>>7240421congrats, welcome to life. This shit really happens man, at least it did to me. And I'm not even saying that because you just turned 18, I'm saying it because that's just kinda how things go. Your friends grow distant, people change. Try to find excuses in disguise to keep in contact with them. Sunny day? Go to the park and throw a frisbee or some shit. Fourth of July? Go grab some alcohol or something and party with your friends. Sometimes you just gotta be the person engaging in creating the fun, otherwise your friends will fade away and you'll be left with memories, which can be good but I'm sure you want to make more.
The truth that I'm finding out is that no one really knows how to be an adult unless you're really fucking smart and get a fast track to a stem college or some bullshit I don't really know. I'm lost, you're lost, we're all lost at life but we try to appear to look like we know what the fuck we're doing. And isn't that some shit?
Get out there and travel, see new places, explore new things. Trust me it's absolutely worth it. Whether you do some simple roadtrip to a different state or you fly to another country I don't care it's still traveling and you can totally pull it off with some dosh. I could tell you about my travels but I'd rather focus on you here.
Finally, fuck the girl. Don't even give her attention man. Read the attached, it helped me when I was fucked up a lil with girls, made me more confident.
I believe in you. It'll be alright, life literally finds a way. And not in some yogi bullshit write-off of a sentence either.