Moving To Florid Forging Myself-Personal Narrative
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I was 14. Just discovering the news of moving to florida in a year and a half. I was just a lost soul forging my own self into the person i wanted to be. Growing up is one of the toughest things you go through in life, at least for me. My childhood was a lost mess of me trying to find who i am. Moving to florida would mean losing all the good people i met and having to start fresh. At least, starting fresh could be a good thing to me. It could allow myself to rethink who i am by allowing me to see the world and be stranded by people i never meet. Just maybe, Moving to florida would be good. I believe moving to florida for a year then coming back to my home state, Michigan, was the number one defining moment of me transitioning from childhood…show more content… Leaving my home state and experiencing something new and attending highschool in a different state was a big change for me. This transition forced me to rethink who i am and how i want to portray myself to others. Making new friends and adjusting to the heat of florida really did broaden my mental and my journey of finding myself. At the time i was a junior in highschool. I only stayed in florida for 1 year. Going to the beach nonstop and seeing the colorful city of orlando was rejuvenating. For far too long i've been wanting to grow my hair out and i felt that this change was the perfect time. I was growing and becoming who i wanted to be by using this drastic change in my life as an advantage. I soaked up the beaches and weather but i knew my heart belonged back home. I don't regret moving to florida but at the same time i didn't like living there. After one year i knew it was time to move back. Here i am, back to my home state michigan attending my old highschool and seeing all the familiar faces once again. I feel like I evolved. I got a car and a job now resulting in me becoming more independent and responsible. I starting a journey and finally getting dreadlocks. I can honestly say after the move to florida and then coming back home really did shape me up and guide me on the path i want to be on, the path of finding myself in this world and starting my spiritual journey as man. Here i am world, i’m Kelvin