It's been a little over two years since I graduated high school, and I'm over everything that happened there. I am just now starting to realize I cared way too much about what everyone thought of me. It's almost ridiculous how much I allowed peoples' opinions affect how I felt about myself. There was a point when I started to believe what everyone was saying about me, I lost faith in myself. For some people, high school is the one place they felt like they belonged. They had their own group of friends and seemed to fit in no matter what. In high school, everything that people talk about seems to revolve around gossip. I began to learn that some people thrive on gossip, it's how they live each day. It doesn't matter if the gossip is true or not, it just matters that they have something to talk about that will paint them as a better person than someone else.

Now that I am headed into my junior year of college, I've come to realize that there are so many more respectable people my age that don't thrive on gossip. But the minute I come back to this valley in Colorado that I call home, there are still people from high school haunting me with their judgement. The thing is that I don't care anymore. I honestly give zero fucks. And the funny part is 90 percent of the people who say stuff about me haven't even met me or gotten to know me on a personal level. All of the people who talk about me don't even know me, and they have never approached me, they only talk behind my back. The sad part is they all believe each word that comes out of their mouth is true. I'm nice to people and I don't like to judge people, so it's hard for me to understand why people think so negatively about me.

The thing is, it's not my problem whether you like me or not, you either do or you don't. And if you don't like me because of some dumb lie that was made up about me six years ago, that is fine. I don't want to associate with people who believe in made up lies and bullshit, anyway. If you accept me, I'll accept you, it's as simple as that. If you want to stay trapped inside the drama and lies of this valley for the rest of your life, that's your choice. But I want everyone to know that I have moved on for my own sanity and well being. I am focusing on myself and the goals I want to achieve in my life. So the next time you hear some juicy gossip about someone, think twice about if it is true or not, or if you even know the person they are talking about on a personal level. One day karma will wake you up and you'll realize how ridiculous you acted your whole life. I can almost guarantee it.