Risks

I am definitely not the type to take a lot of risks.  I like to think that I live my life to the fullest, but I do not do stupid things.  For example, in my opinion drinking and driving would be a stupid and life threatening thing to do, so I stick to drinking water.  Other people may say that I am missing out, but I just do not see the fun in getting so drunk that I have no idea what I am doing and vomiting  all over myself.  I definitely take more social and personal risks than risks that involve crazy life threatening things. 
Social risks are something I can relate to more.  I have not taken a lot of social risks, but I have definitely taken some.  Growing up in Island Heights was good in elementary school, but coming to Central for middle school was really difficult.  I knew one person coming into middle school and she was not exactly the type of person who you wanted to hang out with all of the time.  I was very shy back then and it was hard for me to make friends.  I was always nervous about what people would think of me and how they would react when I tried to talk to them.  For the first few months of school I did not really talk to anyone, but as time went on I started making friends.  It took some time, but now I have a lot of friends and many that I know will stay close throughout college and for the rest of our lives.  Another social risk I took when I was younger was I used to play on an all boy hockey and baseball team.  Not many girls would do that and be the only girl on the team, but I had no problem playing with all the boys and it was some of the most fun memories I have from my childhood.
In addition to social risks I can relate to personal risks too.  I was never really comfortable talking to my parents, or anyone else in my family, when I was younger.  I was always afraid of my parents and I never wanted to disappoint them or make them angry.  I have always loved them, but I never wanted them to know what was going on in my life because I was afraid they wouldn't be proud of me.  Although I still worry about my parents being disappointed in my actions I talk to them about my life a lot more now.  In fact just this morning my mom and I had a deep conversation about my boyfriend and I, a conversation that I would have never been able to have three years ago.  
I know that it doesn't seem like these things are actually risks, but I do not normally take risks.  The biggest risk I can think of is when I was younger I used to love skateboarding.  I used to go to the skate park and ride up and down the ramps for hours.  Looking back at that I do not know how I wasn't terrified of the huge ramps, but I used to love it.  There are risks that can be taken that do not threaten your life and a person can definitely enjoy their life without doing insane and dangerous things like drinking and driving.