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    questions that is focused on in the article “How to Simplify Your Life” by Melissa Escaro. In her article, Melissa discussing strategies to help people grow in their personal growth. She discusses a few circumstances she has been in and provides good advice for helping to simplify your life. Simplifying your life is very important in personal growth. It allows you to determine how you feel about a situation, what is most important, what will help you reach your goals. In the beginning of…

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    One personal challenge I've endured occurred when my brother and father were placed in mental hospitals. As my first year of high school came to a close, both my brother and father wound up in mental hospitals within the same month. A domino effect, my brother first and my father not long behind. My brother was in his last year of high school, one day during class something switched off in his head. The reasoning behind it remains a mystery even to him. One day he was taken to a hospital by an…

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    a large number of people illness is not a challenge, and understanding how it affects others is difficult if they have not been affected by illness themselves. For those who are affected by illness it is easy to feel alone, or that your personal and social identity is being challenged or called into question. Narratives are a way for people who are considered “ill” by societies standards to “...accomplish a number of important goals, serving one’s personal and social identities. These writings…

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    The crowd was unusually light, so we were able to ride every ride. My favorite was the Dragon Challenge. Two totally different roller coasters, with cars shaped like dragons, racing to the end. One blue flipping and twirling at every possible moment, and one red zooming and zipping around every turn. During lunch, we ventured to Diagon Ally, the newest…

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    Savings Challenge I have a short term savings plan so I can buy myself a laptop. The laptop I want to buy is well over a 1,000 dollars. My savings plan has been to save at least 25 dollars every week. So my savings have not been consistent. For example, If I am capable of saving more money than 25 dollars, I will. The least amount I have to save is 25 dollars. It has been hard for me to save. I decided to start saving money in the month of December of 2015. Therefore, it was during my last…

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    The Leadership Challenge discusses “strengthen (ing) resilience” (pp 206). I am the kind of person who wants all of my ducks in a row so when one or two are out of line, I get flustered not to mention overwhelmed to the point wanting to quit. The past few years have been one of loss in various ways; my father’s passing, my beloved pet for nine years passing, my husband’s illness, the loss of our house as well as the loss of my husband’s and partner’s business. Even though we are still reeling…

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    In choosing this topic for my Take the Challenge project, I didn’t realize how much I would experience my topic. I’m Michaela La Vonne Dimick. I am 16 years old, and I have depression. If anyone has looked at a brightly colored image, and then looked at a black-and-white version of that image, then he or she would notice that he or she observes more detail in the black and white photo. Depression is like this. The world changes to grayscale. All I could focus on were the negatives around me. My…

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    As a person who has always been vertically challenged, I was always looking for a way to boost my height. Wearing heels, stretching every morning, and eating all of my vegetables were all ways in which I attempted to become taller. However, as persistent as I was, my height stubbornly refused to increase as dramatically as I desired. Nevertheless, I was growing, albeit gradually. Needless to say, I was surprised one day when my mother remarked, “Wow, you’re getting so mature! You’re even taller…

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    cheeseburger festival, which, being the “cheeseburger capital of the Texas”, is a must. They have Maize Days to celebrate their community’s people and businesses. And then there’s Friona High School’s own Chieftain Challenge that, like its name states, challenges its students. The Chieftain Challenge began with a couple of students trying to come up with a good idea for their Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) project. They envisioned the thought of turning Friona into…

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    ARTS 1160 Assignment 2 – Personal Leadership Challenge Kian Wong University of Manitoba 7786052 Context For my personal leadership challenge, I have chosen to examine the area of family in my life. While growing up, I have always been the type to rebel against authority. Specifically, the authoritarian approach that my parents used when asking me to do things. I understood that I had to obey and do what my parents asked or told me to do, or else I would get in trouble. However, I…

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