2020: An Unforgettable Senior Year by Ashlyn

2020: An Unforgettable Senior Year by Ashlyn - September 2020 Scholarship Essay

The year twenty twenty has thrown many curve balls at everyone. Everyone is pushing through, trying to do their best. Fighting against the many trials thrown at us day to day, trying to get back our normal lives. What do we do, what is our new normal? No matter how small everyone has a goal for the day, for the week, the year, and their lives. We all have accomplishments and goals, important for us even if not for others. So what are my goals for my senior year, and which one would be my biggest? Is my biggest goal the one that will impact my life the most, or the one that means the most to me? They might even be the same thing. What if I don't know what I want from this year? What if I just want to graduate and move on with my life? The thing is that has never been me. I'm not the type of person to settle for just enough, not the type of person to stay on the ground. I always do my best and shoot for the stars.
What is my biggest goal for my senior year? I have many goals from graduating to keeping up my grades to saving money to help my parents with college. Though none of those are things I’d say are my biggest goal. If I had to pick one thing, I've had to think long and hard about it. My biggest goal for this school year is to make the best out of life, to have fun while I can. I don't want twenty twenty to ruin my senior year, and destroy the dream I once had. The dream of a normal high school experience, for a prom and football games and a normal graduation. To have the time of my lives with my friends and go to college with my best friend. Most of my life all I wanted was the full high school experience but this year has chosen another path for me.
I'm not really sure where to begin to accomplish my goal, how to be normal in these times of chaos. All I can do is have the time of my life and make the best I can from what is to come. I'm not sure what the future holds for me and for my peers, but I'm sure no matter what comes my way I will stand tall and live my life. Twenty Twenty is not the year we all thought it would be but it is the year we are all stuck with whether we like it or not. We do the best we can, we fight for our lives every day and we live our lives. I'm not going to let this year ruin my plans and neither should anyone else. My goal seems easy, but out of all of them it will be the hardest by far. For that exact reason I have to do it, I have to prove to myself that I can overcome it.