Personal Narrative Essay

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self-dis·ci·pline ˈˌself ˈdisiplin/ noun the ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses; the ability to pursue what one thinks is right despite temptations to abandon it. It’s 90 degrees out and the sun is beating down on my head harder than a hail on a car roof. Standing on the scalding ground at 8 AM in the middle of summer is incredibly not ideal but band camp is what I signed up for so it's what I’m getting. My instrument weighs heavily on my body like a kept secret. The football field makes it feel like i'm in the first circle of hell and the festivities haven't even started. We begin the day by running around the track and immediately my friends begin to walk and it is so easy to just give up and walk with them

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