17. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it even matter now?
I would have been 13. I don’t really remember what I would have been upset about, but if I picked something that could be in that timeframe, no it doesn’t even matter because I moved on. Time really does heal all wounds- not completely, but it definitely helps.
16. Has your greatest fear ever come true?
No. My greatest fear is to be institutionalized and that has not happened, and I hope it never does!
15. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
Wowwww, this is hard. Harsh question, y’all (sorry, trying that out, regret it already). I would have to choose to never be able to make new ones because my old memories are too precious to lose. Memories of my childhood make me who I am today, memories of my deceased best friend, Alyssa Beach, keep me sane, and memories of mistakes let me become a better person.
14. Which is worse: when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?
Definitely when you lose touch with a good friend right near you. One of my close friends moved to California at the end of my freshman year, and we hardly talk at all anymore. We called and chatted online in the beginning, but eventually we just stopped altogether. It’s sad, but expected. When you move across the country, it’s hard to stay close.
So you really have no excuse when they live right down the street. I mean, there are extenuating circumstances, but for the most part, if they’re a good friend, fix it and keep your relationship strong. I regret this happening to me in the past…I miss someone who lives three houses down from me so much that sometimes I can hardly stand to be awake.
13. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?
Hell to the yes. I am actually quite proud of how good of a friend I am. I am super loyal, understanding, forgiving, supportive, and I care. I do things for my friends all the time, not expecting anything in return. I would be grateful to have a friend like me.
However, I hold very high standards for my friends because I expect to have the same treatment, though I know now that that is not very fair. I shouldn’t be mistreated, but I cannot expect my friends to have the same perspective on friendship. I have gotten in fights because of this, but I always make the efforts to fix it and we move on.
There is nothing more important in life than the relationships we form with others, in my opinion, so I am very careful to keep these in tact and value them.
12. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
Worried genius because I love being smart and having amazing thoughts. Though I must say, when I do some recreational ganja, I have very weird, worrisome thoughts and I think it is because I am smarter than most people. Not to toot my own horn, but I believe it messes with my mind differently than other people. So in some respects, I’d like to be a joyful simpleton :/
11. Are you holding on to something you need to let go of?
Yes. I am holding on to feelings that I should have moved on from a long time ago. Oh well. This always happens to me.
9. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
UM yes. This is a no-brainer. Laws were created to provide order and security for the people, but sometimes they do the opposite. I would most definitely break the law to save a loved one, no matter what the law is. That is where my sense of right and wrong wavers; I believe in justice and obeying the law, but there are times I would make an exception.
8. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
I would offer it nothing because it would neither understand nor care about what I had to say.
6. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
I am gaining increasingly more control over the course of my life as it progresses. I grew up in the same town my entire life, went to the same high school as my older sister, kept most of the same friends, and didn’t care about where my life took me. That is until I lost one of my best friends. After that, I feel like I seized my life back and starting caring about what direction I was heading in. I lost over 40 lbs, got healthier, started planning my life more realistically, and I use all my time very wisely. I am not necessarily more intent upon the future; I actually am living more in the moment at this point in my life, but once college starts, I think I will be more consumed with controlling how my future turns out.
I'm Cassie - 18 - VCU bound - LOTR & HP obsessed - born to be a writer - soccer player for 10+ years - passionate about music - Imogen Heap's biggest fan - hopeless romantic - book worm - loves to travel - daydreamer
There's so much inside me, just waiting to be discovered, loved, and accepted.
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