Before my high school years, I rarely devoted time and effort to studying and was constantly associated with my friends at school; that is until I entered high school. The different competitive atmosphere in high school suddenly led me to prioritize my studies before everything else and my ambition became greater than ever. I started interacting less with my old friends and becoming less social with those around me. My parents also began to notice this drastic change and encouraged me to contact my old friends from time to time. At first I contacted my friends about two or three times a week, but the calls gradually began to decrease. I began to abandon my previous cheerful and exuberant nature to conform to the competitive and tense study environment of high school. As long as I successfully achieved my goals and was accepted by others, I was willing to modify myself to assimilate into the mainstream environment. Through my hard work and perseverance, I was able to achieve my goal and receive recognition from others; however, despite having achieved all my ambitions, I felt no joy or satisfaction within myself. Even though I successfully achieved my academic goals, I realized that I would be completely sacrificing my social life in exchange. Despite being accepted by others, I began to feel a sense of loneliness and longed to do so
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