I could waste my time and make up some story about how I was some poor child that defied all laws of reasoning and became successful, but no. I was just an average kid, I never had a real reason to try and be successful; it just always came to me, until I got older. Fights
with my parents had gotten more frequent as the stress skyrocketed. Being naturally smart will only get you so far before the challenge catches up to you and you can do nothing but collapse in desperation and anxiety. And it was in middle school when the challenge caught up with me. I dropped my naive attitude and tone as more and more nights of worry and doubt crept around the corner, I started to break.
I had begun to wonder if everything I had previously work would even matter, if it was all in vain; I lost my motivation. With nothing to motivate me, my anxiety flooded my mind with grim thoughts like a wildfire as I would heedlessly try and complete the work that brought all the stress in the first place. The most prominent fear I would constantly ponder was that nothing I will ever do will matter, because once my time comes, I’ll die, as well as everything you have accomplished in my life. With nothing left to turn to, I accept my grim fate, until I remembered. You are never truly dead if someone remembers you.
Nothing lasts forever, nobody belongs anywhere, everything will go away: emotions, friends, even knowledge of your existence will go away. So the least you can do is make sure it’ll last as long as possible. I strive not to just be remembered, but to be recognized for being someone who worked hard, was respected by others, and succeed at their goal. And I trust that my road to success starts here. I hope you will too.