Giving up Every day of my life I feel as if I can never accomplish anything. I felt as my life was empty. Life is just so hard. Sometimes I felt like giving up. I never think positively about myself because I think of myself as a failure. I always thought that I’m not good at anything. In all honesty, I always felt I would never be successful. One night, I prayed to God for confidence in myself. I needed to become confident and stronger, moreover, believe in myself. Hence, that's what I did; After years of deciding what my dreams were to be. I know what my dream is. The only thing to do is to accomplish those dreams. My whole life I have difficulty learning in school. I never asked questions about anything because I didn’t what questions …show more content…
I just became so emotional because I couldn’t try to help myself achieve my goals. There were days I wanted to cry because I kept thinking “I'm not going to make something out of myself.” I use to volunteer at an elementary school for aftercare and all the little kids would always tell me their dreams. I would tell them “Always stick to that dream.” I have seen other kids with hopes and dreams already, but I was still figuring out mine. I had hoped one day to find it. I tell my boyfriend that I wanted to give up. He would tell me “I believe in you." Sometimes I would compose a list of things such as: the things I loved or like to do. I reckoned that would help me, but I still couldn't figure it out. I felt so helpless, desperate and …show more content…
I decided to go for Vet Assisting Academy. I wanted to give it a try and see if I would like it. Admittedly, I actually really loved it. The Vet Assisting Academy gave me a bunch of options on what I wanted to become. In spite of this, I truly think I have something to hope for. Starting out a career in the animal field would be amazing. I decided to become a Veterinarian. I have been trying my very best in school to learn everything there is to become a Veterinarian. After years of high school, I finally graduated. I got a certificate in Vet Assisting and that was one step completed. I kept thinking over and over if this is the right choice for me. I look over the pros and cons of this goal, but I said “I believe in myself that I can make it through it.” I believe it's the best choice for me because I want to help and take care of animals. I have tried my best in school. Today, I am in college; pursuing my dreams. Never in my life have I felt so
What I had wanted as a child, what I thought would have gotten, is all outside my grasp. That house I wanted? Maybe a bit smaller…and about that car, I’ll take a Honda Civic. I am now forced into the dilemma of choosing which dreams to fulfill. Even then none of them might come to be. I still seek to attain my goals however, but with all due diligence will I attain half-success. What I found didn’t fit with what I sought to be. What I was promised and what I believed will not come to be. I was once jubilant over the inevitability of adulthood, but now, all I seek is the impossibility of another
When I was a child most of school was always based on what you wanted to be. Constantly I was being asked what I wanted to become, I had always answered with a careless answer that every adult expected. I honestly had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. Soon as I moved through middle school and now going through high school I became interested in the medical field. With my passion for animals and always wanting to help them, I soon realized what I wanted to specialize in. I am interested in pursuing a career in veterinary the reason I would like to make my plan concur because I want to improve animal 's health, perform operations to cure them and possibly help them stay healthier for a much longer period. Veterinarians are always doing
Until this past spring I hadn't thought much about what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go for college. One day in the spring the junior class had a meeting in the auditorium about taking our ACT test and college plans. After that meeting I realized I needed a change, getting into college wasn't going to be a breeze, kind of how I had treated high school. Although I always considered myself to be fairly smart, I never had put much effort into school, but after seeing the facts and requirements to get into schools, and especially after hearing Ms. Rice saying "In today's world, the way to a successful future, is choosing college as your future", I knew I had to make an adjustment for the better so that college could be my future.
“I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs... [They] are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no right to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty.” (“Famous veterinarian quotes.”) Ever since I was younger, I’ve wanted to be a veterinarian. At a young age, I fell in love with animals especially horses. As I got older, and started to look at future careers, I realized that I wanted to go into an animal science career. Because I want to make a difference in the world, I decided that I wanted to be a veterinarian. Animals need us and most of them depend on us. I want to help them in a way I know veterinarians can. The career I’m interested in is being a veterinarian; I must get an Associate’s degree; I must get into North Carolina State University, the only college in North Carolina that provides a veterinarian school; I must keep my grades up to be considered at NC State University.
“Progress looks like a bunch of failures and you 're going to have feelings about that because it’s sad but you can’t fall apart. And then one day , you will succeed.” (Grey’s Anatomy) It is the law of life that significant events will occur throughout a human’s existence on Earth. We exist, survive, and thrive because we are able to change. With that in mind, I am grateful for all the opportunities that have and continue to be given to me despite my past failures,lack of inspiration and confidence.
Throughout high school and during my undergraduate studies, education was never a top priority for me. Only during the past two years, in the "real world", have I realized the importance of education. I look back at those years and wish I had done more and realized all the potential I had in my hands and not wasted so much time. During my undergraduate career my social activities consumed my life. My friends were not motivated to do well in school so I followed their lead. My grades were low, and I did not even care. After I graduated in 1997 with a Psychology B.A. and lost touch with my old friends and old ways, I have realized that I should have spent more time doing some soul searching and thinking what it was that I wanted to do with my life. I liked Psychology but what I really wanted to do was work with children more closely. I had spent my junior and senior years involved in internships at Head Start and at a High School in a Program for teenaged mothers. I loved my work there. At Head Start I was a Teacher Aid for the pre-school, teaching the children to read, numbers etc. And at the High School I counseled the teenaged mothers, took care of their kids while they went to school and after the school day I tutored them with their homework. After being out of school for a while, I started to miss that. The feeling that I was teaching something those kids, the feeling that I was making a difference. I was determined to find a job in education, with my background in Psychology, how hard could it be? I found work at a residential school for runaways and abused teenaged females. It was great! I was ready to go, I was going to change the world and change those girls lives. What I didn't realize is that will alone does not make me a teacher and that I needed training, a lot of training. I made a lot of mistakes in that job. I got discouraged and decided to forget about working with children, forget teaching and do something else that paid more. So, I got a job as a Secretary, I did that for about two years. Teaching, working with children was always on my mind.
I started my journey of furthering education at Brunswick Community College. I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to major in but I knew I wanted to work with children no matter what. I started my college courses for nursing and quickly realized that I needed to do what I loved most, which is teaching young children. I switched my major to Early Childhood Education which was honestly the best decision I have ever made. I finished my degree in about two and a half years and was so happy to graduate. I actually graduated with honors (cum laude) which was a great accomplishment! I was so proud of myself! I had known since my first day in this major that I wanted to continue on after my associate's degree. I knew I was too dedicated to stop there. So I
My college career started with me just going to school to take PE classes while neglecting my main required core classes and always pushing them aside without any urgency to succeed in finishing school. A couple of years would go by with little to no progress and lack of motivation to succeed in finishing my college required classes. Soon landing a career oriented job and finding myself dropping out of college to focus on my work career. From this point and time I would learn the importance of school and the value of finish college through my years of experience at work. This awareness of value in finishing college would motivate me to want to go back to school. Soon I would find myself at American River College counseling center. Here I was coming back to school unsure of myself and in an environment where I previously never found success in school. After meeting with my counselor I was recommended to take a college success course. This course is part of a program called the Accelerated College Education (ACE). Because I was able to learn along the years being out of school the importance of gaining an education I gained a new motivation for school, signed up for this ACE program, and enroll in the college success
There is so much to be offered at ________________ University for people like me, such as intramural soccer and basketball, environmental and study clubs, and the honors college. As I’m not sure what career I’d like to pursue for the rest of my life, I’m excited to be able to explore my options in college. I am both eager and nervous to start the next chapter of my life down the unique path of my own choice. I know that what lies ahead of me may be new and scary, but I also know that if I stay true to myself and go with what I feel is best, there will always be hope in the distance no matter what choices I make. I try not to get caught up looking ahead in my future, letting my doubts and worries get to me too much. I set my goals high because I will not let anything or anyone convince me that I’m not good enough, smart enough, or experienced enough to achieve what I want to accomplish. I am determined to carve the path to my future unapologetically, and let the rest fall into
I feel like I have set many goals for my personal life throughout my childhood and
We all have those days where we feel so hopeless or unable to do anything right. We have all felt that we couldn’t finish school or other life challenges. We question everything about life, that’s what happened with me. I had never had a normal life and now it takes a turn for the worse. I grew up under the circumstances that forced me to become more responsible and mature, which has enabled me to succeed later in life.
Have you ever been beaten down by your own confidence? It is supposed to help you succeed, but instead, it once made me blinded from the fact that I am not perfect. There is always a chance of failure if I don’t try my best. In fact, I did fail getting into my dream high school.
I had allowed my very own insecurities and the words of someone else to keep me from fulfilling my dreams and from experiencing the possibilities that were ahead of me. I had shut down all of my plans without even giving them a shot! Soon after making this realization, I decided to recommit myself. I asked myself, “What’s the worst thing that can happen?” I definitely did not have the money or the grades at the time, but I refused to give up on myself. If things didn’t turn out how I wanted them to, at least, I could say that I never gave up on myself. I began to work on myself academically, spiritually and emotionally. First, after asking my school guidance counselor for assistance, I started taking online courses and spending all of my weekends studying and catching up on my school work, which had a great impact on my grades and GPA. Then, I began to faithfully attend my local church, where I made wonderful friends who got me out of my shell of insecurities. I also met church leaders who pushed me to be the best that I could be, not just for myself, but for God as well. Now, this definitely did not happen overnight, I spent a whole year fighting my way out of the dark miserable hole I was in, but with dedication, persistence, and God’s strength, I was able to persevere through it
In the past eight years, I anxiously spent many hours, days and months looking for answers to questions like what I wanted to do with my life or what was my purpose, and I agonized over the lingering doubt of whether I could really achieve my dream.
Since that moment I find that I can’t stop wanting. I want to fly somewhere in first class. I want to travel around the world on business trips. I want to get invited to the White House. I want to learn about the world. I want to continuously surprise myself. I want to be important. I want to be the best person I can be. I want my actions to define myself, instead of having others define me. I want to win and, I want to lose and learn from my mistakes. I want to look in the eyes of adversity and take it as an opportunity to grow, discover about myself and breakthrough my personal limits. I want to reach places no one has ever reached. I want to achieve goals everyone else thought were impossible. I want to be strong, not just army strong, I want strength that comes from within and keeps you going on when everything else has failed. I want to not be afraid of the unknown. I want to grow up to be generous and big hearted, the way my parents taught me; even though I’ll encounter situations of fear, jealousy and ignorance along the path to excellence...