victim to an enormous amount of
overbearing stress I mean don’t we all
at some point my stress derived from
being a three-sport athlete a part of
six different teams doing multiple
activities not getting enough sleep not
eating right maintaining a 4.2 GPA and I
was doing what every other high school
senior does I was writing what seems
like no not what seems like what was a
thousand college and scholarship essays
in during this period of stress I just
kept telling myself I was like Aaron
that this isn’t going to last forever
just write your paper and go to bed like
it’ll all go away sometime but one day I
got tired of waiting for it all to
disappear I decided that I was going to
become proactive and make it disappear
myself it was at that very moment I
decided to leave my satisfaction being
the awesome AP calc student that I am I
came up with my very own formula to
change myself and I did this in hopes to
find a newer and better satisfaction but
first what do I mean when I say leaving
my satisfaction isn’t the main goal in
life to try and attain it so why would I
want to leave it well the answer is
simple I found that I was forcing myself
into being satisfied with the things in
my life because being seventeen
didn’t think that I could change them I
was growing away from the things that
used to bring me joy and I was in denial
about it I didn’t want to accept the
fact that I wasn’t meant to play sports
for the rest of my life I had the desire
to be something more to be something
better but I couldn’t do this without
accepting that there were things holding
me back and even though I wanted to play
sports forever and I never want to leave
this high school that I love when I was
going through this I realized that just
because I won’t be doing something every
single day of my life anymore
doesn’t make me love it any less and
just because I won’t be coming to this
building anymore
doesn’t make me love it any less you can
still love something if you don’t do it
every single day and if it doesn’t bring
you joy every single second and that
leads me to the first part of my formula
I subtracted from my life the things
that were holding me back whenever you
want to change yourself you have to let
go when we talk about new beginnings
people often don’t realize that new
beginnings are another beginnings end
and though it breaks my heart that I’m
sort of leaving my current life and that
I may not talk to some people ever again
after high school but it was the right
thing to do because in order to be that
person that I want to be I had to let
some things go I then came up with the
second part of my equation I had to
replace the things that I let go and
when I was going through this stressful
dilemma pun intended
I realized that all it takes to change
yourself is not a vision or a plan
because I certainly do not have a plan
or goal all it takes is adding new
things to your life when you experience
things out of your habit you gain new
perspectives which can often lead to
different outlooks on life the world is
so big that humans we are often so naive
because we don’t go out and experience
it it’s because we are so obsessed with
this thing we call our comfort zone you
cannot just exist in this world you have
to live in it somehow and if you want to
live in it you have to get out of your
comfort zone and you have to leave your
satisfaction
nothing ever great happens when we’re in
here so why are we all still living in
it my message may be cliche but you only
have one life go after change and
embrace it take the leap of faith you
don’t need a destination or plan or any
of that stuff to get on your way you
have to understand that there may be an
overrated sense of satisfaction in your
life and you have to be willing to let
go and try new things
you are given two options in this world
you can stay or you can leave you can
stay in your comfort zone forever and
you’ll be safe here
you can stay in it forever and you can
watch as everybody goes around you as
they start getting on their way or you
can leave you can follow what may be the
simplest formula ever created by a
17-year old and you can leave your
comfort zone and you can leave your
satisfaction so make the right choice thank you