Out with the Old and In with the New

I remember the final weeks of eighth grade and I wanted to take the feedback close friends had given me and change the way I looked at myself and their opinions. So I began the biggest project of my life which was, Out with the Old and In with the New. 

My Out with the Old and In with the New project made me spend a great deal of time and effort on it because it was literally taking the person that I was and revamping myself into who I had lost track of. For a better understanding, it's like being inspired by your own painting and then going step by step to recreate your painting even better. It does take a tremendous amount of dedication and work. I started off with writing down a list of characteristics about myself both positive and negative. That was the painful part, because I realized the bad outweighed the good...indefinitely. I had picked up some horrible habits and started hanging out with some people who had me on the road to self-destruction. Once I realized my problems, the BIGGEST and most difficult process was trying to force myself out of my habits. It took me some time but I was eventually able to get myself on point where I wanted to be.

My Out with the Old and In with the New project allowed me to be happier and also taught me many lessons. Lessons like: self appreciation, acceptance of criticism, self evaluation, and reconstruction. All of those lessons helped me in more ways than one with the person I am and love to be today. I am finally happy with my own person and that is all that it important. :)