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Texting While Driving Cause and Effect
Raven McKenna
Bailey
ENG 0113 304
7 November 2012
The Stress in My Life. There are many things that stress me in my life. My stresses include going to school, working a full time job, and taking care of my daughter. Those are my major stresses, but I also have small stresses to. My small stresses include managing a boyfriend, my social life, and handling everyday life experiences. All of this can be very stress full but I somehow seam to somehow get through the days. When I was sixteen years old I got pregnant with my first daughter Rylan. I was still in highschool and had a lot of choice to still be made. My parents told me how hard it would be to raise her on my own, but I did not believe them until after she was born. I am constantly having to stress about making sure she has clothes on her back and food in her mouth. I also have to make sure she has a baby sitter while I am at work and school. Raising a child is very stressful, especially while trying to go to college. School stresses me out a lot, with trying to keep up with my work and study for all of my test. While I am at school I still contently have to stress about my daughter, on top of trying to pay attention in class. I am trying to go to college to get a degree to be a physical therapist. So I can give my daughter the future she dissevers. I contently have to bring my school work to work with me to get some of it done. My job is very stressful so it has a big impact on my life. I currently work a full time job, as a pharmacy technician. I work around forty hours or more a week. Between my job and school I barely have any time for my daughter. My pay checks barely cover mine and my daughter’s expenses. Even though I my job stresses me out and takes time away from my daughter it is something I have to do. I have many stresses in my life that make me want to give up, but I do not because I have a lot of responsibility. My daughter, my job, and school keep me really busy. My

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