Falling Senior

<p>This year my grades are better than ever and I am much more involved in school activities.</p>

<p>I have already been accepted into a couple of fantastic schools, but I am starting to think about the end of senior year and what it'll mean to me.</p>

<p>I'm really not happy with where I am. I have a nice group of friends that I hang out with on weekends and whom I enjoy spending time with. But I feel like I'm missing something. I'm lethargic all the time and I don't really know what to do. I have no motivation at all to do schoolwork anymore, but I really don't think it's like "happy-go lucky senioritis woohoo." I mean, I'm not intentionally not doing my work anymore, I just really don't want to deal with high school anymore.</p>

<p>I think this really stems from my relationship with one of my ex-girlfriends. She and I broke up because she didn't love me, and I know that no one else in my school could measure up to her. I still love her (it's been over a year, and since the breakup we've maintained an uneasy friendship), and that fact, along with the slim-pickings of my school mean that I will not have another significant other while in high school. I might seem pathetic because I don't want to seem like I am unhappy just because I don't have a relationship. I don't really have anyone to talk to about any of this. I have a superficial relationship with my parents, and I don't really talk to my friends about this sort of thing. </p>

<p>I think the best thing to do is to find a way to distract myself. I only really see my friends outside of school on weekends, so I need something to do on weekdays. During the fall I could hide behind my school's band rehearsals, but now I really have nothing to do anymore. I really don't want to spend the rest of my senior year feeling like this.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading, I appreciate any insight or advice given.</p>

<p>Take a walk every day. It's kind of refreshing, actually. Go back in time a few weeks ago and tell me, and I wouldn't have believed you, but now that I've started, it's quite revitalizing.</p>

<p>Why limit yourself to the girls from your school? Why not go out with someone from another school?</p>

<p>Volunteer. Pick up another instrument or language. Write. Read. Learn to cook. Tutor. Join another club. Start thinking about things to do over the summer. Spend more time with your family, especially since you're leaving in, what, 7 months?</p>

<p>I feel for you. I broke up with my boyfriend about a week ago because I felt like he didn't really love me anymore. We're trying to be friends, but it's really weird sometimes.</p>

<p>I'm just trying to keep myself busy. Right now it's hard because you see at her school everyday, right? It'll be a lot easier when you leave for college and you won't be seeing her. Or your friends, even.</p>

<p>It'll be a good chance to make a fresh new start. Maybe you should be a little more open with your friends. Open up to someone, and they're more likely to open up back. Create some trust with somebody so you have somebody to really talk to, other than CC. :)</p>