Why Is It Important To Understand The Person I Am Now Essay

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Before I discuss the person i 'm going to be at 70, its important to understand the person I am now. These factors will hopefully help determine and shape the person who I will be in 51 years. Currently I 've begun a new stage in my life in multiple senses. One being a college student that is trying to discover himself and pursue academic interests. This will bolster my intellectual skills so that one day I may provide the world a great service in some aspect. The other sense being my journey following the mistakes that I 've made and becoming a better person and more productive to society because of them. I 've just begun my journey spiritually as this process has brought me closer to god. He 's been the light of my dark path and I 've begun to pray regularly. I 've kept a healthy social life throughout my process keeping in touch with my group of childhood friends and communicated with my family consistently. Especially this summer when I lived with my aunt and uncle that provided a very accepting and warming …show more content…
One that is able to help other people, treat them with respect, and keep an even temper. I 'd love to be able to display this to my wife and kids. Physically, I hope god blesses me by me being healthy and 70 with no ailments. Hopefully I have my weight maintained, exercise frequently, and am still strong enough to fight a fish!

Socially I 'd like to keep a large group of friends, the friends don 't even have to be centered around me. I 'd love to make friends with my wife 's friends as well. By 70 I want to still keep in touch with my childhood friends and hopefully not burn any bridges along the way. The goal is to become an overall well-liked and charismatic person and have a big enough network of known people to have a place to stay when I travel to major

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