It happens to the best of us. You could be so successful while doing so many impressive, incredible, and perhaps even stressful things. You could be on the path to a wonderfully bright future, but something inside you doesn't click.

It happens when you lose a boys interest that you truly felt a connection with.

When you fail an important test that you genuinely studied for and gave your all for.

When you get a bad grade on an essay you thought you did wonderfully on.

When you don't make a team that you were dying to be a part of.

When you don't do well in a sports game for the sport that has your entire heart.

You get anxiety, and it sort of feels like losing yourself. It happens to me all the time. I overthink everything, and it comes at the worst times. I have a stressful, long day and I fall asleep thinking that perhaps I didn't do enough or perhaps I wasn't successful enough. But I have to remind myself; It doesn't all have to be perfect right now. This isn't the end.

I listen to my favorite songs, I sing in the shower, I go for a run.

I talk to the people that I love the most, I laugh, and we share stories about our days and talk about what we should do together this weekend.

I surround myself with the people that I love the most, even if they don't necessarily know that I'm feeling this way.

I think that it's all about believing in yourself. Something I haven't done as much lately, but I'm really trying to refocus on that. I focus on the good in things. I try and pinpoint the things I have been doing great at and how successful I really am and have the potential to be. I look for the best in others, and I compliment others to make them smile, because seeing their smile makes me smile in return. I look at old photographs, and I try to fill my mind with positive thoughts, because your mind is a powerful thing. When you think positively, you'll get those results in return.

I focus on these huge goals that I have. I know that I am capable of so much, and I have so much potential. In my heart, I genuinely believe in the idea that I am capable of anything as long as I work harder than everyone else on it and I never give up. It just all comes down to whether or not I believe that I am worthy. Do I deserve happiness and success? It's a long process, trying to visualize yourself as you would like to be, and aiming for perfection. Learning to love yourself, and believe in yourself.

But, I'm not going to give up, because if there's one thing I'm good at, it's the art of not giving up. Because giving up means game over, and that's not where I would like to end my story. I refuse to give up. I refuse to accept anything other than success and achieving my goals. My goals are huge, and they may even be classified as unrealistic by others that don't know me, but I know that though they be monumental, they are within my reach, because I have the power to do anything.

At the end of the day, it is all up to you. Where you go, what story you write. Where you go in life and what become is up to you. It's all about who you want to be and what you want to do.

My primary goal in life is to change the world. If this was my Honors English II essay, that would be my thesis. Or perhaps it would be my topic sentence. But if we're going to think of this as a English essay, we can't forget the supporting evidence.

My goal in life is to change the world, because I am a beautiful, smart, amazing young woman who has the ability to accomplish anything in life, so long as I believe in myself.

This is only page 16 of my story, and I refuse to let it end early or for myself to have a static story. It will be dynamic, and it will have a happy ending. I will overcome any obstacles that come my way.

And last, but not least, here's the textual evidence.

"Before you give up, think about why you've held on for so long." (Page 16)