For most of my life, my successes had been involved around dance. I had to give up normalcy in order to dedicate all of my time to training. My dedication contributed to my acceptance to highly awarded ballet schools around the United States. However during my senior year, ballet has taken a backseat in order to let my academic interests flourish. After spending literal blood, sweat, and tears, to achieve the unrealistic standard of becoming a professional dancer, it may seem odd to give up it now. Nevertheless I have come to realize that dancing was never going to work out; my body could no longer handle the physical stress, and the cult like atmosphere of professional ballet drove me crazy. Yet to just stop doing something that has been
