Divorce Affected My Academic Career

Children of divorce are numerous, the effects of their biological parents separation and subsequent divorce has lasting effects on their behavior, academics, and their emotions. No one seems to care about the prevalence of divorce in society today; it is no longer considered taboo.

Throughout my childhood, my environment consisted of switching between my mother's and father's house every week. Since I was an infant, my parents have been divorced and I believe that being a child of divorce has shaped my life tremendous ways. Through the hardships that came with living in two houses for 16 years of my life, I had the time to mature and learn a lot about myself and who I wanted to be as a person. Watching my parents for many years, I realized what I did and did not want to be when I grew up. From my father, I wanted to have the dedication and perseverance that he exhibited. From my mother, I wanted to be friendly and beautiful like her. However, there was many qualities that my parents carried that I did not want to take

When I was 11, my parents were battling in an ugly divorce. I wasn't seen as a kid because for a brief moment I became an adult that could make tough life changing decisions. As a child , I was confused on what was happening. I didn’t understand why my mom was gone one day, returned the next and then  just gone. I couldn't comprehend why police officers would regularly come to my broken home. The gruesome divorce and after period was an emotional roller coaster that never ended until today. It was difficult to adapt to the new lifestyle with a new single mom. I vividly remember having to sleep on the floor for months , having an empty naked white fridge and having to support my single mother every night as she dealt with depression. Although, life was hard I stayed strong, supported my sisters and accepted the new life I  was given.

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Growing up, money was never a huge issue to my family, not to say I was spoiled, but I was definitely privileged. I grew up in Fairfield County, Connecticut, went to private schools my entire life, had a stay at home Mom and a hard working Dad. I believed this was how it was always going to be, until my freshman year of high school. My parents started to fight a lot, especially late at night as I would lie in my bed feeling my families happiness slip away. My parents decided it would be best for the family to get a divorce. I believe this was the beginning of my passion for finance, not because of the constant yelling and screaming that led to the divorce, but the result of the separation. My Mom met my Dad in college and thought she would spend the rest of her life with him and foolishly dropped out of college to follow

1. When you love what you do, it's not work, it energizes you. Whether you want to start a business, or achieve overall greater business success, you must start with a burning desire. There will be roadblocks and detours along the way. Without the fuel of passion and feeling of purpose, it's easy to become overwhelmed, lose focus and give up entirely. When I was in sales, I loved going to work and having that "customer connection." The only reason I eventually left was I possessed an even greater passion for "connecting" through speaking, training and writing. There's a strong sense of accomplishment

Four years ago I began studying business studies. I have since discovered that business is a part of everyday life and this has become a strong interest of mine. Initially, my enthusiasm for business comes from observing my parents set up and manage their own business.

Business has been a large part of my family, and has started to grow on me. My dad worked in sales for many years, and is now the President of a company in Staples. My mom started her own cleaning business, and now works for herself, as well as my uncle owns a golf course, and a pump and well business. My other uncle has his own handy man business, while one of my aunts operates a redimix and construction company . So I guess it could be said, business is kind of in by blood.

When I was about 14 months old, my parents separated which then led to a divorce. Since I was extremely young, I cannot remember how it affected me. But once I got into grade school, I was in great knowledge that something was different. I then started to understand the affects my parents’ divorce had on me such as anger, resentment, feeling of loneliness, and prob-lems with communication. Now that I am a young adult, I still feel like I am being affected by those same problems except now I am able to control myself when I start to feel the symptoms. Divorce has had a huge impact on my life.

Divorced and loving me. It's hard to let go of your best friend when you've spent the past 15 ? years side by side. My divorce was 1 1/2 years ago. It was hard to depart with her but I signed the papers and I couldn't be happier. I've never looked back. The old me was gone and my best friend no longer had a hold on me. I used to see myself as a person that wasn't beautiful. I'm happy to say today that girl is gone.

Johnson et al. also conforms another task which is to form intimate and differentiated relationships with peers. They are also jointing the workforce and developing working identity and gaining financial independence. However, according to Hughes (n.d) the emotional turmoil of their parents’ divorce can make it difficult for them to focus on a career or form friendships. Hughes added that making life-altering decisions in this stage of the life cycle can be extremely difficult for the men and women of divorce.

Managing a business has always been my passion and the ultimate career goal. As I grew through my career, I followed a progressive career path towards reaching my goal. While working in software technology company and designing and consulting the

I was six years old when my parents got divorced. I was old enough to understand that my parents were not able to get along, however, I was too young to understand the long term effects the divorce would have on my life. My father moved into an apartment a little over an hour away from my mother’s house. Though this situation was not ideal, it has been one of the most important aspects in molding me into the person I am today.

In all honesty, I hate describing who I am because I tend to limit myself to two options: speak of your minor hobbies due to your crammed schedule or discuss the depressing seven-year divorce that actually ended two years before. Since I’m quite stoic, most people are unaware of my circumstances and expect to hear of my day-today activities. For you Ms. Matheson, I will explain both. Clearly, divorce is a traumatizing experience and to this day I blame such experiences on my obsessive-compulsive thoughts, such as over-analyzing and dwelling on certain ideas (which is helpful when appropriate). There is never an “okay time” to explain to children the ending of a marriage – kids idolize their parents and their loyalty to one another which in return shapes their perspective of love and commitment. My parents chose to not continue their relationship. Troublesome at first, but nothing compares to the aftermath of a poor separation, terrible communication, and custodial rights in the years to follow. I love my parents for their big hearts and ability to understand their children; however, I have made it my personal goal to not repeat the same mistakes. Instead I strive to be extremely successful. I do so by declaring myself a future anesthesiologist or an orthopedic doctor.

I have always wanted to run my own business. I now feel that I have found my calling. I have saved up some money to set it up and am ready to start. This is a company that I really passionate and excited about.