Overcoming Obstacles In High School

One main conflict or obstacle I have dealt with throughout high school is self-confidence and not caring what other people think of me- not letting them control my happiness. This has been a struggle throughout high school. I think it all started freshman year when I went to a school where a lot of people knew people. I never really felt like I belonged. Everyone looked so much older than me and I didn’t feel like I really fit in. Since it was a small high school, there weren’t many clubs or activities to do. I didn’t really get involved, so I didn’t really have any friends. It was here when I started to really care what people thought about me and then my self-confidence began to plummet. I saw all of my old middle school friends posting fun pictures on social media, saying how much fun they were having with all of their new friends or boyfriends. This made me feel even more insecure, like I was doing something wrong, like I wasn’t good enough.

On those days, I would turn to music, specifically Taylor Swift. That October, she released RED. I was hooked from the second I heard it. Every time I would feel upset or insecure I would listen to one of the songs and would instantly feel better. Fifteen, which is from one of her earlier albums, was one of the songs that got me through that year because it talked about how she was feeling, which was how I was feeling. By the end of the year, I had some of my self confidence and happiness back and that only increased when I saw Taylor in concert for the second time. That one night made me so happy and there was something about dancing with thousands of other fans, all singing the words with one of my favorite people on earth that did wonders for my happiness and self