Personal Objective Essay

In terms of subjective well-being, I like to believe that that I am moderately well-adjusted at this point in my life. I consider myself a happy person as I am physically healthy and am in the process of bettering my life by returning to college. I also have much to be thankful for as my mother as well as my grandfather, whom helped to raise me, both recently, went through a few years of very bad health but they are now in better health. I believe that, at this point in my life, I have no reason to be unhappy so I am trying to live my life in a way that will make me even happier in the future.

One cold sunny weekend in February of 2014 in Madison, MS the Saint Stanislaus boys just arrived to the hotel where they would stay for the night before the big game. All was good the night before we ate and later went to sleep. We all woke up around eight in the morning and had breakfast. We left for the fields around twelve because the game was at two in the evening.

Then I realized that I could eventually learn to adapt to anything else with time. My supervisors should not expect me to learn it right then and there but over a length of time. I created a stressful environment for myself as many of us tend to do which led to anxiety and stress, an unhealthy way to live. I fell asleep determined to go to work the next morning ready to approach the upcoming obstacles; instead, of avoiding

My identity is something that has helped shape not only my personal being but also has influenced those around me. It is something that cannot easily be defined by words but rather it is reflected by my character. Race and ethnicity are prominent issues in today’s society and can be negative or positive influences on an individual’s self-esteem and identity. Due to government structures, socialization, and experience one develops a sense of belonging (or not) and this creates one’s identity. My identity successes and challenges have given me opportunities to defy society’s standards and allowed me to decide who I am as an individual. With this, I have also become more open-minded and sensitive to other cultures and ethnicities.

There are two main personal weaknesses that have troubled me. Public Speaking to large groups is my first, since intermediate school I struggled with this problem but managed to control it becoming staff of the Junior Honor Society, mainly working with others while I also

Maiya means goddess of spring and Munroe means man from Ro. I was told my mother named me after Maya Angelou because of how much of a powerful and influential person she was. My mother added an “I” in my name to make it unique and also so I wouldn’t bring shame to Maya Angelo if I turned out to be a horrible person. The photo I chose was a photo of a lady taking a photo of the Eifel Tower. Conducting research helps me understand why this photo describes me and why I chose photography for my career path.

The greatest start to the best speech is a good topic. The topic needs to be modern, up to date, interesting and fun. All of this is depending on your audience as well, so you wouldn’t want to give a speech on the first phones invented to fifth graders. The topic should appeal to the audience, and since most of my speeches will be done in my communication class my audience will be current college students just like myself. This makes it a little easier preparing a speech because I am a college student as well, so I have a bit of an idea of what may or may not appeal to my audience. There are many things that I need to consider before giving a speech, things like, how to be fully prepared with my information, how to not bore my audience to death,

Self assessment is a process in which you examine yourself in attempt to discover and learn more about yourself. Your likes, dislikes, behaviors, attitudes and habits can be found during this process. You can use the discoveries to your advantage by accepting or changing strengths and weaknesses. I plan on using this course to enhance my personal skills to become a better student and find success in earning my Bachelor of Arts degree at Ashford University in Social Science. Self Assessment is the first step in my successful future.

For one, I did not know how to manage kids who did not follow directions and were hyperactive. I am working with 3rd-4th grade students and it is not easy. When the program began, there were a group of boys who continuously did flips and ran around the classroom. They would not budge or take a seat when asked to. The students did not care at all and found the classroom like a playground. I was becoming more and more frustrated with these students because I had never dealt with children like that. After the first week, the students began to behave and it was a start to bond that will continue to grow. The reward from this was that I learned to be patient, kind, and easy on them. I did not know that I had the ability to take charge and deal with hyperactive kids. Another challenge I faced was deciding on what to wear every day because I did not know whether or not an outfit was inappropriate, too formal, or not-so-casual. I absolutely hated waking up every day unknowing what to wear. It would sometimes make me late for breakfast and I often hesitated to ask my supervisor. I felt like it was a stupid question but I needed to clarify. I was afraid to talk to her. To overcome this challenge, I asked my supervisor on how should I dress and if the way Im dressing is fine. As stated before, I have to do what I have to do even if I dont like it but its a responsiblity I should take care of. I felt comfortable talking to her after that and I continued to talk to more co-workers. I stepped out of my comfort zone. These challenges were worth the fight and I was able to withstand them. In the end, I gained the ability to be patient and know what to and what not to wear for a

“Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it” -John Green

Writing a personal essay is, well… personal. The first of the major assignments for my English 121 class was a personal essay. Having been out of school for many years, this first attempt at college level writing has been somewhat intimidating. Verbally sharing my thoughts has never been a problem however, employing the written word has always been more challenging. Reflecting on the experience of revising the rough draft of the personal essay reveals growth in a basics understanding of essay format, more defined critical thinking, and focused exploration of self.

To gain happiness, people believe that they should have to change everything about themselves. Meanwhile, when they change themselves they would eventually go back to their old habits. It’s imperative that you’re happy with yourself and have determination to change for the better. The wrong determination to have is to try to fix everything that has gone wrong in their lives. You would need to plan how you’re going to change the way you live. Also, plan how to bring happiness into your life. Assuming changing my relationships with people, how I think of cognitively thinking about things around me, and change the way I see the world.

My main priority was to revise assignment three, the personal essay since it was more valuable than the other two major assignments I have written throughout the quarter. In this essay, I found a lot of defects that directed to the confusion to the reader to understand the truths of my life. In this essay, there were a lot of different techniques I learned such as changing a personal truth to a story in a piece of writing. Another technique, I learned was to make my essay better by including the environment and images in my essay. To make the audience see a better picture of the story and make them feel like they are doing the same actions as me. However, this essay has a very different style of writing than the other two major assignments I have written.

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For as long as I can remember I have been told to constantly strive for more and never settle for less. It wasn’t until one day when I decided to chauffeur a few friends to a local creek that I began to change my personal opinion in regards to exceling in the workplace. During a conversation, my friends and I got on the topic on how each of us was doing. One of us said “I’m good, I’m not overwhelmed or underwhelmed.” and someone responded, “so you’re whelmed?” This simple and somewhat odd question caused me to think about things differently. I decided that the idea of “whelmed” can be defined as being completely content with the current state of your life and self, be it physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and financially. The idea of being “whelmed” caused me to wonder why it isn’t okay, to just be okay. I believe that the society that we live in has conditioned us to believe that more is better and happiness is only achieved when you have the most recent top of the line inanimate object and enough left over money to splurge on things you don’t need. That way of thinking has caused America to become an individualistic society. You hear the phrases “This is a dog eat dog world” and “fend for yourself” and it shows that there is an underlying drive to make it to the “top”. And once you finally get to the top that is when you are successful. But if you’re not fighting to get there then you are doing something wrong. This nonstop fight to excel in the workplace