Personal Narrative: My Strengths

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Strengths are something a person has that helps them have self-confidence in themselves because they know they are good at something. One of my strengths is having a flexible schedule. I go to school, participate in many extracurricular activities, and have one job during the school year and two in the summer. I enjoy to keep myself busy and I know that if something new comes upon me, I will be able to handle it. I do admit that at times I can consider this to be a weakness because there is so much going on at once that I am not able to concentrate. But that turned into a strength when I realized that I am able to limit myself at what I can do and I am able to get things done when it is needed. While working the two jobs, I discovered another

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