College Admissions Essay: What I Want To Be Myself

In my eyes, the environment that I came to be who I am was a lot different than everyone else who i grew up around. My dad owns a basketball company and because of this much of the things i do and participate in are affected by this. As I’ve grown older and because my dad is still developing his company, I have come to learn so much about responsibility. Growing up I have been expected to “ help out” with the company even though it is not always what I want to do. This is a constant struggle between me, my parents, doing what i want to do, doing what it is expected of me and going above and beyond, and not only that but having time to and motivation to do it all.
Everybody wants to live life to the fullest. However no one can have everything they want. While growing up in my company oriented household i was expected to do certain things that in my head “normal parents” wouldn't expect their children to do. As I grew older i slowly stopped doing and tried getting out of these responsibilities that I thought were unfair. I started focusing on what i wanted to do which was go out and hang with my friends and just have fun in general. Looking back now, …show more content…
This was my epiphany I realized ignorant and immature i had been. I started being thankful for everything my parents do for me, and i started giving up some of my time to help them. I started doing what was expected of me and found motivation to not only help my family but help others as well. Without his eye opening speech I believe that I would have continued on my way and eventually my destructive path would have caught up to me. My family has motivated me to change not only the way i act but also the way I feel and who I am as a person. They have shaped me into a piece of the person i want to become, and overall made me more appreciative and reliable and