Picture a young, reserved girl sitting in a crowd of rowdy children all screaming about inconsequential things, her head ducked down as she explores a fascinating book. Now picture a noisy teenager, getting in trouble for talking too much to her best friend in the class. Think these are two different people? No, both of these girls were once a shadow of me fighting to take control of my personality. I had been quiet my whole life, feeling content with living life in the background. However, come high school, I felt restless, with an itch I had to scratch. I noticed how life was passing me by while my head was buried in a book. However beneficial and entertaining reading is, I wanted to explore life more fully. So I set the book down and made it my mission to verbalize more and express my ideas.
Before long, you could catch constantly talking, to the point of irritability of other individuals. People would often shush me, complaining my voice was too loud and grating for their ears. I always took offense at this comment, because I had never been loud in my life, and I felt I had earned the right to be as loud as I desired. It became a problem when even naturally boisterous people were telling me to simmer down. …show more content…
The phenomenon happening to me had been penned in this quote just for me! My life was simply too loud. I could be chattering away seemingly happily, but feeling a longing to be anywhere quiet, reading a book. I just wanted to languish, reflect, and observe in the peace quiet can bring a person. I concluded a “loud” life was not for me. This presented several questions to me: Do I even want to return to my old life? How would I accomplish this task? How would I find a balance? I did not have the answers to any of these questions, but I was determined to
Before long, you could catch constantly talking, to the point of irritability of other individuals. People would often shush me, complaining my voice was too loud and grating for their ears. I always took offense at this comment, because I had never been loud in my life, and I felt I had earned the right to be as loud as I desired. It became a problem when even naturally boisterous people were telling me to simmer down. …show more content…
The phenomenon happening to me had been penned in this quote just for me! My life was simply too loud. I could be chattering away seemingly happily, but feeling a longing to be anywhere quiet, reading a book. I just wanted to languish, reflect, and observe in the peace quiet can bring a person. I concluded a “loud” life was not for me. This presented several questions to me: Do I even want to return to my old life? How would I accomplish this task? How would I find a balance? I did not have the answers to any of these questions, but I was determined to