Michael Scott's The Sorceress

My mother has helped me to understand myself, and to develop my characteristics because we have spent the majority of our lives together. One specific example would be in 2015, during an excursion to The Gower Peninsula in Wales, when, over a bonfire, we conversed about my father, and the subject of my conception came up. My mother told me that I was a mistake, because she was worried that she wouldn’t be an adequate mother, and tried abortion. This impacted me considerably, and it has made me live more in the moment because anything can happen, I didn’t feel like I was a mistake, or a failure or any of those labels, but I did realize that my time is limited, and I have to make the most of it. Another example is that during the initial split, my mother lived 5 minutes away from my house, and I would regularly make unscheduled visits to her apartment, and just talk to her. I comforted my mother, and we would talk for many hours. During that time, I hid my feelings behind my humor and

When reading Windshields and Rearview Mirrors i found out a lot about myself. I found that i have a lot of memories. From hiking across the upper peninsula in Michigan, to laying on the beaches of the Bahamas i've created many memories. Looking back at how joyful and accomplishing walking a crossed the stage for graduation was. These past experiences are all great but there also were bad experiences. Getting bit by a Brown Recluse spider, breaking my ankle during basketball, getting pinched nerves in my lower right nervous system, the list goes on and on. Although these events weren't good events, i use my past to look ahead in my future. Setting goal's for your future is very important. We can use our past experiences to help us in some powerful

Most people are very convinced that they have memories of past experiences because of the event itself or the bigger picture of the experience. According to Ulric Neisser, memories focus on the fact that the events outlined at one level of analysis may be components of other, larger events (Rubin 1). For instance, one will only remember receiving the letter of admission as their memory of being accepted into the University of Virginia. However, people do not realize that it is actually the small details that make up their memories. What make up the memory of being accepted into the University of Virginia are the hours spent on writing essays, the anxiety faced due to fear of not making into the university and the happiness upon hearing

In conclusion, life is full of new experience and without those experience we won’t be what are we today. For me, my experience reflects me who I am today, winning geography award made me full of passion for geography, transition to high school made me mature and self-dependent and lastly moving to Canada made my experience unique. A famous quote by Albert Einstein “The only source of knowledge is

Life is an accumulation of one’s experiences. It is, in many aspects, similar to a well filled with water. Those who have lived longer, sought knowledge, stayed active, and exploited their advantages have wells that are brimming to the point of overflowing. Others who are still young, lazy, impeded by circumstance, or secluded, tend to have shallow, verging on parched, wells. Before last summer, my well of experiences was leaning towards the latter, but spending time with my family and friends at Niagara Falls, Six Flags, and a Twenty One Pilots concert has deepened my spring considerably.

One just does not wake up one morning thinking that their going to be all sunshine and rainbows out of thin air, nor do they just decide to become a jerk. This usually happens based on what happened in the past, maybe they had a really fun day the day before and were happy about it. Memories are what make us who we as a person. Past trauma could lead one to become shy around others or more aggressive, a strict childhood could make one more strict towards others and always wanting things to be done perfectly. A person's personality is built upon their memories, how they were raised, what friends they had, dreams, and expectations are all things that makes one who they are. My own memories still affect me to this day, I am not great with people as in the past I had trouble speaking. So I prefer to stay quiet and let others do most of the talking. I remember the adrenaline and accomplishment when I first climbed a mountain, to this day I love hiking. The memories I have of being bullied make me stand up to it, as well as the pain that is felt thinking that no one knows what you are going through. I use those memories so that I hope I can anyone going through the same experiences. My own memories even ones from my earliest childhood still make me who I am today and I could not imagine a world where I did not have my memories. Everything a person does in their life

When I was a kid me and my mom didn't really get along all that much, always had problems, and I never knew exactly why that was. I tried everything I could to avoid any and all fights and arguments, so I did everything she wanted and whatever she said to cease all of it. Things didn't get any better, they more like they got much much worse, I was finally able to move out in with biological father and things seemed to go good for awhile I was sent to military school and made out of that. Moved back home and moved out on my own and working 2 jobs to pay for all the bills, so when you're living with mom and dad don't take for granted what they give you cause its hard when you're on your own. Graduated high school doing everything that a young

While big events can make major changes, little events define how we become as adults. My earliest memories is at a five year-old. It is one spot where I have been to, in my thoughts, more than any other has. In this memory, it was evening, as I stood on a dirt path. It was an unpaved driveway for the church parsonage.

My mother left when I was five days old. Sometimes I think of her, but I don’t like

Memories and past experiences serve as a rail, a guiding support, for people in an effort to succeed in the present. People not only learn from the past, but the very act of going through something provides experience for a person who is to "move up the ladder of success and achievement".

My mom grew up in a close to perfect place. She grew up with neighborhood friends that acted more like family than friends. She had tons of loving aunts and uncles, loving parents. She was an only child for a while. But her parents became

Growing up as an adventurous little kid, I experienced a lot of things, discovered a lot of places and met a lot of people. Though these small adventures leaves a good memories, it also leaves a lot of painful departure, longing and regrets. Someone like me always search for a new places to go, befriend someone new and creates lot of memories. I cannot deny how these things badly affect me especially when I was younger but then I thought, this was the things I loved the most and I want to continue creating a lot more memories.

My experience allowed me to shape my perspectives towards life, helped me to identify myself and assisted me to find career path as well. For example, one of the elements in mind-map that I created, maintaining good health given me an insight of a new career opportunity that I haven’t even thought about it before. The experience of thyroid removal operation and hospitalisation in my adolescent

Getting to where I am today, was not easy. I had to overcome some obstacles that taught me some life lessons. One of the factors that has contributed to my life choices is my mother. I have a close relationship with my mom. Whenever I have something that is bothering me, I like to

A couple years later my mom starting dating a man who is now my stepdad. He never had kids of his own making it harder for him to communicate and understand a young person like myself. I would always try to act older when I was with him, maybe I could tell he had difficulty interacting with young kids. As a kid I would only talk to my mom it was to the point where I would tell my mom things to say to other people for me, my stepdad being in the picture taught me how to interact with someone besides my mom. He played a huge role in shaping me into a young adult.