Besides my parents there were many other individuals who had a great influence on me as a child. As they say; “it takes a tribe to raise a child”. Patrick is one of those people. Patrick is my uncle, my godfather and an amazing artist. Since I was a child he was always encouraging me and lifting my self-esteem. He not only helped sparked my creative side, but helped me to continue to work on it and get me to where I am today. Secondly is my 8th grade best friend; Merrily. I was a very shy adolescent. When she …show more content…
Mine however are not too extravagant. I have short term goals, and long term goals. My short term goals are to be healthy, get a job, find my own place and get a car. My long term goals are bit more time consuming. These long term goals include: finishing school, finding career, living somewhere I love, and being happy. For the short term goals media plays a big role as far as me pushing to be healthy. I am overweight and strive to have a better body. Media is everywhere and constantly shoving pictures down my throat of girls with “perfect bodies”. Unrealistic bodies that I will never acquire but feel the need to strive for. As far as the rest of my short term goals my family and peers play a big role; I am almost imitating them. The job, the car, and then the picket fence. For my short term goals I believe there are many influences. My family and my school played a big role into encouraging me to finish college, and college has encouraged me to get a job. Living somewhere I love come from my aunt showing me the photographs of all these beautiful places, igniting my need to live somewhere absolutely magnificent. And lastly my “be happy” goal; which is influenced