Living Alone Analysis

I already feel like I majorly don’t have my life together, even though I have immediate guidance from my parents available to me. This fact scares me and makes me feel uncertain as to how I’ll ever improve my life alone. Sometimes, I imagine all the possibilities that come with college and excitedly anticipate them, but then I realize how sheltered and attached to my parents I really am and can’t imagine how I’ll function without them near me. However, I want to become a successful adult and show them that all their time and care nurtured and empowered an independent and productive individual. To do so, I’ll have to discipline myself to handle the responsibilities of new freedoms like health, schedule and money.
Taking care of my health will become a …show more content…
Right now, I’m at a point in my life where I’m not satisfied with the way I look and my parents try to encourage me to lose weight and eat healthy, but sometimes I take their criticisms too personally. As a result, I struggle to find the drive to acquire healthy habits. I always make up excuses that I have too much homework and not enough time to fit in some exercise or healthy meals. However, in college, I don’t want to retain my lazy teenage habits. Of course, I’ll be super busy, but so is everyone else in the world and some of them can still find time to succeed, work towards their dreams and stay healthy. To accomplish this, I’ll fit in an hour of exercise into my schedule. The colleges I’m looking into have free access to their gyms for all students, so I’ll use that to my advantage. Earlier this year, I was determined to exercise for about 20 minutes on the treadmill everyday and rejoiced when my parents and I started noticing the successful results. I imagine if I walk or run on the treadmill for at least an hour everyday once I’m in college, I’ll notice even more grand results. Eating healthy will be another tricky task to tackle. I plan to purchase a meal plan