What kind of risks have you taken in your life?
What chances have you taken that may or may not have come out so well? Some people your age have tried dangerous things and survived. Many others, alas, have not survived. Some have taken other kinds of risks: social risks such as trying to make new friends, for example, or personal risks, such as speaking honestly to a parent, or even academic risks: doing something in class that might get them a great grade or result in horrible failure.
What risks have you taken in your life? Write about them.
Life is all about risks, right? Throughout my life, I have taken many risks. Some have worked out perfectly, and others…not so much. Socially, people take risks all the time. Someone might get a haircut just because they think it will impress their friends. Well, I’d like to tell those people that if your friends don’t like you the way you are, you need new friends. I would never take a social risk like that, because in all honesty it just takes away who you are as a person and turns you into a fake and a phony.
I, personally, would like to take better risks. I want to bungee jump or skydive before I go to college. I want to take risks that make me catch my breath and remember how precious life is. I do not want to take risks that could possibly take my life. Those aren’t risks, those are mistakes.
When it comes to talking to my parents, I feel like that is never a risk. I am comfortable with my parents to the point where I can tell them anything. I might be a little uncomfortable at first, but I know that my parents only have my best interests at heart, and they usually know what is best.
One risk that I took recently was skipping class and going to Oh What a Bagel. Throughout my four years in high school, I had never skipped a class and just drove off. I had a substitute, and we didn’t do any work that day, so it considering those odds it wasn’t a huge risk, but it was still exhilarating and I think that everyone should skip a class before they graduate. It might have been silly, and I can never imagine skipping class and leaving on a regular basis, but I think at the same time it was still worth it, for sure. There is no doubt in my mind that I needed that. I want to be able to remember high school, and little things like pep rallies and leaving school and watching football or basketball games with friends are going to be the memories that I will tell my kids about one day.
Someday, I’ll be doing big things. I feel like if I don’t take silly risks throughout my life, the variety will be to scarce. I am the kind of person that gets so used to a set schedule with a filled agenda that I might forget to have fun sometimes. Everyone in the world should do something outrageously fun and risky and beautiful at the same time, at least once a week. Keeping variety in your life will be your key factor to success. In college, I know I won’t be studying and doing homework during the day and sleeping at night. I will spend my days in class or with friends and I will pull all-nighters doing last minute homework and papers, and that is what will keep me on my feet.
Everyone needs a little variety and risk in their life.
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