Personal Narrative: My Changing Habits

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I believe everyone goes through a time in their life where they feel like that something is wrong and they need to change. Whether they are changing for themselves or they are changing for someone else, they believe that their habits or lifestyle effects themselves and other in a terrible way and decide that changing is necessary. I went through this part of my life late last year and I am still working on changing, not for only myself, but for the people in my life. When I first entered high school, everything in my life had changed. I went to a different school, I made new friends, and the worst thing was the habits I had developed later throughout my high school career. Throughout high school, most of my friends and the rest of the people around me, including my home life, were bad influences on me. I started cussing and it got progressively worse as I got older. I would say cuss words to everyone and would not think about if the person I was talking to thought it was offensive or not. The only people I would not cuss were women, children, and anyone who had any authority over me. However, sometimes I would cuss around my parents but only if I was angry and most of the time they would let me get away with it. However, cussing was not the only habit I picked up in high school. Once I started getting older I …show more content…
The first thing I decided to stop was my excessive partying and drinking habits. I was not addicted to alcohol, so it was not hard to quit the drinking and going to parties, but I was scared to because I did not think my friends, whom I partied with, would still like me. However, after some careful thought, I realized that, if they are truly my friends, they will accept me for who I am and respect my decision. I also decided that my two best friends would be there for me no matter

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