Life Experience Essay

describe the three different meanings of information, some of which compare and contrast to my own information-seeking experiences. Information-as-process, as defined by Buckland, is “the act of informing…; communication of the knowledge or ‘news’ of some fact or occurrence; the action or fact of being told something.” By comparing this definition to my own information-seeking experience, I agree with Buckland in that…

state. I was growing so much as player while making my coaches and family proud. I always was seen as a special player to all my coaches in Florida, but that would change in the eyes of other soccer coaches when I moved Georgia. This was a life changing experience for me because of the adjustments I had to make to my playing style. I never had to face so much adversity in the sport of soccer until I moved to Georgia. It was January of 2016 when I arrived to the high school practice fields to…

emotinally nor physically. I was so young that little did I know I was about to. That specific day, was the day I learned and accomplished tying my shoelaces, that I now do every day and has become a part of my life, and has proved to be one of the uttermost memorable experiences of my life. At the time I was the only child , around three years old, I was dependent on others, I had no intention in growing up, and all of my parents attention was on me. My parents and I were consistently…

Life is crazy growing up; makes you want to go back to the times you were younger. I lay down at night and sometimes think about all the meaningful lessons my family has taught me. I know you can relate as you watched your oldest Sam grow up into the person he is now and start a new chapter in his life in college. A specific time in my life and something I would never forget was when my father taught me about the game baseball. It all started out when we moved from Texas about when I was…

watching after my younger autistic brother, Arman, fell in my hands. The time I spent with my brother allowed me to realize the challenges he faced every day. He struggled with social situations and had unfounded fears which challenged his quality of life. I began helping him with his day to day struggles. It was challenging but over time he began to talk more and even made occasional eye contact. His improvement wasn’t earth shattering but to watch him progress was the most remarkable feeling…

opportunity to do what I love to do- hike. Something about the plethora of smells and scenery always gave me a sense of complete serenity. I haven’t been able to hike a lot due to my soccer injury. That may have been one of the most painful experiences in my life. Long story short, I was blocking the ball as it zoomed to my goal and instead my knee came in contact with the goal post- evidently fracturing my knee cap. Thus, leaving me as crippled as a bird with a broken wing. Throughout my time…

Life is a method of measuring significant moments that people can not understand. Specific moments in life can not be individually understood without experiencing the severe loss of certain events. For some people these events can be taken for granted sadly removing some of the value from life. In the novel Johnny got his gun, the protagonist begins to understand the importance of his memories and events that he has experienced throughout his life to develop a sense of personal worth…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi writes in “Happiness Revisited” that the best moments in a person’s life are the ones in which they push themselves to accomplish something that poses a challenge. Csikszentmihalyi insists that happiness does not simply happen, but rather, it must be created by each individual by setting goals that are neither too simple nor difficult to achieve. As Csikszentmihalyi stated, "Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance…But…

Individuals coming from all walks of life and different times of the world experience life in their own way. Most individuals will experience an event or something traumatic in their lives that will mature them through knowledge about the world, other people, and what they would like to achieve for themselves. The novel, The Wars by Timothy Findley, is a story of the many characters and their journey though the war. Findley expresses the physical and emotional aspects of war through these…

A meaningful experience In life, we human beings have struggles in our life that we deal with and at the same time question about. The struggles we encounter with a lot of times make us feel like we are being pushed. We never question or thing about the reason the issue occurred in our lives. The answers we are looking for never come to us until the very right moment. That very right moment did not come to me until December 16th of last year. Last year in August, I went to Michigan to attend…