Personal Narrative: Changing My Life After High School

For many people change is full of anxiety, and the unknown. Not a lot of people handle change well. It’s difficult to make change when you are uncertain of what you want to be doing. Life is full of changes that are big and small. Some changes are taken solely by yourself, and others with a group of family or friends. Life is very dynamic and it always will be. I graduated high school and I was still seventeen. I had applied to colleges throughout my last year of high school just to show my parents that I was doing it. I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do after high school, which was my first change. There are so many paths to take once you make it through high school, I did not know which one was for me. I had friends who all had …show more content…
I always had problems with it in grade school. Switching teachers each year, moving to a new house, having friends move away were things I struggled with. As I look back, I realize maybe all of my changes in college, and changing my mind weren’t all that bad. What I had wanted as an end goal was a career for me, it didn’t matter how I got there. It was amazing through my experience how all of my credits actually transferred. It didn’t matter where I went or what classes I took because they got me toward my first goal of my Associates degree. I’m proud I overcame my fear of change and transitions, because it had held me back in life. I have told myself that all of my changes, major changes, life changes, and college changes all were supposed to aid me in understanding change as a whole. I’m not embarrassed of my situation, I met a ton of great people along the way who aided me and pointed me in different directions. I know my past sounded uncertain and a lot of people had thought I would …show more content…
I used to dwell in it, have anxiety attacks over it—even the simplest things stressed me out. I’ve learned to overcome that within the past few years. I love to talk about my experiences, my “college path,” I am able to look back and laugh at it and continue on because I gained a lot from it. I have a plan or two after I graduate from UW Fond du Lac to continue on at UW Oshkosh and major in Human Services Leadership, or Social Work. I’m proud of the changes and transitions I went through. I struggled a lot, and I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I’ll be able to tell friends and family what my life plans and goals are and not be afraid of the changes that come with it. I’ll be able to live life understanding change, and learning to cope with it. Change is not easy for everyone, and eventually you go through enough experiences to learn how to control it. I always used to hear people say “embrace change.” I never believed it, but I do now. I’m excited for change and to see how my past will lead me to greater things in the