All of my life I’ve been striving to be known as a hard working person and to be acknowledged for my efforts. I believe it’s because I don’t have many talents besides my academics and creative writing and it’s been that way since I was a child. It’s so hard to be recognised for academics when you’re not the smartest person in the room and people don’t seem to care much for a good writer these days. Another major factor for my desire for success are the perfectionist tendencies that come with my anxiety.
I was contemplating including this but I actually finished my alphabiography within the first two weeks yet I’m a month late handing it in because I thought it wasn’t good enough and I kept thinking it wasn’t good enough until it was all I had to hand up in the end. It sounds quite ridiculous but it’s something I’m desperately trying to break out of. When I care about something I will do everything in my ability to get the best possible results even when it’s not the best work plan. Sometimes …show more content…
I loathe when people tell me my goals and thinking about how to achieve them are not that important. I have this belief that there is importance in absolutely everything we do in life and each choice will make will limit or broaden the choices we have in the future. I don’t want to ever feel limited to a life where I’m in a negative situation that feels impossible to escape from. I do try my best to not become overly-obsessed. I take time out of my day to meditate, practice mindfulness, do yoga, and read books but I don’t like letting people know that because it feels as if you’re not taken seriously if you’re someone who uses herbal tea healing and aspects of Buddhism as a way of