For about sixteen years, I had a happy child life. Being the only child benefits me because I was an introverted, mature, and independence person. In my childhood years, I often hear people commenting me; “Thank you, you’re such a gentleman!” or “You are very mature for your age!” However, being an only child doesn’t take the positive experience for me; there were couple problems. Loneliness and discomfort around other children was my major negative impacts of being an only child. I often wished I had a sibling or a cousin to talk or play with all the time. There were many times that I go outside and use my imagination as if my bike was my companion and the tree was my sanctuary home. Whenever there were other kids around, I kept quiet to myself, and the discomfort feeling created inability to interact with them. It was not until I joined karate that I could feel comfortable around kids my age and some who are older than …show more content…
According to researchers, “Most healthy adults need between seven and a half to nine hours of sleep per night to function at their best.” (Robinson, Segall, Smith). I constantly relied my insufficient hours of sleep to work around with my schedules by using my alarm clock. There were times I wake up from the sound of my alarm clock going off, and I’ll be stumbling and stagnating as if I was a drunk person. In addition, I often asked myself what day is today or do I need to get ready for work or go to class. From time to time I take frequent naps, but it doesn’t always help me from the hours of sleep that I lost. I also find myself craving of drinking coffee or any sugary foods to get any energy boost. Eventually, I started to gain weight and didn’t do anything productive because the lacked of motivation and