A Day in My Life Essay

One of the most important days in my short 17 year old life is the day I got my first car. Before owning a car I had to barrow my parents’ cars to go anywhere. My parents only had two useable cars, they were usually used by them every day, therefore I had no means of self-transportation to school, to CPCC, or to see friends. This was very inconvenient for me and my family. As the days progressed it became more obvious that this was a serious problem. So my parents and I went out to seek a…

The first day of class my only thought was "How on earth am I going to write this paper?" And I struggled with it. I spent hours upon hours mulling ideas and options over, both in my mind and on paper. I found that the harder I thought about it, the more difficult it became to write. So I stopped thinking. I let my mind wander, and wrote as the ideas popped into my mind. Admittedly, the ideas didn 't start coming until about three weeks before the due date, but when they started coming they didn…

perspective at family parties and in class. Commonly at family parties, I find myself walking around trying to find the most appealing conversation to listen to. If I can’t find my place I tend to stay near my sister as if it is a safe zone. In class, it is sometimes hard not to drift off from a lecture to playing a game on my phone, daydreaming or listening to the surrounding classmates plans for the weekend. I would say that in class I lose focus when the pace is too slow, or the teacher is…

Transformation Journey My transformation from childhood to adulthood came as a 16 year old highschool student. At this point in time I had experienced senioritis (as a sophomore). School as a whole is a test of discipline more than intelligence, and as a “kid” I would brush tasks off to the side and only focus on assignments that interested me. Laziness had fully taken over my life and because of it I was unable to focus during school, on the baseball field, and with friends. Going into…

out early on in life most of the time that is not the case. As a senior in high school approaching the end, I for one can say that I am completely unsure about what I'd like to do after high school, which I strongly believe is a widespread conflict. For those who have their lives all planned out from a young age, their college life is all figured out, the classes they'll take, how long they'll be there, the degrees they earn, and of course where they will go after. Having your life figured out…

at the age of thirteen and it had taken over my life. When the light from the sun peeked through my blinds in my mind I knew it was time to get out of bed, but I couldn’t. Getting out of the bed was only a section of this terrible illness that seemed to devour everything in its path. Although you could hear my stomach growling from a mile away, I never felt hungry, so eating was always a chore. Not only was I not eating, but I started to brush off my friends every time they wanted to see me. I…

January 26 of this year, my mother informed my siblings and I that she had cancer. I remember that day like it was yesterday. It felt so unreal like I was dreaming: a figment of an overactive imagination. It was an early spring day, warm and sunny outside. The birds in our backyard seemed chirpier than ever. It was one of those days when the world seems waiting to be reborn. The promise and potential of the day and the season only served to heighten the unreality of what my mother was trying to…

One b. Who provides childcare? All day or after school? All day. My mom. c. How does this affect your job? Some difficulty, not too much. d. How does the employer react to child-related absences? Tolerable e. What do you do on your free time? Watch a movie or get together with friends. f. As a working woman/parent with commitment to your personal life and your community, how do you protect against burnout? Try to do one thing at a time. g. What are your life priorities? How do you ensure you…

multiple types of pain in my life. Most of it emotionally but some physically as well. The pains I felt in my life to me are more than just pain, to me they offer experience in life as well as shape you into the person that you. I’m not talking about scraping your knee or getting yelled at either, but rather unexperienced or intense pain that you learn from. The type of pain if felt from the 1st grade was a very emotional pain and new pain. It was the first time I had lied to my parents about…

we go about our day. It may ask us, “what’s for dinner?” in the middle of class, keep us awake at night, and tells us when we’re feeling happy or sad. In our day to day life, we are subconsciously dependent on this voice. Sometimes we listen to everything it says, and sometimes we ignore it. Growing up, my mind was flooded with questions from this voice. Constantly buzzing, I had no escape from the constant stream of “what if’s” and analyzations that repeatedly played through my head. I second…