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A Peer’s Severe Addiction To Fortnite Taught Me That I Need To Live Life To The Fullest

Pursuing your happiness by taking one step at a time!

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This all started during lunch. We saw a huge crowd around one of the tables and were wondering what was happening. So my friend and I decided to find out what was happening. When we got closer, we saw a desktop plugged to an outlet with two Xbox controllers connected to the desktop. There were two Asian guys playing fortnite during lunch!

My friend and I could not stop laughing at how he put so much effort by bringing a desktop to school just to play Fortnite. I took a Snapchat to show my other friends I was laughing for a solid 10 minutes.


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That night I reflected upon what happened at school. I realized how this person inspired me to be grateful for what you do have and live life!

This means making a full use of what life offers you, even if it means to lug your desktop at school. I am always complaining about bringing my 3.57 pound Macbook Pro to school when in reality, I should appreciate the fact how thankful I am to have a computer that works. Something as simple as this made me envision the world in a different perspective.

This also made me recognized that he's enjoying his life by doing whatever he wants to do. Even if that means taking three bags of equipment to school just to play Xbox games during lunch. That's his motivation to get through the first five classes of school. Things small like this helped me recognize what life is truly about… pursuing your happiness!

Now, I would like for you all to take something away from this article by doing anything that makes you truly joyful.

One of my bucket list items is to go skydiving before I'm 21. It's all about doing things that you have dreamed to do but have not done it yet. I suggest you to create a bucket list of the things you would like to do. This will help you accomplish the goals you would like to do!

Another one of my bucket list to travel around the world and make a huge vlog for it. I have a mini diary that has the years I am going to travel to a specific location. Having a bucket list will allow you to say, "Wow, I actually did this," instead of just thinking of it.

I've had many thoughts about the opportunities I had to cross off an item from my bucket list, but I would get lazy and think, "I'll do this next year" or "I have plenty of time." I said that about high school, but now I have one more year with my high school friends, and then we are off to different colleges. So, do everything you want to do before you regret about it!

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