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Personal Narrative: Colorado Leadership Retreat

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Sometimes all it takes is a single person or event to change your entire outlook on life. The results may have a positive or negative effect and may influence certain aspects of life, including your attitude. For me, that life altering experience was the Colorado Leadership Retreat in the summer after sophomore year. Going into the trip, I could have never imagined how much my life would be changed by a single week in the mountains. This experience largely impacted my life, and made me into who I am today. At first I was dragging my feet because I was resenting going on this trip because I would have to spend an entire week up in the mountains with no electronics or makeup, two things I deeply rely on in my everyday life, surrounded by fifty

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