Appreciating Senior Year

Coming a long way, I found myself to be lost— left to do whatever school was telling me to do, stressing out and putting in efforts that were immeasurable. I was just a mere human being who was doing whatever was told to me. The coping mechanism that I had within the past three years through freshmen to junior year, even including the COVID-19 pandemic as a factor to those years, was nonexistent. The outlet that existed during those three years were the friends that I had made along the way, which would never let me falter in my steps as I continue on the journey to finish strong in my last year in high school.

The hard work is going to come a long the way— to display the efforts within this year that I have put already. The effort wasn’t just for college applications, but the sense of satisfaction that I would come learn to appreciate when the time comes. Everything will come to an end, but it doesn’t mean that I can stop trying to do the activities I wanted to do. As much as I dislike the time that was consumed by extracurriculars during junior year, I do believe that the efforts that were put into those extracurriculars and balancing with schoolwork were the most crucial part of that specific lifestyle that would only happen once in a while.

It truly feels like you would be done— but it is the experience that you learn to take in and appreciate.

I do believe that everyone should be able to appreciate their senior year, but to keep the consistent work ethic we would have back in junior year. It would most crucially, play a huge part in our lives if we keep it consistent and learning to appreciate what we have and what we are able to do. As harsh as it may sounds in many cases, we have to keep moving forward; otherwise, we’d lose our balance.