My Process towards Maturity

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There comes a time in everyone’s young life where you have to overcome a challenge, and it will help mold you into a better, more well rounded person. These can either be shaped by a failed attempt at correcting the problem, or a successful one. Whether it is a failure, or an successful attempt; there is always a lesson to be learned.
In the past semester and throughout this one currently my effort has been kept to a minimal. Before these semesters I had never had any problem with school I was always lazy to do my homework, and more often than not I would find myself procrastinating. With that being said A’s and B’s were easy to get, and came with no effort. Latley however it has been reality that has struck me in the face; reality sets in and I have realized this laziness that has plagued me needs to come to an abrupt halt.
These realizations have been brought to my attention not by my parents, nor teachers, but instead my own self conscience. The feelings that your mind will tell you are what will matter the most because in the end your personality is your personality and no one can change that. The fact of the matter is it might be the perfect time for me in my life to get this maturing done and learn from the past and move on, Sometimes the mind can be the best medicine we have; it always seems to let us know when we have done wrong.

You can expect these kind of failures to hold you down and smother you with an overpowering sense of ultimate discourage, and sorrow. This has not been the case for me; even though I have been very frustrated and short tempered lately I have never felt that overpowering feeling as i’m continuing to plug along with school and work just as I was. For awhile I thought maybe I am just a tough gu...

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...ore often than not they are mental problems that are holding you down from being yourself. Schoolwork is an example of both; the mental side is that the effect of bad grades, and the stress that comes with school will play head games with you. The physical side of these changes is the time it takes, and the effort you have to make to do the work which also causes strain on someone. The only way to overcome these obstacles is to not let yourself fall behind, and move on from the past.

What a great time it was for me to learn these skills, it will help me now with my grades; as well as later in life on how to more effectively deal with issues that persists.
The fact that you can mature through yourself shows how exiting it is to grow as a person in life, and I really hope everyone gets at least one good chance to experience that feeling at least once in their lives.

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