Personal Narrative Essay

However, everyone is faced with diverse experiences and their own unique challenges that construct their own perspectives and the way they perceive the world. It’s inconceivable to believe that my own personal opinions and views would not come through in my writings as I reflect on my travels and life experiences. I have found that my world view and perspectives on life are continually moving like the needle of a wandering compass. Every journey and chapter…

For many years I have been very indecisive about my direction in life; I often dreamed of residing in faraway places, living the unrealistic rich lifestyle and for everything I’ve ever wanted to run completely the way I desired it to without the difficulty of overcoming any obstacles. I come from a family who has bigger and brighter dreams for the children of future generations. Family has always been one of the most important values in my life. Leaving them behind to focus on myself seemed very…

To initiate a personal health plan, you must first establish apparent goals and have arrived at a realization that it is aspects in your life that need improvement. The realization for me came in the form of a mild heart attack I suffered in two thousand and nine. So I have formulated a plan to get certain aspects of my life under control before I am faced with irreversible consequences. My identified target health issues which I have struggled with my entire life contribute to one another; the…

My personal American Dream is to be genially happy and successful in life. I truly believe that anyone can achieve their own American Dream if they work hard. You can come from rich, poor, loving, rude, or live in white picket-fenced houses with green grass or barbed wire with dirt houses, you can still do whatever you want in this life. Everyone can make their own choices in life, and if achieving their American Dream is what they want, they can do that. Your parents do not determine your…

My three personal health goals are to stop eating fast foods ,exercise at least 3 day per week and drink 62.5 ounces of water per day. Right now my current weight is 125 pounds and my BMI is 24.4 which both are in a normal average for a person who is 5”00. I would like to stay at 125 pounds no gain more nor loss. Two years ago my weigh was 92 pounds and this caused me bullying in school I though my body was just fine but others looked at me in another way. People would laugh at me and tell me…

Personal Financial Goals – Part The thought of looking at your personal finances can be horrifying. Am I going to meet my debt commitments? Will I have enough to retire? The Quick family has seen the low side of financial happiness as well as been very blessed. Following are the financial goals in the short term, intermediate and long term. Our short term goals are to pay all bills, buy groceries and have a small entertainment budget monthly. We paid off a motorcycle so what would have been…

I find myself becoming increasingly unsure about my life every day I go to work. I feel myself stagnating. I no longer enjoy the simple pleasures that life has to offer. School is one of the only ways to better myself and I am finding that taking classes while working full-time may have been more than I bargained for. I am made abundantly aware of my lack of significance in this world with every passing moment. I try to find some sort of greater meaning in my actions every day, while working,…

To have nothing, to be the simplest human being, and still be happy and innocent; that is what I see and experience every Tuesday when I go to Hart Elementary School. Being a kid is simple and fun. Reality is for adults, and that is how it should be, that is what I teach my family away from home. It is not sad if you do not know the reality, it is not downgrading if everything around you is simple and exciting. I go every Tuesday to Hart Elementary School for three hours to converse and enjoy…

The car was packed with everything she could fit into the trunk of her mother’s vehicle, and soon enough Becca was driving through her neighborhood in Shelburne Falls, the town she had lived in her entire life, anxiously beginning her freshmen year as a Health, Wellness and Occupational Studies major at the University of New England. As she drove down the back roads she knew so well, she could not help but think back on all she was leaving behind. Her quiet home amongst farmland, the bed she…

Growing up your supposed to have a perfect life. A perfect family. The perfect amount of money. but sometimes even when we try our hardest, we still can't always be perfect. Living in a big city has its ups and downs. Bright lights, fast cars, loud sirens, and even after all of the distractions and the billboards, i still could only focus on one thing. One thing that seemed to be louder than the city and all its components, darker than the city sky at midnight, my parents constant bantering,…