Personal Statement : Opposites Attracts, Fits

Last year, if you were to question where I saw myself in the next few years, my answer wouldn’t have been applying to college. During that time, I had a successful career as a store manager, and for the most part, that was all I could ever see myself doing. I excelled as a store manager, and I enjoyed the frequent interactions with the various diverse individuals that I got to experience. However, I was never elated nor passionate about that career choice. In fact, I can distinctively remember the moments where I would arrive home from work in the late hours of the night, pondering if this was all there was for me.

Many have experienced an encounter as a young child where they are asked what they want to be when they grow up. Answering that question may be easy as a kid because your mind is filled with thoughts of being the unimaginable. As you grow much older, those ideas begin to depart from the mind and you are suddenly more aware of what is and what is not possible in this world. When beginning the most important years of high school, you stop and rethink your career choice numerous times, stressing on who and what you want to be. Many adults such as teachers, counselors, and parents will emphasize the importance of knowing where you want to be in the future during high school, sometimes even middle school. It became imperative that one chose their

All throughout school, students are ask what we want to be when we grow up. Many of us know or have a pretty good idea, but others have no clue what they want to pursue as a career in life, whether it be furthering their education at a university or attending a technical school. There are other students that plan to start work right out of high school. Either way we all have a plan, and the purpose of this paper is to inform you of mine. I personally struggle in making big decisions like deciding what to do with my life, but then I realized I have been asking myself the wrong questions. Instead of asking what I want to be when I grow up, I asked myself what do I want out of life? what are some of my goals that I wish to achieve? This led

“I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile” (Walter Chrysler). Deciding on what one wants to be in life can prove to be a demanding task. There are so many, yet limited, different opportunities in the world to have an excellent career and make a decent living while doing something one loves. It is limited because there are only a few specific career paths that someone could take to make good money. It is very difficult to make a fulfilling living being a garbage man. There are many different opportunities because, within these specific careers, there are usually various paths to take. Someone who has dreams to be a

As a college student, it has been confusing to me on what exactly I want to be. There are so many careers and it is important to get in depth and see the advantages and disadvantages that each career brings. No matter what career anyone chooses it

Some people grow up knowing exactly what they want to do; I, on the other hand, do not know exactly what career path I am going to take, but I have learned that is okay. I went through most of high school presuming that I had to have my life planned out by my senior year and I recently realized that was an unrealistic expectation to put on myself.

It has been said that many siblings are very similar; However my sister and I are nothing alike we are actually very different. When two people have the same blood type and genotype is not insured that you will be exactly the same. Having same parents increases the chances of having the same genes though. All Siblings have various behaviors and personalities that make them dissimilar. Siblings have a genetic and physical closeness that connect them together. It is reasonable that not all sisters resemble each other. My sister and I are completely opposite.

Even though many people have said to me that it is alright not to know what I want to do, I still worry about it. Recently I have thought that either graphic design or architecture would be nice because I enjoy designing things, but I am not sure that either of those things would actually make me happy. I know I want to be able to enjoy my job and make enough money to have a good home and support a family, but with both of those careers I would most likely be required to move away to find a job. That is something I would really rather not do.

When I was a young whippersnapper I would always think about being a firefighter, police officer, or a professional athlete. Some of the young dreams have fallen into reality and I know they may not come true or I have changed my mind. Many adults in the world have families they need to support and sacrifice many hours of the day to earn money even when they hate their job. Work takes up the majority of the day so it is a good way to end up hating the whole day just because people hate their job. Now that I am in high school and understand a little bit about the importance of money, I would like to have a job that has a high pay rather than being happy at work.

My mom and I are very different, but have a few things in common. We both agree that I can be a hard worker at times if I put my mind to it. Also that If I start to fall behind I have a hard time catching up. We both like baseball when my mom was younger she and my uncle both played baseball like me. Now my dad and I are very same in many ways. We both like to play sports. My dad and get along the most when we are fishing. My dad didn't like school so far I don't like it either.that is just our

My two parents, Sheritta and Darryl were once one in the same, but they are different in many ways. Sheritta, my mom, is the good parent. She is altruistic rather than selfish, so she ensures that everyone is happy, before herself. Darryl, on the other hand, is an egotistical person who only cares about himself. Maybe it is because he grew up without a father, and has no one to look up to on how to be one, but he is well aware that he is a horrible father. The two are also different in personalities. Sheritta has always been an amiable person with a fluctuating mood between happy and sad. If there is a person in need she makes sure they have whatever it is they need even if she doesn’t , so to speak. She isn’t really happy unless everyone else

My mother and father have been happily married for twenty-one years. As everyone know, no two people are exactly alike. They may have more in common than not or they may have less in common than more but there are no two people identical in all aspects. My parents despite the little things they do not have in common are a great match together. Their differences and their similarities bring them together in this journey we call life. Their names are Aaron and Cathlyn.

Many people are already thinking about what they want their life to be like in the future. My future begins in college. I’ve been waiting to go to college since middle school. I’m interested in taking anything in the medical field such as nursing, pharmacist, medical technician, etc. I believe this will benefit me, my family, and other people because I want to take care of my family, other patients, and also myself by learning more about health science. To me, successful is happiness, and happiness is not necessarily being wealthy. My happiness is having to help people and also having a family who cares and supports me.

Upon being asked about my future, I have always been met with anxiety and fear of such unknown. Growing up, as more and more of my peers developed their specific interests and even revealed desired career choices, I only felt lost in terms of what I wished to purse. I found that I was easily overwhelmed if I allowed myself to read too deeply into the dreaded “what am I going to do with my life” question. I have come to realize that it is much less anxiety provoking, however, if I view this matter on a smaller scale. After all, I do have aspirations and goals that I strive to achieve on a short-term basis.

I aspire to be the best person I can be, someone that I can proud of when I look back and be able to say “I overcame my obstacles”. My ultimate goal isn’t to be wealthy, or famous, or even have a family. It’s to be happy and satisfied with my life. However, I do have practical goals. For example, ever since I was in kindergarten I wanted to be a pediatrician when I grew up. At that time, I called a pediatrician a “baby doctor”, but people knew what I meant and I eventually learned the actual term. Becoming a doctor was an aesthetic dream to me. The thought of working in a pristine-looking and professional doctor’s office and giving kids and young adolescents diagnoses and prescriptions made me excited for the future. Every chance I got, I would play a game on the computer or on a game console related to anything from taking care of babies to role playing as a doctor. Those games made me want to become a pediatrician even more. I told everyone that I wanted to become a pediatrician because I was absolutely so sure that working in the medical field was something I wanted to do and only do. Nothing else appealed to me. However, the dream started to fade as I grew up. I gained new interests and started thinking differently. Now “pediatrician” is just a default answer because I’m not sure of what I want to do. I’ve taken interest in other occupations, such as an ESL teacher overseas, a therapist or psychiatrist, an attorney, and also, a stay-at-home developmental editor. I