Personal Narrative: Trying To Analyze Myself

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In reflecting and attempting to asses myself, I think its safe to say that strategy with life has been one of improving myself to my fullest potential, in any way possible, in every area of my life. With that said, my goal is not long term or short term, but continuous. There is a great sense of satisfaction and pride that arises whenever I feel as though I am taking a step in the right direction towards my goal. Having my mind set towards trying to be the best I can be in every aspect of my life has allowed me to have some great experiences that has brought forth happiness. As both my surroundings and I have changed over the years, maintaining that happiness has been an ongoing challenge for me, but I will continue to fight a good fight. …show more content…
Many of the accomplishments in my life I can attribute to being motivated to come out on top in the midst of my struggles and obstacles. I developed a love for growth, productivity and self worth that rooted from negative experiences that I encountered as a child. I had to learn to love myself despite of not feeling loved at times. Thankfully, I was exposed to church and the bible at a young age, and although it seems as though the word was not being lived out by those around me, I held tight to many messages which has become principles by which I use to guide me even now as an adult.

While preparing for this assignment I researched samples of other self assessment papers and came across this sentence in one of the samples I was reading, "to properly asses myself, I must have an understanding of where I am now, and where I want to be". After reading this sentence I taught about it for a few minutes, and came to realization that I was not a person who would easily be able to answer the question "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?". If I am completely honest, I have no clue where I see myself 10 or even 5 years from now, but I know that no matter where I am at that point of my life I would use the same life strategy that I have now, and looking at every disappointment as a blessing or learning

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