Personal Narrative: My First Hundred Dollar Bill

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-I remember the first time I actually got my first hundred dollar bill I was around ten years old.My uncle gave me a hundred dollar bill for christmas one year and he told me if I keep it till next year he would double the amount I saved.
-I was in shock that I finally got my first hundred dollar bill I couldn't stop staring at it and didn't want anyone to know that I had one. I felt as if I were on top of the world and could buy anything I wanted. But then i remembered that my uncle told me that he would double it the next year I scene him so I did my absolute best not to spend it even though there were so many cool toys I could buy. Then I was on a mission because i wanted to get my very own dirt bike .
-A few years after this event I finally saved up a enough money to finally afford my first dirt bike that I bought with my
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I started laying off so much of the projects and started to spend more money which wasn't a very good idea but being a young kid with disposable income i started shopping allot for clothes and shoes started spending allot of my earnings.
-I then bought a sport bike which was my prized possession and probably one of my biggest mistakes. After buying this bike i felt like i was invincible i started driving very recklessly and speeding with speeds over one hundred and thirty miles per hour on a daily baises. I then later found my self in a police chase and winded up crashing my motorcycle and ending up in the hospital. setting me back from doing m job and making money. I was also temporally handicapped so i was unable to work for several months.
-Money was a little tight for me for a while after i finally got back to work but i began to start back to my roots and started saving again and eventually started buying and selling cars. Where i eventually got to be back where i used to

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