“In your life you’ll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team… Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine”

-Taylor Swift

Yes, I really did just start out this blog post with a quote from a Taylor Swift song. Just let it happen. Something about OG Taylor Swift lyrics just ring so true with me, especially in this particular area of high school relationships.

And yeah, this is a completely different subject area than my usual focus on current events and politics, but I couldn’t help it.

I think there’s something about being a senior in high school and being only as wise as a seventeen year old can be that I’m starting to realize that everything my peers and I are focusing on is completely skewed.

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