Billie Eilish's Birds of a Feather, Lovely, and What Was I Made For really resonate with me and have really made a impact on my life. As a dancer music is key to my life and one of the largest parts of my passion. Music resonation is really so important to dancing and is something you really have to dig deep within yourself to find. When Birds of a Feather came out, I listened to it for the first time with my dance family. This song instantly connected with me and I could see myself dancing to it immediately upon hearing it. The song has such a deep meaning and as someone who loves their dance family more than anything, it really hit me. This song really touches on relationships and how much you can love someone which is something I have been really passionate about lately. This song really touches my heart and spreads a beautiful message. Lovely is a song I have actually gotten to experience dancing to. Dancing to this song really made me joyful and the rhythm and lyrics really impacted how involved in the dance I was. This song was one of those that I had to listen to on repeat to really gain true love for it. The thrill in this song is really impactful and it takes you on a ride through all of the different emotions. What Was I Made For really made me think of my purpose in life and helped me discover myself. This song really resonates with me because it shows passion and purpose which are two huge parts of my life. Trying to live out my purpose is a constant challenge, but is something so special that not everybody gets to experience. This song is also so musically beautiful which is so impactful to me because of my interests in musicality and my passion for dancing through the notes and beats of a song. Choosing a favorite Billie Eilish song is difficult, but the three I picked are those that bring joy and reason into my life and help me through my passions and purpose. They are really beautiful pieces of art and I feel they could make a difference in anyones life that heard them.

My anxiety has really impacted every part of my life. Because of my anxiety I could not perform my job to the best of my abilities, I lost hope on my life dreams, and I began to not fully love anything. I had anxiety at a very young age, and missed out on the joys of a lot of things other children got to do. I never fully got to enjoy a field trip, recess, or even a sick day all the things that were supposed to be the best part of school. Once I began getting older and more mature I thought I was growing out of my anxiety but I was completely wrong. My anxiety was always there in part but once I reached high school my anxiety reached its peak. Almost everyday I came home from school, or even on weekends and breaks, and I would have panic attacks over every little thing. I felt like I was stuck in a bubble, suffocating myself more and more each and everyday. My anxiety was insufferable it got to a point that my own family was irritated at me and I was honestly insufferable to be around. I could not enjoy anything at all and even the slightest things were triggers to me. Each day I would go to school, where I was typically tough and pushed myself to be the perfect student, but once I realized my perfect expectations did not match my imperfect abilities, my life began to fall apart, or so I thought. I would cry almost everyday at school and had to leave countless times because I would make myself physically sick over every small thing that happened. There were times I would miss one point on a homework assignment and have a panic attack about not getting into my dream schools or being a disappointment. My parents finally realized that I was spiraling out of control and I am now medically treating my anxiety. I wish I could tell you that this was the perfect solution, but that is just not the truth. I still suffer with a tremendous amount of anxiety. Just last month I was in a professional setting and began having a panic attack over something that did not even involve me, and on top of that, I began panicking even more about being a disappointment for even panicking at all. Pursuing college though, is one thing I will not let anxiety take from me. Completing college has always been something I wanted to do. Despite hating the school setting, I love school. I love learning and researching things that interest me and I love having an outlet for my mind's crazy questions. College will be the one thing that I will not let anxiety win over. College will give me a future, and anxiety has already taken some of that along with the past and the present. It's important to me because it proves to myself that I am stronger than my greatest weakness and I can overcome anything I put my mind to. Anxiety may have taken almost everything from me, but I will not allow anxiety to take college.