Day 30. :(

Today is the last day of my thirty-day quest and I would be lying if I said I was not sad to see it be over. All in all I have approached and spoken to almost 90 people from various grades within my school, a few different towns and even a different state! (Spring Break Chicago Styleeee! :D) I have spoken to people about their families, their hobbies and their futures and have learned quite a few things I never knew. Did you know that Siam was once the name of Thiland? I didn’t. Or how about that Meghan met her boyfriend in a chat room and he lives in Canada? You couldn’t possibly have known that Paige wishes to live in Colorado someday and that Orion wants to work for NASA after he attends college in England. Kaden is great at creative writing and Erin has more patience and work ethic than a navy seal. Other Megan and Alexandra work at Pizza barn & Marina has THREE jobs and is a full-time high school student. James reminds me of string cheese but he hates chocolate. Abbi has a boyfriend who is only 15 and her grandma told her that she is “Robbing the Cradle!”. Grant is the smartest khaki wearing boy I know and Matt hates all things Apple Company. I have learned all the aforementioned in the past thirty days. Plus so much more!

I used to avoid talking to my classmates and dreaded having to work in a group with people who I rarely spoke to, but now I know all these things! I was so afraid that they would judge me that I never gave them a real chance or tried to get to know them. I think it is quite funny how before my Quest began that I thought everyone around me had put me in my little box of isolation, but now I realize that I did that to myself! I was the one who tuned everyone out and inadvertently pushed everyone away. I had always assumed that they were constantly judging me when in truth, I was the one who was judging them!

I feel like the fact that I can now admit that to myself truly shows how far I have come and how much I have grown as a person. So much has happened and my eyes have been opened so many times in these short 30 days that I wish I had 30 more to see just how much more confident I could become! I am leaving this quest a more CONFIDENT, a SMARTER and a HAPPIER person and I am so proud of myself for finally reaching this point with my self-esteem.