journal has resulted in me being more grateful for the things in my life. It's easy to get caught up in a daily grind and not realize the factors that impact your life positively, especially if those factors have been present for a long time. For example, one common theme of my journal entries was the weather. I love the sound of rain and the freshness of the air after it's rained, but sometimes it becomes too much of a hassle for me to truly appreciate it. Negative life experiences over the years
Words: 725 - Pages: 3
the couch. The overload of school, boys, and drama made me wonder how I made it from day to day. My sixth grade year had been a catastrophe so far. At lease once a day, I thought about where my parents were. My grandmother showed love for me in place of them. Although there were many people in my life who loved me, the thought of my parents still nagged at the back of my mind. “What could I have done wrong to be left by the people who brought me into this world? Was it my looks or my personality?” These
Words: 803 - Pages: 4
success in life. Time Management has helped me set priorities to meet goals, improve my skills, and helped me reduce stress. Setting priorities to meet goals will give me a clear idea of what I have to do and when it needs to be done. Using time management during an ordinary day helps to reduce the stress and simplifies life. Without having a plan on how to manage time, it can create stress in life and also forgetting important dates and deadlines. By not having some type of organization in life it will
Words: 776 - Pages: 4
of eighteen, my life was changed in a drastic way. Through out my childhood and teenage years, my mother and father tried to force God down my throat and not till this life changing moment did I realize why. I could have been living a worldly life striving for popularity, having expensive things, and living in sin, but I chose to be a follower of Christ because he gave his life for me. The first day of high school, boy was I worried. Would I make friends? Will anyone like me? I need to make
Words: 748 - Pages: 3
Purpose Of Life About ten years ago I was working so much I forgot about my health, family and friends. Somewhere along the road of shooting to become a successful business owner I lost track of what was most important. My dream somehow turned into a reality of being stressed out, and unhappy. It finally hit me...... Work had become my life's purpose. Like so many other entrepreneurs, I started my business for a chance at freedom and opportunity to be the master of my own destiny. I had visions
Words: 781 - Pages: 4
Worst Days of My Life A simple life has a different meaning and value for everyone. Life is beautiful, but not always easy, it has problems too, and the challenge lies in facing them with courage, letting the beauty of life act like a balm, which makes the pain bearable, during trying times, by providing hope. I myself experienced a lot of bad days. I may say that because people are more negative, or better to say we remember negative things better than the positive ones. We may handle same problems
Words: 1177 - Pages: 5
The Decision Eugene Bostick MGT/230 May 22, 2012 Doug Moran I have made many choices in my life, whether they were good or bad decisions they lead up to me making a choice in which I think was one of the greatest choices I have made so far in life. During the year of 2000, I decided to drop out of High School. I was 18 years old and had been attending Monacan High School for about three years. Due to financial situations I was forced to
Words: 787 - Pages: 4
There are 12 months a year...30 days a month...7 days a week...24 hours a day...60 minutes an hour...but only one like you in a lifetime. There are two reasons why I wake up in the morning: my alarm clock and you. Great minds contain ideas, solutions and reasons; scientific minds contain formulas, theories and figures; my mind contains only you! Love can be expressed in many ways. One way I know is to send it across the distance to the person who is reading this. If I could change the
Words: 3009 - Pages: 13
The Role and Life of a Mental Health Counselor COUN 6100-13 Intro to Mental Health Counseling Component I: Narrative Summation of Interview Mrs. Washington-Williams was able to explain to me the difference from a mental health counselor and a social worker. Mental health counselors focus on interventions and preventions for their clients. Although social worker and mental health counselors have some similar things in common there are also some that are different
Words: 1751 - Pages: 8
A Way through Life “When a new life is brought into this world, family is the first to shelter you with love.” Death, independence, and family have played a major set back in my life. Overcoming these personal challenges has made me the highly driven person I am today. There is nothing more than one experience that can change how you view your whole life. Death approaches an individual when their time is due to expire in this world. My father, Orephin Baker died in a car accident
Words: 1095 - Pages: 5
