Acquiring My First Job As A Ride Operator At Sesame Place

Throughout my 16 years of life there have been many events that have changed me as a person, yet there are two major events that have immensely molded me into the person I am and has given me an idea of who I strive to be in the future. One of the immense events in my life is acquiring my first job, a ride operator at Sesame Place, and performing it is a recent major event in my life and it is one that has definitely had a major impact. Acquiring the job has shown me that one must put themselves out there and sell themselves to people to get something one desires. Putting myself out there and speaking up is something that I was and still am uncomfortable doing as I am a generally reserved and quiet person. However, due to myself wanting a job I did something I was uncomfortable doing and spoke up during the interview and truly went outside my comfort zone with talking to people. …show more content…
Once again this is one thing I am uncomfortable doing as I have never seen myself as a leader or someone who could speak to people I do not know. Overall, the process of acquiring my first job and performing my job has shaped me into a more confident and talkative person, and has made me see how putting one’s self out there can get them what they want. Although this was the most recent major event in my life, another major event in my past has affected my life in a more impactful way. The event would be the death of my mother from cancer on January 29th, 2009 when I was only nine years old. Before her passing, I was always with my mother no matter what. To me, my mother was the greatest person in the world. She always helped others before she helped herself and would always do everything she could for our family, which was much more than I noticed at the time. However, after her passing I started to realize how much I took for