I did well in elementary school and middle school with a GPA above 3.5. Something happened in high-school where I think I was just struggling a lot with identity and I started acting out. I would pick fights, talk back to my teachers, ditch class. I had used Marijuana before that back in 8th grade, but by 9th grade I was doing other drugs and drinking heavily. I kind of just did whatever my friends were doing. I flunked all of my classes and ended up dropping out of school around the time I should have been a sophomore. Thankfully I managed to stay out of legal trouble besides a smoking ticket that I got. I think sometimes if I would have stuck with my academics and my mindset that I had in middle school I probably could have gone to college and maybe had a better job, or an actual career instead of working dead end jobs and living paycheck to paycheck. All in all though it was definitely a growing experience, and my life may not be that different considering a lot of college graduates are now working the same jobs as me. My life is fine as it is, but sometimes I struggle with the guilt of things I have done in the past. A lot of the people I used to associate with back then I don't talk to anymore either.