I was taking money out of my parent’s emergency fund. For a while. I was greedy. Materialistic. Reckless. Impulsive. It was a really bad habit. At the end of the day, it is just money. I take full responsibility and I plan on giving my parents every pay check I earn for however long it takes to earn their trust back. But the thing that breaks me down the most is… all my parents ever wanted to do their entire life since I was born was to build me up. And though I know I’ve done things to make them proud, stupid recklessness like this makes me feel as though I’ve done nothing but break them down. I know feeling guilty and repentant isn’t enough. That’s why I’m choosing to take action. I don’t know how long it’ll take for me to fully feel cleansed and whole again. But I know I’m trying. And for right now, that has to be enough for me to keep going. I just can’t keep living the way I’ve been living.