The Journey We All Take
STEVEN (to Jack)
Do you know I grew seven inches senior year?
(points to his mouth)
Everything from here up, it’s all new. Things are
gonna change for me. Sixty percent of people
meet their spouses at college.
JACK
You, and a girl?
STEVEN
Why not? These girls at college, they don’t know
me.
JACK
Yeah, they don’t know you threw up on the bus in
fifth grade.
STEVEN
Exactly. I don’t have to live with that anymore.
‘Cause they don’t know that.
JACK
And they don’t know that you cried when you
failed your drivers ed. test.
STEVEN
I didn’t cry.
JACK
You kinda cried.
STEVEN
The point is, I’m tall, handsome. I’ve gained
weight. This is the beginning of a new era.
JACK
But come on, you’re just the same guy you’ve
always been, except now you have a short haircut
and a martini mixer?
STEVEN
I’m the same guy? Well, okay, that’s interesting. I
guess old Steve would have done this then.
Steve puts down the weights, then stands on his bed and grabs a X-files poster. He holds it up. Then, slowly tears it down the middle.
JACK
Dude! What the hell are you doing?!! I would have
taken that!
STEVEN
Oh no! What have I done!
That’s the opening of the show Undeclared. I don’t think it needs much explanation. I think if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that we’ve had at least one time in our life when we were Steven. We’re tired of who we are/who we’ve been and suddenly find an “out.” Whether it be a new school, a new town, a newly toned body, a great haircut…or whatever your case has been…we’ve all realized at some point that we have a chance to be different. We can escape the person we’ve been, the person people know us as, and become cooler/nicer/hotter etc etc. But let me ask you, did it work? Ignore the first week of this new life of yours and think about it in the long term. Did you go back to who you used to be? Did you want to when you did it?
Personally, I’ve had a few chances to become someone new…and each journey led me back to being the same person I always knew I was. But I think the journeys were good. It gave me the confidence to know that if I wanted to, I COULD be someone different. But I’d just be lying to the world and to myself. And soon developed a realization that it’s okay to just be me. The girl that doesn’t really care about trends or having a ton of friends. Who would rather watch a movie with 1 person than go to a party with 10. The girl who would rather get pizza on a date than French food. And yes, the girl who realizes it only takes 5 more minutes in the morning to straighten her hair and put on more makeup but still doesn’t do it. It’s just me. And I’m okay with that.
How about you?
My name is Jessica and I'm a proverb31girl. These are my thoughts on living a proverb31 girl life. I invite you to join me on this journey!Subscribe
