Rylee Metro-Lucies

Time To Take Control

You may find yourself asking, "Why me?" when something in your life turns troubling. I have always asked myself this question, until one day something dawned on me. Life is always going to happen to us, no matter what. There is no precaution in life, you just have to flow with it. Plans are not meant to stick. I was doing online college courses in the fall of 2019. I was in a toxic relationship struggling to finish assignments already, then COVID-19 became present in all of our lives. All classes became online through Zoom, but it had became far too much far too early. I quit. I have been mad at myself for so long, but then it hit me. I can go back to school. Nothing is stopping me, just myself. The past couple of weeks, I have seen countless Graduation posts all over every social media one can own. That would have been me, if I had just stuck it through and never gave up. I thought to myself, this also could have been me next year, and the year after. Yet, I moped around and never thought, "Hey, there's always next year." I held myself back for so long, purely based on how I reacted to life. I am in control, no one else.