Growing Up | Lifestyle

Last Year

Yesterday a year ago was my prom.
On the 26th June 2015 I attended my sixth form prom and had a pretty good time.
But this post isn't about my prom, it's about the fact that time goes by so quickly, and in such a short amount of time so many things can happen and change.

Me and my friends spent a small part of yesterday texting each other about how much things have changed in such a short amount of time. We also talked about how it feels like we finished sixth form years ago when in reality it's only been like a year.
It's so weird to me that we finished sixth form more than a year ago because it honestly feels like we finished our last exam years ago.
I guess, when I started uni, I used it as a "new chapter in my book" and I started fresh (so fresh and so clean clean). I created new friendships and made new memories with those friends. We've laughed and cried and I honestly love all my friends from university.

Towards the end of sixth form, certain things happened which made some of my friendships with people fizzle out and come to an end, including friendships that I've had for like 4 or even 7 years. At the beginning of this year I realised that I missed some of those friendships and I started regaining contact with those friends, and I'm so glad I did.
I've kept in contact with a few other friends throughout my time at uni so it wasn't like I didn't have any friends from school, but I am so grateful I have stayed in contact and re-connected with them all.
I love reminiscing on memories from sixth form with my friends and I'm so glad we can keep making new memories together.

Although I'm still friends with people from sixth form, there have been quite a few friendships that haven't been successful and have fizzled away. In the new year I realised that most of the bad stuff that happened at the end of sixth form was quite ridiculous and when I think about it now it makes me laugh. So if any of my old friends who know what I'm talking about are reading this I would just like to say - I'm sorry for how things ended, I'm not even sure 100% sure how and why the problem happened but I still like you and if you ever see me please stop and say hi :)

This Year

Growing up is a scary thought and when I was younger I thought I would wake up one morning and be an adult, but now I realise that's not how it works. You have to work at it and really debate with yourself if certain things are really worth holding a grudge over because ain't no one got time for that.
A year after prom I realised some of the things that happened were stupid and it was just us being teenagers, and I'm glad that most of my old friends feel the same way.

What I'm trying to say within this 'story' is, although growing up seems quite scary it does you a favour within your life and your relationships with people. If you're having an argument or a problem with friends at this moment in time, just know that in a year or two years time it won't matter. You'll either be friends again or you'll be old friends that ended on, hopefully, a good note.
Although the bad memories usually out weigh the good, it's very important that you keep note of the  good memories because no one likes looking back on bad memories.


I'm sorry this is so long, but it's something that's been on my mind a lot recently and I just had to let it out.