Personal Narrative: A Career As A Mysterious Softball Player

High school, as I know it, is rapidly approaching its finish line. Four years of increasingly difficult courses, and four years of struggles. Someone once told me that high school wasn’t going to be easy, and now I fully understand the depth of that message. But through every struggle comes either defeat or success, and I know I have succeeded. I have successfully made it through my last three years of high school with only A’s and B’s, and I plan on accomplishing that my senior year, as well. None of that came easily, though. Without my acute time management skills or my ability to plan, I would have never been this academically successful. Time management has always been the key to success throughout my high school career. Being a varsity softball player all four years, I have been taught from my coaches, fellow peers, and teachers that academics always come first. I am a student in the classroom before I am a player on the field. To be successful means I must aim for success and success only. Many times I have been referred to as a perfectionist, because no matter how hard the challenge is, I always manage to overcome it. There were many long nights spent doing homework after hard losses out on the softball field, but those losses never stopped me from getting my school work done. I believe that softball has had a positive influence on my …show more content…
The day I turned sixteen, my parents motivated me to go out and get a job of my own. Working at Michaels for almost a year and a half now has taught me so much about organization, and the importance of getting things done on time. Because I am a sales associate, I must balance customers, returns, and cleanliness of the store at all times. Having a job that focuses so highly on aesthetic appeal has made me an extremely organized student, while gaining the necessary qualities to problem solve through difficult