A lot of people experience events that change their lives; some are more difficult to deal with. An event that changed my life was moving from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. I lived I Pennsylvania for 11 years after my parents split up. I have currently been living in New Jersey with my dad for about 2 years. Moving at this age was very difficult because it is hard to make friends with new people since everyone already has a group of friends. It was hard to fit into a new group of friends so I tried out for the soccer team since I have played my entire life and playing on a school sports team is a great way to make new friends. I didn't make the team so I ended up playing soccer for the township. While playing on the team I met one of my closest
The single life-altering event that has happened to me was entering a long-term relationship. Many often wonder how their life has changed when they add another person to it, but for myself, it impacted my life in a very big way. I used to rarely do activities with friends, as I would mostly do activities by myself. I was always okay with being alone, however, when I met my boyfriend everything changed. We started spending every waking minute with each other and doing activities that we equally liked doing. It became more of a partnership than anything. This changed my leisure pattern because now I rely on my partner and what he is doing, as well as plan any and all my activities with him. We take into account each of our similarities
2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of organizational policies and procedures in supporting individuals and their social networks affected by significant life events
What is significant personal change? This is the question that I have reflected on for weeks now. I pondered if I have experienced significant personal change within my life. I concluded that notable personal change is hard to come by at the tender age of twenty years old. Right now, I cling to the stability of work and school, afraid of the changes to come in the near future. Sure I, like many of my peers, have experienced hardships and hurdles. Of course, I have changed considerably physically and mentally since my early youth. However, were those adjustments of adolescent’s worthy of an entire essay. The question was not if I experienced change but rather if I experience significant or “deep change”. After consulting with a few of my cohorts
When I was only four years old, my life changed forever. It was the year I moved to North Carolina. My dad’s friend got him a job opportunity that he simply couldn’t give up. So, he quit his job and found a nice rental house to live in. I had moved before but I don’t remember. I moved from Indiana to North Carolina with my brother my cat and my parents. When I moved to North Carolina, I was aware of what was happening, but I never realized how different everything would be. The house we moved into we only lived in for a year, but it was a pretty hectic year.
An event that clearly marked my transition from childhood to adulthood was the truly eye-opening experience of attending a Kairos retreat. For those unfamiliar with Kairos, it is a four-day religious retreat in which you and a small group of students come together to more learn about God, themselves, and others in a setting that completely removes you from the daily distractions and stresses of the outside world. Everyone, including myself, was able to share the personal stories about the struggles that they have faced and are continuing to face every day of their lives and offer support to others that may be going through similar things. We laughed together, we cried together, and we created strong relationships and friendships with people, some of which we hadn’t spoken a word to or even known by
A life changing event doesn’t necessarily mean you as a person change the way you look at yourself. A life changing event can actually change your entire outlook and perspective on things to think differently than you have in the past. We all go through life changing experiences from time to time, good or bad it happens to all of us at some point. It was the beginning of my junior year and I was so confident and kept saying to myself “this is my year’’. Things were going smooth, classes were good, I just became manager of a dance team and this is only the first month of school. It was the middle of September and I was walking down the hall way to my next class with my friend Asia. She had such a wonderful
An incident that changes the direction of my life was, when I broke my foot. As a young kid I loved playing sports and do aggressive activities. One day playing soccer someone who was bit stronger than I was, kicked my foot which caused the bones to break. I fell to the floor not knowing what just happened. All I remember is that some EMT’s come to the rescue and took me to the hospital. I was so glade and appreciative with the EMT’s that took care of me. As a result I told myself I will do everything that I can to help out the community just liked I was helped instead of worrying about myself and not others. I started volunteering with the fire department and received all the certifications required in order to start helping those in need.
Our life events events make us who we are today. Getting step parents changed my life a lot. I was an only child till 8. My friends have played a big part of who I am. Without all these events I would probably have a different personality.
My life drastically changed on March, 23 2011. I didn’t think it would result in something this extreme, but I guess I was wrong. It was just a stupid party for my friend Alyssa, because she had finally turned 18. SHe wanted it be something extreme, because she finally became an adult, but I doubt that was the
There are many events that stand out in my life that were significant and helped me grow stronger. One of these events stands out in particular to me and had the greatest impact in my life. When I attended high school my focus was never on the academics but only on sports and having fun with my friends. I never payed attention for more than five seconds and failed to complete any type of work given to me. My lack of care for high school affected me on going to a four year college, playing a sport in college, and taking remedial classes.
Relationships can be hard and complicated. Sometimes me and my friends get into fights but we always make up no matter what. My friends use to be not that great now they are. Going to Disneyland changed me because i realized how special i was to be there. 3 main events that changed me is meeting my best friend Mackayla,going to Disneyland and moving a lot.
Life seems to take many twists and turns that somehow mesh into each other to form a chaotic knot of happenings. All of these occurrences are supposed to shape you into a wiser more experienced person. Many people can even pin point the exact moment in their life which was forever changed by a single event. When that event happens it becomes an unforgettable memory for you and teaches you a lesson that becomes one of the basic guidelines in your life. The event that forever changed me and was most significant to me was when I decided what I planned on doing for the rest of my life; choosing my major. I knew exactly what I would plan on doing my
Life can throw a lot of gifts and obstacle right in your face. Good or bad, the best way to cope with a gift or obstacle is to tuck them tight in your pocket and learn from them. Everyone has their own story, but everyone can relate to each other somewhere in the journey of life. A few of the small things that have affected my life in a big way are high school football, instagram, and sports injuries. High school football, probably the biggest impact on my life, has taught me morals, lessons, and discipline that I feel I will carry and use throughout my life. Football is so much more that just a game. It offers a sense of different type of knowledge one can use. Another big impact that has thrown me for some downs but however more ups
I went to camp for the first time last summer to get away from the pressures of home and school. Camp was a month long, I have never been away from my parents more than a week. I was very anxious. I had no idea what situations to expect and how I would handle them. I started to really wonder about my life. The way it was going was not the best for me. I can “run away” from my reality, but I know that I was going to have to come back to it in a month. The way I treat people was total opposite from how I treated my parents. What my friends were capable of doing was not a bit close to what my parents would let me do, my parents are very narrow minded. My grandparents were even more
A life-changing event is not something to be taken lightly. Throughout our lives, we encounter many obstacles and changes, some of which bring us joy and excitement, others of which may be hard for us to handle. When I look back on my relatively short life, it may, at first, be hard for me to think of an event that has truly molded and shaped the person that I am today. I have encountered several changes, but at the time, they felt like mere speed bumps along my path. Looking back now, it is easy for me to see that these changes were not by chance, but were placed in my path to form the person that I am today.