Cause and Effect: Against Your Better Judgment

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“I am not in this world to live up to your expectations an you’re not in this world to live up to mine- Bruce Lee.” I always led my way in life holding my own expectations for myself ignoring peer pressure to change and be something I am not. Growing up in a military family, I never had to worry about fitting in or making friends because we all instantly had something in common. I realized I took this aspect of my life for granted when I started my freshmen year of college at a large university thousands of miles from home and friends. I did something I was not proud of that year, I let peer pressure take a hold of me for the sake of friendships that I know now were not worth it. I allowed someone to convince me to do something that went against my better judgment. I never realized how hard it was to make friends until I left for college. It seemed like I could never find anything in common with these people. I went to a large university in Washington that ended up being a high school dumping ground because everyone already knew everyone there. They did not understand why I was dif...

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