This is an entry of an honest opinion.

My friends in Seattle seem to be less motivated, less driven for success than the people I once knew in high school. I have come to this realization after speaking with so many characters who I had lost touch with but have now regained a relationship. I have discovered that it takes this juxtaposition to stumble upon epiphany. I was once so eager to become as successful as I could be, finding means to gain success in places where others could not. I’m not necessarily saying that I’m lacking that action right now, but it just seems like the company I keep at present is not the best in motivating me to strive for greater things and the amount of success that I was once so accustomed to achieving in high school. Essentially, I feel like people are holding me back with their attitudes and narrow minds. I know I should not linger on the past, but I am looking upon it as a means to enrich the present. I am driven by everyone else’s success(those from the prodigies of high school, mind you). I see them gaining great things, and I have to set a new bar for myself to catch up and surpass all my expectations for this world. On the other hand, I realize the need to pave my own future, and perhaps following in the footsteps of others would only seek to hinder my individual growth. Though all in all, I feel a bit lethargic in my current state of being. Will comparing myself to the success of others around me help in attaining that which makes me happy? If so, then by all means – that is what I’ll do!