I have made many decisions in my life, but leaving home was not one of them. I always knew I wanted to succeed in life and do something productive with my life. However, my first thought was not coming to South Dakota to make the choice of becoming successful. If it was not for a good friend of mine, I would have never gotten the idea of coming to South Dakota. I believe coming here was one of the best decisions I have made in my entire life. I needed a fresh start away from all the drama, family, and friends. The first reason I wanted out of Arizona was because I was partying too much, each and every weekend. As if life itself was going to end sometime soon and I needed to enjoy the moment while it lasted. I figured life is too short and I
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I did not listen to the loved ones around me who were giving me advice to better myself. I have made more poor choices than I have made progress while basically living on my own for the past seven years. My mom passed away with breast cancer during my junior year of high school on December 6th, 2008. This made my life a lot harder than it was, and I figured my life had changed for the worst. At least, I was heading down that way. I was a pretty good football player and track runner in high school. I was actually thinking about running track at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. My life changing event had not occurred yet, but it was all starting after my mom was out of my life for good.
All of that was going to come to a halt after going into my senior year. During my last year of high school, I had an attitude where I did not care about anything or anyone but myself. Once my mom passed, the nice side of me died with her. That is sad to say, but that was my mindset. I began ditching classes a lot to go hang out at friends’ houses and smoke marijuana and do other activities that I thought were fun but were not healthy for my heart or brain. It was bad. I thought I was on top of the world, but really, I was just unrelentingly hurting
I did not listen to the loved ones around me who were giving me advice to better myself. I have made more poor choices than I have made progress while basically living on my own for the past seven years. My mom passed away with breast cancer during my junior year of high school on December 6th, 2008. This made my life a lot harder than it was, and I figured my life had changed for the worst. At least, I was heading down that way. I was a pretty good football player and track runner in high school. I was actually thinking about running track at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. My life changing event had not occurred yet, but it was all starting after my mom was out of my life for good.
All of that was going to come to a halt after going into my senior year. During my last year of high school, I had an attitude where I did not care about anything or anyone but myself. Once my mom passed, the nice side of me died with her. That is sad to say, but that was my mindset. I began ditching classes a lot to go hang out at friends’ houses and smoke marijuana and do other activities that I thought were fun but were not healthy for my heart or brain. It was bad. I thought I was on top of the world, but really, I was just unrelentingly hurting