Topic > Reflective Essay on Hard Life - 1010

Correct values, morality and religion are things that I have always been taught and that have always made me work hard to try to live up to. The expectations and examples I was shown throughout my life were the things that would put me on the path to having a successful future. After finishing high school, I felt like college was something that was expected of me, so I enrolled and attended my freshman year that fall. Meeting new people, making new friends, being away from home and alone, and going to parties was something it didn't take me long to get involved in. I was starting to sleep in and skip a class here and there, then before I knew it, I was skipping more and more classes and my friends, drinking and partying suddenly became my first priority. I quickly lost focus and the lifestyle of partying and having fun was the most important thing to me at