Personal Narrative: The Struggle Of Balance

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One of the main obstacles I have had to face has been the struggle of balance. As a young adult who is employed part-time, taking a rigorous course load, heavily involved in volunteering, being a State Officer for HOSA: Future Health Professionals, and so much more; finding a balance of it all comes to be a challenge. In order to solve this problem, I had to sacrifice certain activities in order to prioritize what was truly important to not only to my future, but also my well-being. I had to give up playing a varsity sport in order to have time to work at my part-time job, I gave up my theatrical activities to create time for HOSA activities and for study time for all of my rigorous courses. Although I wish I didn’t have to sacrifice such enjoyable

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