I started wearing a seatbelt, not because I was unwelcoming of my head going through the windshield,

I started wearing a seatbelt because I remembered my parents co-signed my loans, and if I die, all that debt would pile on them.

I started wearing a seat belt because the debt is floating above my head like a tombstone, crushing my neck, scrambling my vertebra and mangling my spine, keeping me up at night

I started wearing a seatbelt because I got an A on a paper I was worried about and I realized maybe college is suppose to help me

I started wearing my seatbelt because all the money I borrowed from the government is like a rock, keeping me here, stopping me from dying because I don’t want my parents to lose the house

I started wearing my seatbelt because those moments when you finish typing the perfect poem,

or frame the most beautiful picture without a camera

I started wearing a seatbelt because the loans plague my every action, I can’t afford/can’t get/need scholarships/better GPA

I started wearing a seatbelt because I put my parents through hell growing up and I want to become something that they can be proud of

I started wearing a seatbelt because I made the decision to come to college and I made the decision to try and live

I started wearing a seat belt because have you seen the price of a new windshield? My parents would be paying far too much.