Title Lesson 5 - ed endings - Stories.pdf ✅

“I felt like I had to prove something to my parents. I’d gone to art school without their approval, and I wanted to show them that I’d made the right choice. So I overworked myself in every possible way. I tried to qualify for scholarships every year. I did little side jobs, and volunteer work, and lots of extracurricular activities. I actually enjoyed being so busy, even though it was exhausting. It made me feel alive. Like I was growing. And building myself. And moving forward. I felt like I wasn’t a loser in the race. I was keeping toward the front. But the whole time my body was deteriorating. It started with being tired all the time. Then I began to lose weight. Then little illnesses: a cold, the flu, digestive