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Self Independence Research Paper

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Since I have been on my path to self independence from quite a young age, I have focused a lot in having a healthy mind in the aspect of learning about nutritional factors and being physically active. Since High School when I was assigned to fitness class I understood that it was important for me to be physically active, it made me feel better, more confident and exercising produced enough chemical in my body to keep it in balance. So I went on with that idea and a couple years after high school and not being able to attend College, I took a long distance program on Nutrion and Fitness, all while working at a natural foods grocery store. I was never a jock, physically neither genetically gifted but I set goals towards being a Personal trainer. After a couple more years and a few other unrelated jobs, with …show more content…

- I got the theoretical parts of the studies, but failed to get the practical, and as they say, practice makes it perfect, doing the basics on my own was not getting me to expand my knowledge. - I kept working on unrelated fields and focusing less on what I wanted, either for the lack of experience or for being afraid to lose the job I had, which was very financially needed for my basic needs, so opted to not pursue something I did not have fully confidence in myself in doing. - I kept actively, but the job I had was very stressful and time consuming wich in turn kept from eating healthy and adequately to balance the energy I was spending. - I did no visit doctors or had regular check ups. - I am not a motivational speaker, and neither was I trying to acquire skills to become one. Even though I had all these factors above going against me and after being so overworked and overwhelmed with my then job, I quit it, soon after only 2 weeks I still managed to get a job as Personal trainer with the certification I had, but the same factors above contributed for it to not

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