Ever since I was a little kid, I always loved being creative. I loved making up my own stories or just daydreaming. I was never a big fan of science or math since there only seemed like one way to approach a certain topic. That’s why books were always a safe space for me. I could just read and read for hours and escape from the real world and delve into a beautifully crafted fictional world. Even though these worlds are fictional and not real, they are very much real to me. Harry Potter, The Mortal Instruments, The Maze Runner, and An Ember in the Ashes are all fictional worlds that make me insert myself into them and really live and breathe through them.

            I remember when my sister started reading Harry Potter, I instantly wanted to start reading it as well. Partly because my big sister, whom I look up to, is reading something and loving and the other part is because I absolutely loved to read. My parents were always reading to me as soon as I was born. As I grew older, I always wanted one of them to read me a bedtime story, I wouldn’t go to sleep without it. Now that I’m older, nothing much has changed. I still read every chance I get whether that’s a physical book or reading books on my phone, it’s always been a hobby of mine and I think it always will be.

            That hobby of reading eventually grew into a love of writing. Now, I have a love of writing my own creative stories or just writing my thoughts down in a different and creative way. One day, I hope to write and publish a novel. I’d be happy if I was able to publish just one thing. It’s always been a goal of mine since I was in Middle School. My love of writing and reading has only grown and contributed to my goals of where I want to go in life.