privacy

Privacy is very important to me. No matter where I am I need to know that there is always a place to be private and alone if I need. Everyone deserves a little alone time without other people knowing what is going on or their business. I am a much closed person; it takes a lot for me to open up to a person, so what is my business I would rather not tell anyone and keep it to myself. In my life I feel as though I do get plenty of privacy. When it comes to getting dressed and things like that, there has to be a lock on the door. Most of my family and friends know that doors have to be locked and that when I need alone time just let me be. Whenever I get into bad moods I like to just sit in my room and take a nap, or listen to music, and in order to get out of my bad mood successfully, I need the door locked to be alone. It may sound strange but ever since I was little I always lock my doors; whether it be my bedroom, bathroom, house, car, locks are important. To me a lock reassures me that its private and some people really do not care whether a lock is on the door, or even if the door is closed. Now I do share my room with my sister, but there really is never a time when we are both home in the room, besides at night going to bed. I am not crazy about privacy, that’s the only big thing is getting dressed and what not. There is really no time in school when it is necessary to be private. I do not really have any serious secrets, but if I ever do I do not think it is anyone else’s business. There are no such things as secrets if you tell someone. The fact that someone else has the ability to let the world know your “secret” is not privacy at all. If something happens to that friendship they could always use that against you, whether it’s your best friend or boyfriend/girlfriend, I do not understand why people risk that? A secret is something that is only known by you otherwise you can’t be mad if the person you told spreads word around, it is your own fault for giving out the information. Especially in high school it is hard to keep your business only your business, rumors and stories spread like wildfire so it is much easier to just stay quiet. All in all there are times when privacy is necessary and others when it is optional, but always having the option is more comforting to those who feel this way. Also I think that it changes with age. Maybe when you’re younger you don’t care as much and you grow into a more private person or reversed. I think as I get older I am more comfortable with the people around me than when I was little.