How Difficult My Life Is Now

By Claudia Carvajal

My life was easier when I was thirteen than now that I’m twenty. Everything was so relaxing because at that time I didn’t have anything important to worry about, but now I’m so stressed because of the university. Before, when I was in high school, I used to study a little and that was enough, whereas now I have to study so much more because of the complexity of the contents. The other thing that stresses me the most is traveling every day to come to the university because I live in Quillota and my university is in San Felipe, more than 70 km (43 miles) away. However, a good thing about my life now is that I have real and close friends and I don’t change them for anything at all. That’s why I know that I don’t have to take everything for granted and I have to appreciate all the good things I have, although life is more difficult now than yesterday.