Assignment 18- Mary Huffman- I cried again smh

Before I finish high school, I want to:

• Get a job
• Help start a club
• Execute a stunning senior prank
• Spend more time with my family
• Get accepted into the perfect college
• Have some semblance of what career I want to pursue
• Take a DNA test
• Go on a road trip with a few friends

My priority before graduating high school is to spend more time with my family. It’s taken me too long to realize you never know when or if you will see someone again, and even longer to realize you must take advantage of the time you get to spend with those you love. I’ve always been excited to go to college somewhere far away, to escape home, but in thinking about it recently, I’m having second thoughts about enthusiastically leaving my family. I swear I don’t cry that often, but I’ll admit this is the second blog post I’ve written while crying ugly alligator tears. Every day after I get home, my little brother comes and sits in my room and we just talk, sometimes for an hour or more. We’ve gotten a lot closer over the past few years and this is really part of our routine at this point. A couple weeks ago he said that when I went to college he would probably come into my bedroom at home and sit on his reserved seat, a yoga ball of which he is the sole user, alone. He doesn’t know that I broke down when he left my room because I realized how badly I would miss him.

Before I finish college, I want to:

• Visit a foreign country
• Find my true passion
• Reconnect with old friends

As it should be my priority in this list is to find my true passion. I used to want to become rich, retire early, and then have fun. I had no real plan for this ambitious goal, but I know it wouldn’t have involved a job doing something I enjoyed. I would still love to be a millionaire. But above that I want to love my work, whatever it ends up being. 

Before I finish living, I want to:

• Be proud of what I’ve accomplished
• Buy my mom a house
• Move to Colorado
• Influence the world in some (small) positive way

Now and for the rest of my life, I want to look back and be proud of the things I’ve done. Until this point in my life, I can say I’m proud of the person I’ve become. I’m not necessarily proud of everything I’ve done in these nearly 17 years, but I’m confident that the not-so-great things I’ve done have taught me enough to make up for themselves. I hope that throughout the rest of my life, I continue to accomplish great things. Having pride in myself will eventually mean that other people can share in my pride, and by the time my funeral rolls around, the eulogies given by those I love will reflect the meaningful way I spent my years.