The Path Of A Path

Clayton Christensen’s book, “How Will You Measure Your Life?” gives an example of Clayton building a Treehouse with his kids. Every piece was put together with his children. They meticulously and slowly hammered each nail. After it was finished, he noticed his children didn’t use it much. They did show their friends what they built and how they built it, and the story of them building it together. He learned that the journey and the accomplishment of building it together was worth more than the outcome. I remember a time when my manager told me to slow down and enjoy the journey. I felt she was missing the bigger picture. I could not fathom slowing down. I didn’t understand what that meant since my goals were to achieve a certain level of income and an accumulation of things by specific ages. These goals were my measure of success that I made it in life. I was a glory seeker with a need for approval and validation. I was single, and extremely motivated to create my destiny. I lacked the grounding of an integrated life. I didn’t make much time for friends and my community. I was the one who always arrived to work early and stayed late. Enmeshed in a struggle on behalf of some ideal. One night at 7pm, a leader asked if I had too much to do or nowhere to go. I answered, “Both.” My priorities were in the wrong place. My values needed to change. Failure and loss would help me to re-center and re-balance my approach and methods. Failure creates radical self-understanding and is

The motivation I was effected with from reading this book caused me to change my behavior especially, academically. Rudy devoted his time having twelve hour study sessions, worked with others that’s outside his crowd, and didn’t let his kolohe past ruin what he has approaching his way. “He explained that my application was excellent, my MCAT score was solid, and I wouldn’t have a problem getting into “somewhere”.” In the beginning of college, Rudy would have not expected to be anywhere, let alone out of Hawaii. He got a full scholarship at Creighton, and was headed to Nebraska. Although Rudy didn’t have any faith in himself, this book helps motivate me to start believing in myself.

Together, they made around $83,000 and had around $90,000 in assets which placed them solidly in the middle class. Twelve years later, Allison and David experienced setbacks but increased their income to about $125,000. Their financial assets quadrupled to a whopping $368,000 and saved up thousands of dollars for retirement. However, with the economy downsizing on the heels of the Great Recession and uneven job recovery heavily tilted toward low-wage jobs, David joined millions of other Americans in unemployment. Having spent half a year unemployed, David returned to work working at a significantly lower wage. Over the course of 12 years, David witnessed how work became less stable and more contingent for many Americans. The working experience illustrates a larger transformation in America’s employment landscape, away from middle-class jobs and jobs with significant benefits toward low-paying jobs with few benefits, accelerated by the Great Recession.

Even as my older brothers were failing their classes and disrespecting my parents, I continued to set and achieve my goals while still being a pillar for my family. Even though I didn't have the same opportunities as my peers, I still enrolled and excelled at some of the hardest courses throughout middle school and high school. Even though we have introduced and gave home to two younger boys to our family and have shifted the balance once again, I still managed to maintain an aire of normalcy and maintain my grades. Even with three older siblings who have barely passed high school and one who didn’t finish at all, I am still going to be the first go to college and I do have lofty ambitions which I do plan to accomplish. Even though nobody could probably fathom or understand what I’ve been through, what I’ve seen, what I’ve felt, I am determined to not let that hinder me, and to make a future for myself without

There were several times in which I felt like it would be easier to give up, but I knew I needed to get my diploma. The odds were against me . . . “you’re not going to graduate, you’re never going to do anything with your life,” my father would say, when we’d get into a disagreement. As much as I despised such words; eventually, I welcomed them with open arms. They sparked a motivation in me that I never knew I held before. I couldn’t wait to show him and everyone else who had ever doubted me, that I would

It’s secure and comfortable to do something that many have succeeded in rather than carving a unique path. I am not going to be scared anymore, when I know what I want, I am going to do everything I can to get it, no matter how many people call me crazy or tell me that it isn’t practical. Attending the University of La Verne is not the most practical college choice for me, but I want to go there, and if accepted, I am going to find a way to make it happen. I have always believed in taking life into my own hands and taking chances, whether the odds have been in my favor or not. I have been a dream chaser and risk taker in a world where staying in one’s comfort zone is encouraged and even celebrated. I believe that to be successful, you are going to have to learn to take risks in your life. You have to snap out of the trance that fear has you in and shoot for the stars. I know that nothing worth happening is going to happen if I’m too afraid to even try to make it happen. I’m going to have to twist fate myself, if not, it will never be

A teenager with much to learn and experience in life. Complicated paths are the most intriguing since you're forced to put in your utmost effort and achieve possibly surprising outcomes. I've put my past aside to focus on my future goals and to make the most out of my days, though I may be young, I realize they are numbered so there is not time for relaxing. What usually interests me are humans themselves. The way they interact with others, their body language, emotions, anatomy, plus many other factors, yet psychology nor sociology are my desired college majors. Reason being, I plan on discovering more as a hobby. I do plan on creating a business later on, (Which I don't know of what sorts yet) so gaining useful knowledge on how to manage

“Alice came to a fork in the road. ‘ Which road to take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ responded the Cheshire Cat. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’’’ -Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland. This quote applies to my life because I do not know what I want to do with my life, I do not know which road to take. This quote tells me that it does not matter which road I take, as long as it is what I want things will be ok.

The golden fiery sun beats down on my shoulder as I feel the earth, hard-packed from the shoes before me. Sweat drips down the faces of every girl running. Pony tails and braids whip in the soft breeze, joining the metronome created by the thumping of feet. The path curves in to the distance, surrounded by trees and covered in rocks. It is one of the sections I run for a cross country race, the serpentine path. Along with the serpentine path are the hill combo and the jug handle.

Ever since I was a child, I’ve always had dreams and desires that I want to accomplish in my life before I get to old or die. In the eighth grade I had desires to become Valedictorian of my class by senior year. I wanted to speak at graduation in front of all my peers as a respectable young man. By the end of my sophomore year I was told that I was Valedictorian of my class for the time being. People soon found out and told me I had no chance, I wouldn’t stick with it, and that I couldn't do it because I wasn’t smart enough. This negativity only motivated me even more to accomplish my dream. I stayed up countless nights til two or three in the morning to do homework and study because I worked until eleven, every night. By senior year, my high

To be content with destiny implies one has had control over their decisions regarding their life. A child, bred to undertake a future enforced by their influencers, will endure a life of dissatisfaction. Desire performs as a crucial aspect in the destined path for an individual; however, not everyone has the choice to resolve upon those desires. The word path, defined as the course or direction in which something is moving, connotes a series of complex meanings. The substantial factors influential to one’s path include freedom of education, guidance, and culture or tradition.

Have you ever felt like you’re family is counting on you with something valuable? That’s how I feel every morning as I get up to go to school. I have been told by my parents that they want me to become someone with a better future. Having all the pressure that you don’t want to let your family down is tremendous because it gets you to think that if you let your family down you’ll feel like a total failure. I have decided to myself that I’m going to do anything in my power to make my family happy and proud, but at times, there’s obstacles that bring you down and make you forget about your goal.

Lately, people have been telling me that it's not about where I start, but where I finish. I’m choosing to challenge the opinion. I believe that where you finish is because of where you start. Of course, there are people that start and end in a completely different direction. I don’t want to be one of those people! I have a plan for my life, and I know exactly what direction I want it to go in. I don’t want to make obstacles that I’m forced to climb over and jump around to get where my aspirations are. No! I’m going to start out right! I need to start out right! Creighton is the college that I want to begin and end at.

Three years ago, I always thought that the path would be so easy to walk on, I didn’t expect to trip so many times along the way, neither did I expect the path to take me where it did. Now I’m here, a senior who has no clue where he’s going.

Life brings upon many circumstances where difficult, painful choices must be made. Finding ourselves in a place of suffering and decision, is finding ourselves stuck in a crossroad. Senior year of a high school is a challenging year filled with decision making. Students are expected to know what they want to do, where they want to go and who they want to be. Whether it be, university, or college, or even the work field – a path must be chosen. After browsing countless school websites, I had a decision to make and deadline to make it by. It was difficult choosing a program, because it felt like my future weighed upon that decision. (SIMILE) After, months of deliberation, I narrowed it down to five programs. The biggest crossroad,