Narrative essay

Essay

 

As a young child I followed in the footsteps of other never making goals of my own or leaving my own impressions on the world I never believed in the old saying "you can go anywhere as long as you set your mind to it" Believing this I just skidded through life, not putting the effort into it looking back now I know that if ever ounce of my mind body And soul is put into the task of hand I will go far in life. 

I merely accomplished the bare minimum to get by in life For example I old very well in school but, I never thought twice of furthering in my experience by getting involved and joining extracurricular activities I lacked the motivation and self confidence it took to succeed instead. I would go home and focus my attention on others form of entertainment, like television or playing games. As I grew older became more and more independent. completing most task on my own although I began to regain my motivation I still lackes the confidence to strive for better and greater goals.

To develop self confidence I found myself struggling to be myself because I kept on focusing on the things I didn’t have and the people I would never look like. I thought other peoples’ opinions of me mattered. I would focus too much on being accepted and making other people happy when the only person who wasn’t happy was me. I wanted things to be better and only time could tell when that was going to be. The reality was that I wasn’t going to be happy. Your true self comes out once you start to love yourself. Much happier to this day, I have learned that you only have one body, one mind, and one chance to live your life exactly as you want to