With each new year comes the tradition of new year’s resolutions. For many Americans these resolutions are vague and lax. Individuals proclaim they will save money, get fit, or find love, but hardly ever are such resolutions fully accomplished. People who may decide to eat healthy often relapse back into their old eating habits once the novelty of the new year fades. These unclear resolutions are easily forgotten because of their ambiguity. During the year of 2016, I have decided I am going to revolve my life around one word: Release. I am going to learn to live in the now. Living in the present will allow me to slow down and realize the beauty surrounding me. I am going to release myself from the need for perfection, the feeling of negativity,
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Last year, during my junior year of high school, I was gifted and cursed with the honor of receiving 100 percent on every test in precalculus, except one. I completed the first semester without losing a single point on a test. My teacher was astonished by my success and told me “I can not remember the last time a student aced every test.” Transitioning into the seconded semester, I now had an obligation for myself to finish the year without losing a point on a test. From then on, each time I sat down during a test, my nerves were indescribable, and with each return of an unflawed test, my need for perfection grew. My need continued to grow until the last test of the year: The two day final. This test ruined my streak and crushed my confidence. I was put back into reality and forced to realize I am not perfect. I received a 98 percent on the second day of the final. Not only did I feel as if I had let myself down, my teacher also wrote on my test “this hurts me” assuming I was not hurt by my imperfection. This drive for excellence at times, consumes my life, and this year I am releasing myself from the need to be ‘perfect’ because I am human; I am realizing I make …show more content…
No longer will I subject myself to rude comments, looks, or thoughts. Rather, I will find those who bring joy and love into my life and those who create an aura of serenity. Finding confidence in my surroundings, I am going to release myself from all things negative.
Looking upon the world in a positive light will require me to release myself from the fear of the unknown. At the end of this school year, I will no longer be a student of the Little Falls School District. I will be starting a new and intimidating phase in my life. I am anxious to leave my home and everything with which I have become accustomed. I am apprehensive to move on for the fear of uncertainty. I am nervous I will be unable to adjust and acclimate to my new surroundings. This transition is unnerving, but I am going to release the fear through time.
By the time I am finished with my senior year of high school, I am expected to have planned the rest of my life. I am compelled to know the college I am to attend, the major I will study, and the future job I will have. Instead, I am completely undecided. I have no college chosen and no distinct plan of study. I have ideas but nothing concrete. This feeling of indecision leaves me sitting awake at night worrying about all of the unknowns. I worry about the vigor of my classes, the money wasted if I chose the wrong path, and the possibility of losing friends. I lie awake dwelling over the
Last year, during my junior year of high school, I was gifted and cursed with the honor of receiving 100 percent on every test in precalculus, except one. I completed the first semester without losing a single point on a test. My teacher was astonished by my success and told me “I can not remember the last time a student aced every test.” Transitioning into the seconded semester, I now had an obligation for myself to finish the year without losing a point on a test. From then on, each time I sat down during a test, my nerves were indescribable, and with each return of an unflawed test, my need for perfection grew. My need continued to grow until the last test of the year: The two day final. This test ruined my streak and crushed my confidence. I was put back into reality and forced to realize I am not perfect. I received a 98 percent on the second day of the final. Not only did I feel as if I had let myself down, my teacher also wrote on my test “this hurts me” assuming I was not hurt by my imperfection. This drive for excellence at times, consumes my life, and this year I am releasing myself from the need to be ‘perfect’ because I am human; I am realizing I make …show more content…
No longer will I subject myself to rude comments, looks, or thoughts. Rather, I will find those who bring joy and love into my life and those who create an aura of serenity. Finding confidence in my surroundings, I am going to release myself from all things negative.
Looking upon the world in a positive light will require me to release myself from the fear of the unknown. At the end of this school year, I will no longer be a student of the Little Falls School District. I will be starting a new and intimidating phase in my life. I am anxious to leave my home and everything with which I have become accustomed. I am apprehensive to move on for the fear of uncertainty. I am nervous I will be unable to adjust and acclimate to my new surroundings. This transition is unnerving, but I am going to release the fear through time.
By the time I am finished with my senior year of high school, I am expected to have planned the rest of my life. I am compelled to know the college I am to attend, the major I will study, and the future job I will have. Instead, I am completely undecided. I have no college chosen and no distinct plan of study. I have ideas but nothing concrete. This feeling of indecision leaves me sitting awake at night worrying about all of the unknowns. I worry about the vigor of my classes, the money wasted if I chose the wrong path, and the possibility of losing friends. I lie awake dwelling over the