A few months ago, the Jonas Brothers came to town. Now, those who knew back in middle school/high school would never believe this, but the thought of going to their concert sounded miserable. Growing up, I listened to them all the time; I breathed everything Jonas Brothers. I was always incredibly insecure about being a Jonas Brothers fan, so when they got back together, I could not tell anyone that I was even remotely happy that they were back together. I was incredibly excited, but I did not want anyone to know.

Their tour was coming to LA and I had no real desire to go, not to mention I worked two jobs and did not want to request any days off. The day of the concert everything lined up perfectly for me to go, one job told me I didn’t need to come in and the other job let me leave early. I bought tickets as I was in the Uber to the concert. I bought the cheapest seat and was sitting in the worst seat, but I was okay with that because I was doing it for myself.

I am normally the girl that keeps to herself and will not talk to anyone, but for some reason that day was different. I got out of my Uber and randomly started talking to this girl who also got out of her Uber. Next thing I know, I am in the VIP area getting ready to go meet the Jonas Brothers!!

I got to meet my favorite band all because I said Hi to a random girl. I could not believe the chances, but most importantly it was a huge life lesson for me; Say hi to the random stranger, go to the concert alone, do what makes YOU HAPPY! There are so many times I won’t go do something because I was afraid of how I would look being out and having fun by myself.

Who cares how I look, it is my life and I deserve to be happy. No one can tell you when you can be happy, only you get that choice. Happiness is a feeling that you get to choose every day. I will never forget the moment that I chose to say yes to what makes ME happy. There are still days when I get scared of other people’s opinions, but I choose to power through.

This was written by our contributing writer, Bailey Costa.