I’d
like to think that my past wasn’t that long ago. One can remember themselves so
young and then realize how fast and short life really is. In 8th
grade, I discovered a virtual world. It was an MMORPG game online, better
described as a role playing game where millions of people play simultaneously.
It consumed me and throughout the year it would only get better. I got to talk
to people all around the world and from years of game play I became an icon and
some sort of famous online person to those who played it. I reached expertise
and learned everything about the game. For some time I was turning the game I loved
into a job. I was making virtual money into real life money by trading with
players using paypal and moneypak as a way of making payments and transfers. My
time in high school was ending and I knew right after I graduated I would have
to quit my virtual fantasy life for the real world when college began. My senior
year I traveled to those who I considered friends online. The funds I made in
game made that possible. I took twenty two flights all throughout the year, and
a total of 49 absences of school days. I visited Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington,
Houston, Texas, Phucket, Thailand, London, England and Ontario, Canada.
Although
I miss gaming, I like the present. I’m more in sync with what the world and those
around me. I had fun in the past but now I’m taking better decisions in my life
that will benefit me rather than wasting my time in something that doesn’t help
me at all. I’m glad I left the fantasy world I use to live in for something that
benefits me for once. I’m still all about adventure and taking fearless steps
into the unknown. To keep myself preoccupied I recently joined a gym and I’m
learning how to body build. One day at a time I’m slowly working for progress.
I’m not sure I can envision my future yet. I’m still in
the process of finding out who I am and what really makes me happy. I do
however want to repay my parents in the future for all their hard work and
support they’ve done for me all the years and days of my existence. Their unconditional
love and their wish to see me a successful person in life is enough for me to fight
and study for a better future for them and for myself.
