Have you ever taken a minute and thought about what the mail man's life is like or the convenience store workers who you run across every day but never talk to? Studies say 80% of Americans hate their jobs, that is one in every seven people waking up and dreading work. Life is already too short so why stay with just that basic nine to five job that will get you nowhere. Since my early teens I have been working a part-time job at Kistler Tire & Auto. Over the years, life has thrown many obstacles in my way, some that I made on my own. But, I stay grateful because I have come to realize those obstacles have made me who I am. The biggest obstacle I struggled with was my father's death when I was sixteen. Life dropped a great amount of responsibility on my shoulders then. I grew up fast, started …show more content…
Life is too short to hate and it took a few years to learn that myself. That is why I have short and long-term goals. A couple short-term goals are maintaining work and completing my high school degree. My biggest long-term goal is to develop a degree in welding and welding technologies. There are a couple of ways to achieve this goal, first I could become an apprentice and work my way up through a company that would pay for my degree. It sounds good, but after interviewing many welders I have come to the conclusion that it is a long road to walk with a lot of obstacles. I could join the military and let them pay for my college, but I do not want a four-year commitment with the government. The best way for me to complete this goal is to enroll in a technical college over the course of a year or so. There are two colleges I am interested in attending, my first choice would be Tulsa Welding School out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. My second option would be Butler community college in Butler, Kansas. Either college, I would be happy to attend and would work my hardest to achieve a welding
Throughout a person's life, they are faced with different obstacles, and different challenges of all different types. My life in particular has been full of up and downs used to be related especially towards my social/high school life.Everybody has goals and dreams they set for themselves, but they don't always try to achieve them. People might try to, but they sometimes will have obstacles in their way, stopping them. The only thing to do is overcome the obstacles. I have many obstacles I have to overcome and accomplish in order to achieve this dream. My first obstacle will be to do well in my classes at my highschool and after graduation, apply to college. I know l have to study and work extremely hard to accomplish this goal. Since there
Reflecting on all the times in my life that I have had to overcome obstacles there is a long list of mishaps, lessons learned and many other adventures. The top one of the list is going through US Navy boot camp, which consisted of basically being torn down and built back up. In short you are told that the way you have always learned things from as early age is the wrong way and there is only one way the Navy way.
Life is full of challenges. In the stories, “Breaking Through Uncertainty-Welcoming Adversity” and “Neighbours,” written by Jim McCormick and Lien Chao, the main characters illustrate benefits derived from taking risks. Even though both people in these texts undergo personal challenges, in “Neighbours” the character, Sally, receives greater benefits from taking risks than McCormick in “Breaking Through Uncertainty-Welcoming Adversity”.
Throughout my high school career, I had an obligation to help this family business to support my family financially. On weekends and majority of the weekdays, I spend my time aiding my parents while juggling numerous amounts of school work. Senior year proved to be the hardest, with five advancement placement classes that I take and while still helping out at the restaurant. Such environment that I was raised in, has shaped me to become a disciplined and responsible individual.
You may think of the job that you have now and think that it's great and you love it; but just think of how people thought back during the Great Depression . They had not a single job because their economy was so low. Many people were standing on the side of the road with a sign saying “ Need a job “ or there children would have signs saying “ Why won't you give my dad a job.”
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
According to The Conference Board, “Nearly half of US workers (49.6 percent) are satisfied with their jobs” (The Conference Board). While this number may seem high, that still leaves over half unhappy with their jobs. I believe you can’t live doing something you hate because it’s practical- but I also believe you can’t do something completely impractical just because you love it. Finding a balance between individual freedom and social responsibility is crucial to living a happy life.
Welders generally have a year or less of training before they are out working in the field. Apart from passing certification tests, there is very little required training needed to start working. This reason alone appeals to many people simply because of the lack of a long term education and costly schooling. Many state paid schools offer free or discounted costs for an education with some programs such as the Tennessee Promise Program or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (or the FAFSA). These programs offer great chances for people who may not be able to afford schooling an education to get the job they desire. These opportunities listed are there for anyone who is willing to take the challenge.
In the past five years, I have overcome many obstacles. Thankfully those struggles made me who I am today, and while I still have many improvements to make, I am content with the direction my life is going. With a combination of my experiences, my education,
The obstacles that I went through was having to not think about my dad’s death and also when my mom got sick and she had to have 4 surgeries because she had arthritis.I was only 5 years old when my dad died he was out and saw his friend getting beat up and went to go get the guy off his friend and the other guy had a machete and stabbed my dad with it. That night my mom got a call from the police saying that my dad has been killed. I know I was young, but it was hard trying to get over the fact that I don’t have a dad anymore because of some guy who thought it was right to kill him. It was tough on my family we couldn’t get over it he died on my sister’s birthday that midnight. I tried a lot of things to forget about my dad’s death, but it just couldn’t help me. When i started getting older and older I just told myself that he is in a better place and that he is watching over us and not to
Booker T. Washington once wrote “Successes isn’t measured by the position you reach in life. It’s measured by the obstacles you overcome” An obstacle I had to face and overcome would be the time I injured my ankle. How did I overcome this obstacle you may ask? I overcame this obstacle by being positive and having a good attitude, almost every step of the way.
To me "success" is when a person overcomes obstacles, in order to achieve their goals, no matter how big or small. Everyone in life has a goal, whether it's to have a great occupation, or to get over a phobia. Once a goal is set, people come up with their own plan in order to complete their goal, where they will reach success. Sometimes people will often give up their on goal during the process of achieving it, due to the overwhelming difficulty of their personal obstacles. With motivation, support, and strength, there's no obstacle that people cannot overcome, these are the three elements to success.
If you were to write a life review of your own life, where would you begin?
What is life? Life consists of experiences, challenges, and achievements; all of which are building blocks that essentially create ones path to success. In one’s lifetime they can experience tough and difficult challenges. Sometimes these challenges become unbearable, especially when the odds are against you. However, going against all odds is something everyone is capable of doing, and to overcome these challenges everyone needs to have a “never quit” attitude in life. If we develop it, we'll overcome quite a bit.
A madness of words scattered in the air, a single note reverberating against the walls. A simple word on a crumpled piece of paper can mean the world, even if it's unimportant. All the words in our society, help to build up the walls to everyone’s future. Our future is ours, our future is our minds. Our minds help lead, our minds help us decide. All the words and actions of all the people in this world can’t bring anyones mind down. Even if people call them insane, they had to be sane once, right? Even if a mind is set astray from the path, it will always find another. Even if all the paths in the universe are crumbling down, the mind will always find its way, find its way on its quest to conquer life.