program that really helped me when I needed it -
Gained confidence
While at pathways and still feeling down and out, I started looking for new ways to make myself feel better. So I started caring a lot more on my appearance and talking to a lot more people I normally wouldn’t. These few simple changes allowed me to gain a lot of confidence and feel a lot better about myself. What can I say, I'm a social butterfly. -
Emotional Intelligence
Through the mental hospital/rehab/PHP, I heard a lot of different experiences of people who came from a wide variety of backgrounds. I learned what things made people feel certain ways and through that, becoming much more aware of my own and other peoples emotional states. This allowed me to better understand myself and the world around me -
Started at Taft
Went surprisingly better than I thought -
Positivity
After starting at taft and meeting my now girlfriend, it was the first time in a long time I felt pride and security in life. This allowed me to gain a much more positive outlook on the world around me and taught me that feeling bad and being pessimistic does nothing. -
Started dating current girlfriend
Shes the best. We were both in the same band