Personal Narrative: The Structure Of My Life

The structure of my life has definitely changed drastically this past year. I took on a job end of my sophomore year which added more responsibility. I was responsible for a few things. I am the oldest child of four, which means I am also a babysitter and a remodel. I had chores to do around the house. At the time I had a job at Culvers, I worked about twenty hours per week. I had six classes to be accountable for, some that were challenging. Junior year brought a lot of new people into my life, a different crowd. My senior year I fell into a depression and my anxiety worsened. This affected me greatly. It had a huge effect on my relationships with the people I loved, school, and my job. I was failing every class, I missed school, and I cut class. I …show more content…
It took a lot of appointments, hospital visits, and therapy sessions to get myself moving back into things. I had to quit my job, end relationships and ultimately take full control of my life. Yes, I struggled with suicide, depression, and anxiety; but that doesn’t mean I’m off the hook. I took full responsibility for my actions in high school. I am lucky that I had teachers who let me turn in my missing assignments. It was a hard chapter in my life. Since then I’ve been working on myself. I became very fearful of starting a new chapter in my life. I’m surprised I even made this decision to go to college. Even before college started, I knew it would be different from high school. In high school things were expected from me, but I had help along the way. Professors won’t let me re-do or turn in missing assignments. Being in class and on time is a total must. I have to drive fifty minutes to get to campus, so I have to give myself a lot of extra time. In class, I was the student who kept quiet hoping someone would raise their hand to ask the question that I was too afraid to ask. I know now that if I don’t