what Henry Davis Thoreau said, “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler,” until I decided to let go of things within my comfort zone that complicated my life. During two weeks I did things at home, work, and school differently in attempt to reduce my level of stress. I was apprehensive about the my experiment as I did not want to consume my time doing pointless things that would instead increase my stress and cause me to have a heart attack, or so I thought. My experiment
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felt so accomplished in my life before; I have been waiting since every young for this day to come. I always hated school the result of its long hours behind a desk listening to a teacher lecture about a subject. The same routine for thirteen years, starting with kindergarten having to wake up early to get to school, then after school go home to do homework, and sleep. With being so eager to graduate, I never took a second to pause and just take it in to appreciate my life. Graduating high school was
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you remember that day we first met? I could not stand you. You just kept going on and on about how my favorite football team lacked so much talent. The amount of time we spent arguing that first day we met makes the amount of time we have been together so ironic yet so worth it. All the times we spent together walking whether it was from school or from your house allowed our relationship to develop so strongly. The long hours of phone conversations we shared together taught me a lot about you and
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person’s life. Some changes are very tiny and would not affect your life very much. However, other events could be very important and could change a person’s whole life, such as getting married, having a baby, or losing someone special. The important event that changed my life is coming to the United States to study. When I first arrived in this country, I realized that a tremendous transformation that would happen in my life both physically and mentally. A brand new life spreads
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My life began the day I met you. I never really liked to be around little kids when I was growing up but the day I met you that all changed. You were so small and you were always there right beside me you had kids around all your friends, cousins, step brothers, step sisters, brothers, sisters, boyfriends and then one of your own. The day we met my life began to be field with kids. I have named many of them here I am sure I have forgotten allot of them but they were a part of your life a part
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Hixenbaugh 1 Kyle Hixenbaugh English 1510 Professor Drew April 25,2013 Personal Essay The piece that I will compare my life to is “Serving in Florida.” This piece is about a woman named Barbara Ehrenreich, who moves to Florida to work unglamorous jobs as a type of “experiment.” Barbra meets very many people and starts to understand the struggles within working low-waged jobs .Although Barbara wasn’t forced to work these jobs, she funds the readers with a great backround of the jobs that she
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Has Made Me Who I Am Our text tells us “You are the product of the way you were raised, as well as your genetics. And if you are a parent, your children will be the product of how you raise them” (Witt & Mossler, 2010, p. 11). Looking back at my life, I know that is true. There are many things in my life that have molded me to be the person that I am today. Some of these experiences have been positive, and some have been negative. Either way, they are all a part of what has made me who I am
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funds in my pocket for this weekends fun! However, what if we looked at kindness as a coupon? I believe that we look at our lives day-to-day, more and more as if we are expecting someone to be nice to us. Not giving it a second clipping about what change we are saving by being kind to one another. Saving $1.00 in our bank of kindness, for that rainy day of, "I hate my life"....; also known as kindness, should be something we all think about . I mean, would it even take as long as scanning our eyes over
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to teach their kids that money doesn’t grow on trees, and to get the things they want, they should earn money by doing chores and not just have it handed to them.” Maureen said. Religion and family customs were very important in Maureen’s life. She told me that her family’s religion and their faith in God is what got them through the toughest of times. She also said that in today’s world, religion is not taught to children as much as it was when she was a young child, as well as family customs
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Life will have its obstacles some can be meaningless and the answer will be clear as day. However there will be those challenges that will define who you are as a person. Its happened to me, I’ve had to dig deep and take a moment to see what really is important to me. Self-reflecting I found what life lessons define who I am as a human. That is why I profess treating others as you’d like to be treated, work hard for what is important to you and don’t hold grudges. Those three lessons have gotten
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