Personal Narrative: How Do-Over Changed My Life

Many say they would, many say they wish they could, and many say they would not change their past. We are all unique containing different experiences and lessons all of which have shaped who we are today. People try to be who they want to be by taking control of their lives. I realized I needed to control my life after always putting people's needs before mine (use something else that relates more to the essay).

I can truly say I would not change any choices or experiences that I have had in my life. I take every experience as a learning experiences and I do believe each and every one has made me the person I am today. When I got my divorce although the single life started out rocky I did find my independence again. I took the time to find out all things I wanted out of life and how I was not settling for anything less. They choices I made during this time made me value family a whole lot more. It brought me closer to my Children and made me appreciate them more also. My life experiences have taught me who I want to become and how I plan on getting there. Going back to college at the age of 39 as scary as it was has been on of the greatest experiences that I have done. I know that I am one step closer in becoming a sexual assault support counselor and making a positive difference in

I have many times I sometimes wish I could change but then I realize that if I didn't do what I did or if others didn't do what they did, I wouldn't be who I am today. The only thing I want to change about myself now is become more successful and you do that by moving forward, not looking

If I can live my life over and over I would not be mad because you have to make mistakes because you are a human being that makes mistakes even though you never think that you would be in certain situations. But now I know that I will become a better person in life because no one ever told me that making mistakes and falling over will be this hard or how to get back up they just said to keep going and never give up. I only wanted to be as good as people were making me out to be but now I know now I have to strive for greatness for myself enough of what everybody else wants my parents believed in me when no one else would even when I thought I can do it everything will be over at one point but now I'm finally . It took a while but I'm finally here and it made me happy to see

This is because our actions can be affected easily even though society says be yourself it is not true because they want you to be a certain way. I caught myself many times looking at other female students how they dressed and how skinny they looked and would get down because I want to be the same as them. I found myself doing this often while walking and affecting how I felt about myself and got down about it because I am making no change for it. I did notice every female student was wearing the same style and brand of clothing. It was an unsuccessful day for me by this time because I did not continue to be happy and let society affect how I want my life to be.

Homeless? Successful? Abandoned? Accomplished? Depressed? Do you wish you could go back in time and change something?

In life there are always moments that we wish we could take back. If given the chance to revisit the past and change the outcome of a situation, I would have not dropped out of school and later gotten my GED. I made this decision at a young age, unaware of how this decision would change my future greatly. In deciding to drop out of school, I missed out on the experience that high school gives you and how it would have helped develop my character. If I stayed enrolled in school I would have had more doors opened for my future and the assistance that I would have needed to make those life choices such as college. I would have been able to feel the sense of success, like getting promoted to a higher position, getting rewards for all my hard work at the job, or simply getting employee of the month. I would’ve wanted to finish the four years of high school and know that all my hard work has paid off.

When people were young they didn't care about their looks or how they acted, but now that we are getting older people are starting to care more about how they look and act. Why did people start caring? Because people learned about their identity and people started to judge you. Identity is influenced by people around you, your actions and your race.

I bet everyone could come up with something that they wish they could do over again, personally I have several things. But if I were, I would probably try harder to not get in trouble for touching other students, punching someone, or bringing toys to school. I would also probably try to get on some of my enemy's good side and so I could become friends with them and so we didn't have conflicts with each other, I would also try to have a healthier lifestyle when It came to food and not to overdo it with wheat so I could try to prevent my wheat allergy.

Looking back now, I wish I had listened to my mom's advice earlier than just my last year of high school. Senior year basically hit me like a brick. I started to miss how life used to be. I want to be hanging out with my friends. Going on random food trips and even just doing what I wanted in that exact moment. If I wanted some ice cream, why wouldn’t I just drive myself right away?

If I could have one do-over in life, I would use it to reconnect with my biological mom sooner than I did. She died when I was 11, the same weekend I saw her for the first time in several years; and we never had a chance to reconcile our relationship. My mom was addicted to prescription painkillers; by the time I was seven, she was unable to provide a home for us. She decided it was better for me to live with my grandparents so she could focus on overcoming her addictions. However, at the time I wasn’t old enough to realize what a gift she had given me; I was angry and felt she had pretty much abandoned me. After I moved to New Mexico with my grandparents, we had very little contact; and our relationship was strained. When I was eleven,

Sometimes when I am alone I wonder, “What if I was able to go back in time?” I think of the countless memories and the time periods that I would visit. From riding horses with Native Americans to my very first middle school band concert, it would all be an amazing experience. I could change the outcomes of things, make things better, or just go through the memories all over again.

If there is one thing about your life that you could reset, what would it be? Most people would like to reset their credit score or their student loans. I personally believe in restarting my driving record. With the fact that I am only sixteen and have already been in two wrecks, I strongly belive in reseting my failures. Emphasis on the fact that they were both my fault.

One day I would go to prep school again, and then kindergarten and then perhaps I will become an infant one more time. I am writing this to record all of my memories while I am still living.

If I could go back, I would tell myself to learn how to work on my business and not in my business. Instead of toiling away I could of have focused in having better locations, minimizing risks, and choosing the right partners. To work in the big picture as opposed to the small one. It 's crazy to realize that I could have made the same amount of money or maybe a little more by delegating, deferring or dropping the tasks that I was responsible for.