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When I think of successful people, my name had always failed to cross my mind. What had I done, or what could I ever do, to make myself worthy of holding such an honorable character trait? As it turns out, I have managed to surprise myself. It’s difficult to discuss these changes without sounding pompous or self-righteous, but I’ve come to find a great joy in reflecting on where I came from and where I stand today. Truly, I had never expected to attend college let alone fall in love with a…

I have been identified as a Dynamic Learner Sequence 25 (Use First) When I have to complete a task I like to know exactly what is expected of me. I don’t enjoy operating in a place where I am forced to make assumptions or draw my own conclusions about any task that’s been given. I feel like being organized with the steps I take to complete a task comes with the territory of desire specific instructions. Even when I have self-generated tasks I maintain a tasker log book of which I identify…

“I’m not quite sure but I will figure it out soon,” she replied. I brushed it off and didn’t think anything of it. Thursday came around and I knew that something big was going to happen today. If it was going to be good or bad I didn’t know. The day started out like any other day.…

castle; I know someone who can help us get to Camelot.” We start walking along along the river. I ask Matthew “Why would Chase want to take over Winter Castle if he was just going to let it melt to the ground?” “I don’t know, but my dad is trying to figure it out.” John is walking along with a puzzled look on his face. “Have you figured it out yet, Dad.” “Not yet,” John responds, “but I have a theory. I think that he wanted to destroy the castle to cause distress to Camelot so he could take over…

I come from a figure skating background. From a very young age, most of my time was spent at the rink. Growing up, I undoubtedly spent more waking hours with my skating coach than with my own mother. This cold damp place was home. It is where I trained, ate, did school, socialized, laughed, cried, and even took the odd nap. It was as familiar as my favourite pair of lucky socks (yes, us figure skaters are very superstitious). I knew the best hiding spots, for when I needed time alone or…

“Apply all of your corrections, think about everything we have practiced, and have fun! Put your minds to what it is you want to accomplish.” These were the words of my synchronized skating coach before we took to the ice at Nationals. In February 2014, my team and I competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had a great season leading up to this point, medaling at all but one competition and only missing that one by about half a point. This was…

Roller derby When I first started derby, I got killed. Girls from ages from 10-17 years old were crashing into me. I was 10 and had no skill at all. At practice we had to wear a lot. I had black Riedell skates, a blue helmet and mouthguard. I also had normal knee and elbow pads and wrist guards. The first few practices were difficult and I fell a lot. After every practice I was sore and everyone smelled horrible. My first few games I did terrible . All I did was fall and get pushed around.…

My Favorite Sport I was 5 going on 6 when my mom first took me to Iceland Skating Rink in Sacramento. After a few visits at Iceland, I ask my mom if l could take lessons. Hesitant my mom agreed, not knowing that I would not only like it but be good at skating. So the journey began! My mom had seen a coach working with children my age,her name was Judy. Tall and Lean Judy was a nice Drill Sargent who produced winners and l was one of them! In order to be good at Ice Skating you must…

Figure skating is a sport in which single athletes or teams of athletes conduct artist performances on ice. The objective of the sport is to score the highest marks possible from the judges, in order to get points athletes are required to perform a number of different moves, they perform a selection of spins, jumps, lifts and steps depending on the nature of the event. Skaters may use professional music editors so that their music meets requirements; they are required to skate to music that…

When you make a commitment, especially one to yourself, you begin to strengthen your mind in ways that opens new possibility. Without cutting corners, no excuses, and no games. Once you look at the overall picture of what you seek to achieve within your life, you gain what is called “tunnel vision” which, nothing seems to be impossible. However, if your focus is on getting through the day, and thinking about what’s for dinner, just passing this semester only in college, or getting any job then…