How I Became Popular in High School (Animated Story #Best Education Page #Online Earning)

[Narrator] So it's now the end of overtime,

and there is five seconds left on the clock,

and we were down by one point.

And the next five seconds were ones that I will

never forget, and here's what happened.

(cheering)

(dinging)

(dance music)

(whooshing)

I remember back in high school, there was only

one thing that I really wanted and it was to become

one of the popular kids.

When I walked into a classroom, I wanted

everybody there to know who I was,

I wanted the cute girls to notice me

and smile at me but most importantly,

I wanted status.

And one of the reasons why I wanted status

so bad was because I thought that that

was the thing that was going to make me happy.

I thought that if I had this, I could finally feel good

about myself.

I wasn't really a super sad or depressed kid

or anything like that, but I was a little

unhappy and I guess a little lonely.

And another reason why I wanted this was because

I didn't have the status at the first high school

that I attended, at that school not many people

knew who I was, I was kind of like a

chameleon who had just kind of blend in with the background.

And the only real friend that I had at that time

was my basketball, as depressing as that sounds.

And I really envied the popular kids,

I watched how people would behave around them,

how everyone would laugh at their jokes,

how everyone wanted to be their friend

and I also noticed how the girls would look at them.

And they really were treated differently compared

to everybody else and at that time

I just, I really wanted that.

So instead of hanging out with people

and being social, I would spend my time playing

basketball at the gym near my house

while everybody else was spending their evenings

at the movies or with their friends,

I would spend mine perfecting my jump shot

at the three point line.

In the 10th grade, my parents decided that

they wanted to transfer me to a different school,

a school that had a better academic reputation

than my current one.

So on the last day of classes at my first high school,

I said goodbye to my kind of friends

and I started to prepare for the next school year.

I spent that entire summer playing basketball,

playing around six hours every single day

and I'd love to sit here and tell you

it was because I was disciplined and dedicated

but the reality is that I didn't have much else to do.

During that summer, I told myself

that I was going to become one of the popular kids

so I could finally be happy and fulfilled.

So a few months go bye and it is now the first day

of school at my new high school.

And on the first day of school, I really made

an effort to put myself out there,

I introduced myself to everyone,

talking with the older kids, the younger kids

and even some of the attractive girls,

which did not go very well.

But after some time, I started to come across

as a little bit too try hard, it was like

I was trying to force myself in the popular kid's group

which obviously puts a lot of people off.

So despite my efforts, I found myself

kind of alone again but of course I still had

my best friend, the orange basketball.

So a couple of months went by and the basketball

season was about to start which I was very excited for

and I was certainly way more prepared for the season

compared to everybody else.

I remember in the tryouts that people didn't really

know who I was or that I'd even played

but the moment I actually started to play,

I went from being that chameleon who had always

blend in to a lion who stood out more than anyone

else there.

See the interesting thing about me at that time

was when it came to sports, I was very confident

and I'm not trying to brag or anything like that

but I have always been relatively talented

when it came to sports, but on top of that

I had been practicing an incredible amount.

So when I stepped onto that court,

I turned into a completely different person

or animal.

So thankfully I did make the team and I immediately

started to receive respect from the other athletes

which made me feel good and a little bit more happy.

But it wasn't until the first basketball game

of the season when things started to get a little crazy.

Something that I should mention is that my old high

school and my current high school

are long-time rivals and they hated each other

when it came to athletics and this was the very

first basketball game of the season which happened

to be against my old high school.

So the entire school came out to watch,

the seats were packed, the people were excited

and man, it was a really interesting game

which I will tell you all about right now.

I felt good going into the game

but I still felt a little nervous playing

in front of this new school where I didn't know

everyone and all their eyes would be on me.

But I took a deep breath and I reminded myself

of how much I had practiced and how much

I was ready to play.

I'm not going to give you a play by play

of the game but at first, I started off not playing

very good, I was too in my head,

I was missing some easy shots, I was forgetting

some really basic plays but as the game went on

I started to feel more comfortable.

I eventually found my groove and I started to hit

those easy shots and I started to hit more complex shots

and I even started to hit some really complex shots

and before I knew it, it was the fourth quarter

and I had scored 36 points.

So by this point, I had certainly left an impact

on the school and people there definitely knew

who I was, which already I was feeling really happy about.

But we had not won the game yet.

Despite the fact that I had played a great game,

it was actually a tie by the fourth quarter

of the game and it had to go into overtime.

And overtime was really intense, it was going

back and forth the whole time and it was really close.

So it's now the end of overtime and there's five seconds

left on the clock and we were down by one point

and the next five seconds were ones that I will

never forget and here's what happened.

(cheering)

(dinging)

(dance music)

boom I scored the game winning shot

and for the first time in a long time,

I had all eyes on me.

It honestly was an amazing moment and I don't

think I'll ever forget it.

So the game was over and of course I was feeling

fantastic and when I came into school the next day,

the entire school basically treated me like a celebrity.

I really did become popular overnight.

I went from being that chameleon to a lion.

I had people from all ages coming up to me

and congratulating me on how well I had done.

I had girls smiling at me,

I had teachers literally shaking my hand.

I thought that I had everything that I wanted

and man, my ego was through the roof.

I remember every single person who would shake my hand

or every girl who would smile at me

was like, it was like a little hit of endorphins,

it literally was like a drug and I was addicted

to this external validation.

But, the status really only lasted for about two weeks

and after those two weeks were over,

everything kind of went back to normal.

The teachers stopped shaking my hand,

my peers stopped congratulating me and girls

smiles just kind of faded away and before I knew it

I was basically back to where I was before

but this time, I was even more unhappy

because I had all this validation and in a short

period of time, it all just went away.

I think some of you are probably wondering

why are you telling me this story?

Are you trying to brag about how you were good

at basketball or how you were popular in high school

for two weeks?

And that's not at all what I'm doing,

the reason why I'm telling you this story

is because I think it illustrates a really

important point that applies to almost everyone,

my biggest problem was that I was relying

on other people to dictate my emotions

and happiness.

I was telling myself, I would be happy

if I was popular, I would be happy if this person

liked me, I was never taking responsibility

for my own emotions, like my unhappiness

or how I was not fulfilled in my life.

I wasn't that happy before the game because

not that many people knew who I was.

I was happy right after the game because everybody

knew who I was and I was not happy

two weeks later because a lot of people

had forgotten.

At no point did I consider the reason

why I was not happy or fulfilled was because

of something within me, I just assumed

it had everything to do with not having

certain people in my life.

I never told myself, hey you can be a really happy

guy without having people lined out to be your friend,

maybe the problem has nothing to do with them

and it's actually within you.

And if you're not in high school,

here are some happiness philosophies.

I would be happy if I got a raise,

I would be happy if I had a six pack,

I would be happy if I had this car,

I would be happy if I found someone who loves me.

I think it's critical for everyone to understand

that if you get your self worth

and happiness from external things or people,

you are destined to live a pretty unhappy life

and there are some people who never

really learn this and their whole life

is based around chasing external validation

and never taking responsibility

for their emotions.

Don't be one of these people.

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