Picture – I'm currently trying to find one.

 My parents don’t have pictures of my lying around the house, so

we have to look through all our storage bins for them. 
Important Quote: 
“You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible” - Frank Ocean 
Throughout my life, I would say I’ve been too introspective. I took stuff to seriously. I remember when I would get
an 80 on some schoolwork and I would start crying because I thought my academic career was hurt beyond repair.
As I grew up, I realized you shouldn’t sweat about stuff that you can’t change anymore. 
Thesis: 
I feel like I have changed drastically since that photo of me, and I would like to say for the better. 
Main Ideas: 
My transformation as a person from a kid to a young adult was an important one. Who I was, my priorities, and my
beliefs had changed a lot between being a kid and a young adult. 
Transition: 
Who I was as a kid affected me a lot. 
Pre-Photo 
Main paragraph one: Who was I then?  
I was a young kid. I would go to school, do whatever work I had, come home and do whatever homework I had,
then play video games the rest of the day. 
Main paragraph two: What were my priorities?  
When I was that young age, all I wanted to do was play video games. I’m not sure if the amount of time I
played video games negatively affected me, but I had great grades and slept 8 to 10 hours a night, so my parents
didn’t see a problem. 
Main paragraph three: What did I believe, hope for, think to be true? 
I would always take school seriously, but I didn’t think it would get any more difficult. I was a smart kid, so I
would get my work done fast. I was playing video games a lot, and I thought, “well, it doesn’t seem like it will be
any harder than this”. 
Post-Photo 
And it did. It definitely got harder. 
Main paragraph four: How I’ve changed.  
Well, I still take school seriously and I still play video games. Having a group of friends to hang out with has also
taken up some of my time. I haven’t had a hit in my grades, so I really haven’t needed to change my fundamental
ways of approaching schools. As of late, I’ve been trying to fix my procrastination issues. I would say my biggest
change is how I still take school seriously, but I at the same time, I don’t kill myself over it. 
Main paragraph five: What are my priorities now?  
My current priorities are school, my friends, and videogames. I play videogames with my friends a lot, as well as on
my own. 
Main paragraph six: What do I believe now about myself, about life, about others? 
As I’ve grown up, I’ve realized that school is very important, but I've also realized that life isn’t worth it if you aren’t
enjoying yourself while living it instead of worrying so much about your future. I’m in living in the present, and
though I do think about the future, I don’t let it control me like I did before. I’ve also realized that having a solid
group of friends and family to be around and support you, as well as supporting them, gives you purpose on our
short time here.