Hello, everyone! I decided to do something a little different, besides Animals appreciation, and step out of my comfort zone. In this chapter, I will be doing a reflection of myself from 3 years ago and how I am today.
WARNING: These MY experiences and MY opinions. You are free to disagree, but please do not attack me.
Three years ago, I was a person I never wanted to be. I was being a follower. I was mean, I was vicious, just a terrible person to be around. I was a hypocrite and thought I had a reason to act that way. Truth be told, I didn't have a real reason.
Here's how it began: Attitudes of people I cared about were changing and I was scared. They were leaving me for people who had more in common with them. I was terrified of being left out, but decided on rebelling. Next thing I knew, I was into Emo music. (What a BIG mistake)
I was encouraged online to "judge" others on what they listened to. (I don't want to expose anyone, but the people who influenced this were fans of My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy.) I was becoming a terrible person and ruining my reputation of being a nice, likeable person. I ignored the truth and was awful to people who dared to say their opinion to my face.
Somehow, I got my friends into the emo stuff I liked. That was a HUGE mistake. They were reaching the point of toxicity I was at. Deep inside, I wanted to take back everything I did.
A year later, I was losing interest in the emo music I was once interested in. I was becoming a better person, but wasn't quite there yet. I gained new friends and kept some of the older ones.
The year after that, I improved even more. I wanted to be a better person and did what I could to do so. I wasn't the problematic jerk I was years prior, I was a new person.
I began a new chapter last year, and truly started getting into older music that wouldn't be a bad influence. It started with The Beatles. Loved them for years, though I never admitted it. After that, it was The Doors. Their music did wonders for me. I started to come to terms with the person I was and who I wanted to be. I wanted to be positive and NEVER wanted to take my life for granted. I was returning to the nice, likeable person I was.
Finally, I started listening to The Animals. Life was becoming wonderful and I became friends with people I could trust and actually cared for me.
Today, I am altogether a much better person. I battled the demons within me and now have a positive outlook on life. Please don't make the mistakes I made. Don't take yourself for granted and change yourself for the sake of others, things will only get worse. Look up and be yourself, I promise things will get better.
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