Blog #4

 Last summer I went backpacking with my friends. One of the reasons among many that I keep referring back to the trip is because in my eyes before the trip I was really quite shy and was very uncomfortable around new people and new situations. Now I feel as if I'm more confident and able to be put into an uncomfortable situation with new people and do just fine. The tipping point I think that finally pushed me over the limit of my capacity to be shy is when had to spend all of my time with 14 other people and learning that you can open up to people. Most of all one of the things I remember was when we were playing one our camp games and this one was a different version of charades, with different levels of difficulty. After so many tramatic events on the trial we just trusted each other and we all grew in our own separate ways. We all really opened up to each other and we became out own family in a way. That experience has opened up so many doors and started me on a journey of self-discovery and putting myself out there.