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When I think of myself and the roles and duties I have taken on, I know that I am not satisfied with where I currently am and I am going to continue to make changes in order to reach happiness and to regain the parts of me that got lost along the way. I am a wife, mother, daughter, aunt, sister, nurse, full time student, and a friend to many. I am determined to give my all to each one of my roles, but sometimes I feel that my all is just not good enough. I know that each one of these roles plays a significant part in my life and they are all rewarding as well as challenging in some way. All of my roles have also created numerous hurdles or “bumps” in my life and they have left me with lots of unanswered questions about life in general. I admit that all of these “bumps” may have caused heartache, but I have learned a lesson after overcoming each one and they have all helped shape me into the person that I am today. I wish I knew what was in store for me and why I have been dealt the hand I have, but for now I will have to accept the fact that everything happens for a reason.
Over the past few years, I have become so caught up with my duties to others, that I feel as if I have lost pieces of myself. I always think about the needs and wants of others and how my decisions will affect others, that I have neglected myself. I have become so consumed with providing for others that I have forgotten what makes me “me”. I am unhappy with how my life is currently going and I see lots of room for improvement. I want to be happy and I also want to be a strong an influential role model for my daughters.
The first “bump” in the road came right after we moved into our new home, I was seven months pregnant with my youngest daughter and my oldes...

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...a totally different direction. I will use this time to start focusing on me and getting to a place where I can be happy. I have started exercising and jogging again to help with the tension and anxiety and I also have decided that I need to take time outs to enjoy the simple things in life. I am going to graduate with my Associate’s degree in May and I have also already enrolled in a Bachelors program with an anticipated completion date of August 2015. I also want to get away from material things; I want my youngest daughter to realize that you don’t have to have certain things or the best of everything in order to be happy. In the very near future I want to work on becoming debt free and staying that way. I also foresee me becoming a better listener, for I want to be a listener that listens to understand rather than one who listens in order to know how to respond.

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