Overcoming Adversity Challenges

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When faced with an obstacle, it is easy to give up and move on. However, being resilient in the face of adversity can help a person persist when confronting an obstacle in the future. A time where one would need to persevere would be through difficult transitions, such as a move to a new school or state. I had to stay determined and persist when I moved to a different state twice. The first time I moved was when I was nine years old. My family left our home in northern California and moved to Minnesota. The change was drastic. The weather was much colder, I had to take the school bus for the first time, our house was significantly different, what I learned in school was more difficult, and I started school at a time when everyone knew each

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