What are you going to do next?

I am going to do my best to not disappoint my parents. I'm going to try to fill in the shoes that my older brother shoved aside. Not only are my ears bleeding from the constant nagging and complaints from my mother, but so is my head. I feel like these endless expectations and hopes are just pressuring that blood vessel to 'splode. I'm not saying that I'm going to let my parents decide my future for me. That's the last thing I have in mind. I'm just planning on pulling through this last stretch, before entering college next fall, and proving to my parents that they haven't raised a bunch of disgraces. Prove to them that we (or at least I am!) are capable of leading independent lives, that we are capable of taking care of ourselves, that we aren't trying to break their hearts through the little rebellious acts we put on. We're curious. We're impulsive. We're learning. We're young.