A day in the life of an eighteen year-old can be more stressful than many might assume. Most eighteen year-olds are expected to attend college to persue a career of choice, stay on their best behavior at all times, work a job, and all the while battle peer pressure and what seems to be one of the most awkward years of one's life. One place I have been able to go when all of the pressures of being an eighteen year-old strike has been Marietta Square, located in historic downtown Marietta, Georgia. Since moving to Marietta, Georgia, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida just three months ago, I have not known too many places to just escape to and let go of all anxieties. However, being in such a great, little place where I can find everything that comforts me, really puts me at ease.
First moving to Marietta, Georgia, I found myself in a patch of dark depression. Here
I was, I had left the place where I was born and raised, the only place I had ever really known, to a place where I knew none of my surroundings, or people. My first year of college was approaching, so I was obviously wondering what it might be like. I soon then began to over analyze every situation and locked myself away from the world around me. The frustrations of no longer having any friends by my side, or how to get around really had an affect on me. However, there was one place I had gone with my mother a few times and had began to go on my own that really allowed me to exhale. It was Marietta Square. There I felt like a completely different person, and that I could be anyone I chose to be. Nobody knew me, and no one could judge me. I was my own person on an adventure to explore my surroundings, and all problems I had known were left behind. Here it was, the start of a new life, and I knew I wanted to make it a great one. So I set off to recreate myself after shutting myself down for some time.
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In paragraph two, line six. You say "I soon then began..." The way it is phrased makes it sound like too much. You could try I soon began or I soon found myself.
You already introdiced Marietta Square as being the place where you go to relieve stress and pressures and you also introduce it in the 2nd paragraph. I don't think you need both, So maybe in the second paragraph you could say "However, Marietta Square was the one place I could go..." I like your paper so far. I feel like I can relate to you but I think you might want to come up with more of an attention grabber in the beginning.Like, your first sentence.
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