Being a teenager, I realized all that glitters isn’t gold. When I was 8 years old, my biggest desire was to become a teenager because I assumed everything was better. Having a sister that was 6 years older than me, I seen that she got to go out with friends almost every weekend, go to parties, and have a lot of independence. I couldn’t wait until I was a teenager. I had some theory that at the very second I turned 15, the fun would be begin instantly. Maybe I would even morph into a whole new person like they do on Sims. Boy was I wrong! A couple months after turning 14, life began to drastically change for me. As a maturing young woman, I started to change throughout my body inside and out. A few times in a week I went to sleep in excruciating pain in my stomach from cramps that came once a month. I could see that as my body developed and facial features changed, That’s when I noticed became more of a “boy magnet”. Becoming older and developing also caused my moods and emotions to change drastically as well. I could wake up happy as ever one day and slightly depressed the other. In addition to maturing, over time I could see a lot of my friendships in jeopardy. Although, there are many disadvantages to growing up, there are also other optimistic views to growing older. As I got older, I gained more freedom being that I was coming of age. I had to decide whether the decisions I made were right ones. It was up to me to make sure I was on the right track to be successful. Today, my mother constantly tells me, “Be better than me, I want what’s best for you and you should too. I will see you want the best for yourself, once I see you making more good decisions.” Even though it’s a little while until I’m an adult, I am still thinking about the future. The biggest mistake I could make is doing something I would regret forever that will haunt me for the rest of my life. Isn’t it interesting how one bad choice can turn your whole world upside down. With the love and support from my family I could see that they want to prevent me from making wrong decisions. I have learned to cherish it because someday I won’t have my parents here with me to lead me in the right direction, so it would be my job to determine what is the right thing to do. I know I’m nowhere near finish growing up, so I have a lot of time to make mistakes, reflect, and fix what I have done. In this world, nobody is perfect and you wouldn’t be human if you didn’t make mistakes or done things that weren’t necessarily “right”. The most important part is you owning up and taking responsibility for your actions.