My fifteen hour shifts have turned into twenty hour shifts. But working at a textile mill will never sustain a family as a main source of income, especially not when the manager always studies me suspiciously. I struggle through everything, and so does Eli. I can’t pretend I don’t hope the labor union will work out for the better. Coughing uncontrollably, Eli has been constantly sick and burning hot. My life is slowly collapsing on itself.…
I can do it all, and I like it, but it doesn’t leave you anything to think about – any feelings of who you are. I never had any career ambitions. All I wanted was to get married and have four children. I love the kids and Bob and my home. There’s no problem you can even put a name to. But I’m desperate. I begin to feel that I have no personality. I’m a server of food and a putter-on of pants and a bedmaker, somebody who can be called on when you want something. But who am I?”…
Our motivations are what get us up in the morning and get us through the day. They are also more long term in that our specific motivators may determine the direction in which we take our lives and what we decide to do with our time. It can often be difficult to identify these motivators in ourselves. One way to see these motivators is to compare and contrast oneself to others. In Liz Murray’s memoir Breaking Night, she describes her hard and challenging life up until the moment that she was accepted into Harvard University. Although Liz’s life is quite different than mine, some aspects of ourselves and our motivations are the same, but of course there are also differences between them as well.…
The purpose of this book is to give a fresh perspective on life and at the same time, is suitable for people of all age groups. In fact, the book has already made it to the New York Times business bestsellers list and stayed there for five years. At the same time, the book also remained on the Publishers Weekly’s hardcover non-fiction list for close to four years.…
Spending life wrapped in a coddle of emotions and experiences I cannot sort through I’ve set out on a journey to explain myself to you. Walking through life while collecting moments I fail to piece together I’ve created a litany of lessons and frustrations I’m attempting to share. None of this should be extraordinary news; I never climbed a mountain ( or completed other like physical feats) to find enlightenment, I’ve failed to create a technology which will save lives, I’m nothing special just a neighborhood twenty year old writing stories for you; nuggets of disdain, snark, discovery, and solitude. Twenty years on a planet is exhausting, I’m still not confident that adults can survive beyond this…
I surpassed my barriers and became Head Captain of my color guard while obtaining an officer position in other organizations such as National Honor Society and Business Professionals of America. As junior year began, I looked into different fields of creativity and discovered that graphic designing and creating things for others really was what really truly made me happy. It is set as my lifetime goal to pursue my life in a huge magazine company, Vogue, and become an Art Director or Editor-in-Chief. My creativity was hidden until I found a way to bring it out, and granting all this, I may not become the world’s most famous jeweler, but I feel like I have succeeded in unraveling my character and future career, and to me that is all that…
Transition: Now, if you let me, I would like to know a little bit more of your professional life on daily basis…
A few months ago, I packed up my mid-western life and moved to the east coast to begin a new job in a town I had never heard of with nobody to call a friend. What I left behind was my family, my friends, my favorite coffee shop, and my yoga studio. This studio was my safe space. It had big open windows with the best kind of morning light that fell in pockets over a beautiful, old, wooden floor.…
Life is unexpected. As Eli Khamarov said, “the best things in life are unexpected—because there were no expectations.” As human nature, we are always looking forward, planning for the future, leaving nothing to the unexpected, instead of just living in the moment and no imagining the next steps we take. Now, this wouldn’t be much of an essay if I said I haven’t imagined my future. So, as I step out into the world, where do I see myself in ten years, as a twenty-eight-year-old? Honestly, I have no idea! Instead of thinking of where I would like to be in ten years, I thought of what I would like my life to be during the next ten years. Below I have listed twenty-eight of the infinite amounts of goals and dreams I hope to accomplish, the qualities I hope to gain or keep, or just those small, unexpected parts of life that should be appreciated more—those moments I would be lucky to enjoy over the next ten years.…
I come from a big city where I used to live the “normal” city life where it’s the hustle and bustle all the time, but I got tired of it. My friends became more and more obsessed with making lots of money and living the high life, but I couldn’t justify myself living that lifestyle and at the end of every day still feeling so empty inside. So I took Thoreau’s advice, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer” (Thoreau p.). I decided to come out to the lake to be by myself and reflect upon what nature can teach me rather than the schools. I took this from Emerson; he says, “Every individual is capable of discovering this higher truth on his or her own, through intuition” (Emerson p.).…
I have chosen a career as a paralegal. This is a field that I expect will be both challenging as well as professionally rewarding. As a paralegal, I will assist attorneys in the delivery of legal services (National Association of Legal Assistants, 2008). A career in paralegal studies is a prestigious, professional adventure and offers a wonderful opportunity while enhancing ones knowledge of the law and provides for challenges, growth and advancement.…
Where do I see my self in five years I have many dreams and goals in my life. I had aspirations of being a doctor something I had wanted to be since I was a child. But I realize that there are so many other steps I need to take in order to achieve these so-called goals. This includes graduating from college, finding that special someone and finding that perfect job. My expectations in five years is that I see myself well educated and living my life to the fullest with my son. Now seems to be the time to start taking life seriously and making responsible and educated choices. Now I come to a crossroad in my life where I choose what to do with my future and choose what will make me happy. My plans for the future is having a great job with a loving family who’s willing to support me in my good and bad times. I have begun to realize that I have yet to begin my life everything up until now has been practice, as if I have been in a cage and it is only now that I am beginning to break free and do things for myself. I must work really hard to give my kids a better future so it will be easier for them to concentrate more in school, because without education there’s really no future for anyone. I want to be satisfied with my decisions to be able to accept and forgive, and most of all to be able to live up to the expectations I have for myself and my son. I will only accomplish my goal in being happy when I am able to live my life for myself and still able to provide love and support to…
Now, we’re in year 2021. I have some memorial about my last ten years. I have started my bussiness ten years ago. At first, I have had a construction company. We had some contract in civil work such as building some bridge. But, my bussiness was not as success as I’d thought. But I still ran it. I thought I have a little experience in bussiness so I failed. But if I work hard, I will find the way to success. I have changed something in the way we work and the way I manage the bussiness. I took some another contract and through out some bad contract. After few years, I managed the bussiness over the problem.…
The teenage years of your life come with a lot of things. During your teenage years you might feel hopeless about everything. I mean, who cares about writing an essay about some journey. I’m pretty sure I haven’t lived long enough for a very interesting one. Teenage years bring a lot of fake friends and parents that don’t understand you. Oh, and also pointless essays, you can see how teenage years are very hopeless. The teenage journey would include may things that are very unpleasant to people not understanding you.…
Ten years from now, I see myself settled down in my career, married to the man of my dreams, and having four kids…..NOT! These are things an average girl might say. As you get to know me, you will see that I am far from average. My name is Amyaa Brown, I am 24 years old. I am a full time mom, full time student, and I work part time. I currently attend Texas Southern University majoring in Aviation Science Management. I have set many goals for myself and plan to achieve them one by one. My goals don’t stop at becoming an aviator. In addition to flying B-2s for the Air National Guard, I also want to fly for the airlines, own an airline, start my own business building aircraft for the military, and most importantly be the best single parent mother I can be.…