So, I've learned something that I think is pretty important over this summer. I used to completely rely on my best friends, just waiting for the moments I could be with them again. Then, I was always disappointed when they could never hang out with me or didn't seem to want to. At the end of last school year, all of them said they were pretty sure that we'd be able to hang out a ton over the summer. After having my hopes crushed once again, when I started realizing what they had said wasn't true, and that they would barely be able to see me at all over the summer, I finally realized that I can survive without them. I also realized that while I love them, I do have a lot of other friends who like to hang out with me and seem to make more of an honest effort to make sure that we can hang out. I don't know what I would have done this summer without these other friends, since they were the ones who saved me from a summer of sitting at home by myself. I now know that if I do have to leave my best friends behind to do something better for me, I will be able to get through it without them. In my eyes, best friends should make a good effort to be able to see each other, and I know that I sometimes risked everything to be able to arrange plans to be with them. I'm done sacrificing everything on my part and feeling like I have to move around any other plans just because they can only see me once every month for some reason. After this summer I finally know that I can live without them, and if I have to for any reason that will be better for me, I will. I'm done getting my hopes crushed after false promises, I'm done sacrificing everything that could make me happy, and I'm done relying on them to make me happy. I have other friends, and I'm going to do things to make me happy from now on.