Update: I spent my freshman year for college at Bridgewater State University. Life really can be distracting like how I haven't written these past couple months. Truthfully, it's not that simple coming up with ideas and I felt like I needed to focus on myself. I got As in my classes this semester and in my honor's class my teacher liked the essay I had to write about something I believed in. I feel like sharing it.
You Are Important
I have wondered if I have had the right to complain or be scared.
I stressed out when it came to studying at school and I thought about how it’s the least of other kids’ worries who got hurt in an accident or have complicated relationships with their families. I also worry about what my career will be in life, but there are kids who don’t even have that chance because they are poor in third world countries. Having less serious problems than others shouldn’t mean that your problems don’t matter.
I grew in a loving and supportive family and there was never any event that severely scarred anyone. Sometimes, the only thing stopping me can be my lack of confidence. I worried myself over how I couldn’t get through things, but then I felt alone because my lack of confidence existed in me and it felt like no one could understand how things are hard in my mind.
I also thought for some reason having nothing big happen to me meant there was nothing special about me. Ironic, considering how some people wish to be “normal”, but can’t. However, people are impressed when people able to overcome such a huge struggle and it leads to students getting accepted into college because they wrote an essay about their struggles.
I have autism and I’m encouraged to believe I can accomplish anything because the world is hiring more autistic people. The thing is though, it’s not as serious as you might be thinking, but it is still a problem for me. Maybe the people who have it worse think that way too about the people worse than them.
It can be hard to tell how much your worrying is justified. It shouldn’t have to be that way because it ends up creating more anxiety. I worried about my college essay, but I read another kid’s essay and saw he was able to make an interesting story simply by the fact that he built robots in his garage. I wrote about how I became someone who volunteered and cared for people after not being so active when I was kid and I got accepted into Bridgewater State University.
I realized I didn’t have to be have a tragic backstory to be interesting. I have skills to offer and still know what it means to persevere. I’m being given options for a career and am currently looking into job internships.
When I think of the kid who built robots in his garage I think of other kids who can turn what seems ordinary into something extraordinary. There could be tons of them and they don’t see the potential they have. Nobody should let an experience get in the way of what they do. Whether it’s a big or small one. I believe if that were to happen people would begin to realize their importance and do great things.
