I knew very few people and very few people knew me. The move from high school to college brought some space into my life, and I welcomed it. My last two years in high school were heavily invested in leadership activities. In the private school I attended, I was involved in both sports leadership and student body leadership. My life was in the spotlight.
Spotlights bring pressure.
At graduation, it was nice to step off of the stage of prominence and into the anonymity of college life. On the college campus, I was invisible. My photo was not going to take up much space in the yearbooks. I was a just another student in search of good grades and an occupation that I could enjoy for years to come. Some people long to disappear so they will not have any accountability.