Old to New Friends

    In life, there is always change. Change in physical appearance, change in mentality, change in the amount of knowledge one might have, and change in relationships. When we were in elementary, middle, and high school we had friends all around us. You would go to school and always hang out with those friends; every day was full of fun. At the moment, we all took that for granted and just lived in the present. We all didn't realize that we were creating memories. 

    When I was in my Senior year of High School I started to think about my relationships with my friends. Deep down, I didn't want to lose any of my friends but knew that soon my relationships with my friends would change. Everyone has their own lives to live and sometimes they can't even make time to spend hanging out with friends. People have jobs, schools to focus on, careers to pursue, and family problems to deal with. This realization frightened me to my very core. I asked my dad what I should do but he told me that I must accept it because it's a part of life. Relationships with friends change, people change, everything around us is changing and we can't simply dwell on the past because it will never come back. 

    After 2 months into NCC, the majority of the friends I hung out with in High school are gone. The majority of them go to the community college where I live and I go to NCC. I even recently saw that a good and full of my friends are out of state or miles away from where I go to school. Ever since graduation, I have never heard from many of my friends since. I only have about 3 or 4 friends that I occasionally talk to on Snapchat and still hang out with them. Other than that, the rest of my friends are just as good as gone, missing, or dead (metaphorically speaking).    

    It took a while to accept this fact. I didn't want to lose my friends but, that's just how life is. Luckily I made multiple new friends at orientation. Some of those friends I still hang around and some I just say "hi" on the way to class. Though I usually don't hang around with them that often because I am trying to focus on school and getting more knowledge about becoming a business owner. I know that I'm just shooting myself in the food but I accept that. If acceptance means becoming a successful business owner then I accept. 

Snapchat Link: 

https://www.snapchat.com/en-US

Link on "How to Make New Friends": 

https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/how-to-make-new-friends