Personal Narrative: Everyone Is Expecting Me To Do Big Things

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“Everyone is expecting me to do big things.” This is a feeling that I believe every single high school graduate feels the moment they receive their diploma. As a high school senior, when I had this thought, I had the feeling of fear associated with it. I knew that I was going to have to work hard and impress everyone that mattered to me in my life, because they were expecting me to be great. Now, as a sophomore in college, I no longer have this feeling of fear when hearing this statement. “Everyone is expecting me to do big things,” and I can do those big things. I have always been very close with my family because I have been blessed with such wonderful parents who have raised me to be the person that I am today. All throughout August of 2016, I was so excited …show more content…
However, as the days started getting closer and closer to move-in day, I grew more and more anxious. The distance from my hometown to Ames is about a two hour and fifteen minute drive. This seemed like a long ways away from my family since usually they were only a footstep or two away from me in the house. I knew that school was going to be challenging, making friends was going to be scary, and being all on my own was going to be a huge adjustment. Just like Jack Trice said, I knew that “my whole body and soul was going to be thrown recklessly about the field tomorrow,” only “the field” was going to be Iowa State University’s campus. Jack Trice was right. The first week of my freshman year was exhausting for me. I am a very organized person, but having sixteen and a half credits of new classes that were challenging for me made me very unorganized. Along with this feeling of unorganization, I had not made very many friends besides my roommate, so I felt alone. I was use to having such a great support system from my family at

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