Overcoming Obstacles That Changed My Life

There are many obstacles in life that have influenced a person's way of living. Many of them you can overcome and many you can't. Hardships can influence a person's life by impacting it in a negative way.

Many of us have faced challenges in our life time that we have struggled with. Some of those challenges may have even changed who we are as a person, or even our own view-on-life. Going threw obstacles are a big part of our life. Each person has over-came them in their own way. I have gotten through many obstacles in my life that have changed me as a person. When you succeed at something you become very proud of yourself and even honored. I have over-came my shyness and insecurities and developed much more confidence.

It was eighth grade and I was the new girl at a school where I was pretty much the only Hispanic there. While everyone else was Caucasian and knew each other. I changed schools because my mother hated the middle school I was going to and wanted me to have the best school education. However, I didn’t want. I didn’t want to leave my friends. I thought that I was learning everything I needed to be ready for high school. I was stubborn about not needing to change schools, until my grades began to drop, especially my English grade.

years running away and being caught at school. I had always wanted to finish school but didn’t

In life, obstacles are there to help develop someone for the better. In my experience, things don't always go the way one expects. Growing up with my parents being the happiest they could be, to instantly becoming separated wasn't very easy to cope with. I'm sure the mistakes that were made are remorseful now, but I have accustomed myself to becoming a self reliant person. My dad was a liar and a felon, and I had no clue. When I was about to turn 15 around the holidays, my dad was detained for possession of a controlled substance. Watching my mom trying to justify his actions was what agonized me most. The whole incident wasn't what challenged me in life, but learning to live my life without my dad, as if I never had one to begin with, was

Problems can be turned into something good.When people overcome obstacles they become more strong.When ever you have problems you need to solve them in order to be happy.

Growing up as a female Latina, my parents always told me that no matter what obstacles I face in life, my education will always be there to support me. People expect me not to make it far in life because of my ethnicity and the background I come from. My parents never got the chance to go to college, that only motivated me to want to show them that all their hard work to make sure I get a good education is not going to waste. Just because my parents did not go and neither did anyone else in my family, most are doubtful that I will not make it either but I am pushing to prove all those people wrong.

​Within my lifetime, I have encountered obstacles that have shaped me as a person today. For example, when I turned 16, I wanted to get a job to support my mother. I filled out many applications; however, I kept getting rejected. I began to get discouraged after a couple of months, but I didn't want to give up easily. I applied to a couple more grocery stores and once again, I got denied. One Saturday morning in May, my mother and I decided to go to Tysons Corner Mall to search for more jobs. I remained optimistic because I was determined to leave the mall with hopes of getting a job. After a couple of weeks, I got a call from Justice and the manager was interested in me and wanted to schedule an interview. I was very excited and I wasn't going

Obstacles and conflicts are what help shape and mold a person. There are small problems that can be kicked to the curb but some so large that it shakes one’s entire core. I have had my share of small and large obstacles in my life so far, but the most difficult one was to overcome having to grow up learning how be independent at a very young age. My parents divorced when I was three and my mother was left alone having to provide for the family. Since my mother was now the only one providing for the family she had to get a job out of state and leave me behind. Lucky my grandmother were there for my mom and helped her out by taking me in.

haven’t had much adversity at all in my life. Let’s face it, I’m a white kid growing up

It was my freshman and sophomore year of high-school where I didn’t believe that I would communicate with many people but it wasn’t very long until I made my first couple of friends at school. From then on, it was nothing but a downward spiral. I was simply at school because my parents wanted me there. I remembered entering every class 5-10 minutes after the late bell rung, spending less time paying attention in class which led me to failing my exams, handing in late assignments, and receiving low report card grades.

In my life, I have had many obstacles to face but the main one that has always made a huge impact in my life has been the death of my father. When I was just six years old, my father passed away in a car accident and back then it didn't mean much to me but soon enough my thirteenth-year old self-learned what it really meant.

It took a long time to recover from my mistake, and I still had a very low grade by the second month. I tried my best but I knew this subject was not for me. No, that does not mean I gave up, and I actually tried a lot harder. Even though, I had tried, I had not reached my goal and ended up failing a semester of Spanish one. I do not like failing, it made me feel not accomplished, slow, and like I had not failed only myself, but my parents as well. I had not even began to think of the disappoint and the words they would say to me. I remember coming home to show my parents my first progress report. My dads eyes filled

I didn't understand what was going on or what he had done, but I knew he did something bad. I had never heard my parents fight like this before; so much yelling and crying. Something was definitely wrong. Then my father was gone, never seen again, but the damage had already been done. This time period of my life was filled with many different obstacles, both major and minor. Overcoming all the obstacles during this time in my life was not enjoyable, but through mental strength, hard work and support from my mother, and help from family and friends, I was able to move past this obstacle. This period of my life has helped me to become a better person and made me stronger mentally and emotionally.

In the beginning, when I had found out that I had to move into an alternative school; my confidence in many things plummeted. I usually stayed holed up in my room sulking, or I stayed on my computer to run away from all my problems. I found solace knowing that I could run away from my issues as I found that to be the easiest solution. My mother took it harder than me though. She believed education to be the most important aspect in life. To her, I had let her down in the most devastating way. This lead to many heated arguments and problems throughout my immediate family. She questioned my motive and pushed me to pursue a dead end career. This eventually bled over to my social life as I started to act out against my friends in a similar manner. With my jealousy for their success I started to argue over the silliest issues. Due to this I slowly started