Personal Narrative: Sophomore Year Of My Life

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Everyone has people in their lives that will stay with them forever. There are also people who will only be in your life for a short amount of time. Even though you can’t choose your family, you can choose your friends. Every day you have a choice to either keep friends around, or to cut them out of your life forever. This is the exact choice I had to make with not only one friend, but five of my friends. Sophomore year started out just like every other year. Band camp started a few weeks before the first day of school and everyone was excited to work on the new show. Especially me, this was the year I was going to prove myself to leadership. I was determined to learn as much as I could so that I could get the “most improved” plaque at the …show more content…

We would play different board games, do crafts, but mostly we would sit and talk. She would update me on what was going on in her life, how my friends were doing, and how far the band had come since I left. Every once in a while I would ask about those so-called friends and what they were saying about me while I was away. She told me that one of my “best friends” of many years would call me names and spread lies about me. I heard about how my so-called friend was now dating my ex. While I knew none of that stuff really mattered, it still bothered me. Hearing about my friends talk bad about me was a real eye-opener. One thing was for sure, they were not my friends anymore. I learned a very hard, but necessary lesson while I was in the hospital. Not everyone in your life will stay with you forever, and not everyone is good for you. You need to cut toxic people out of your life. The sooner you do, the better your life will be. It may be difficult to cut some people out. Especially if you have known them for a long time and have shared a lot of good memories with that person. However, toxic people are never good company. You need to move on and make new memories with the friends who have stuck by your side through the tough times, not just the fun

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