I Believe Assignment 1

Tiffany McLeod

College Unbound

I Believe Assignment

I believe that life has its share of ups and downs and while success has been deemed the goal for all to reach, the path to get there is not limited to ones timeline and or measurement of success. I now believe that the word change and the adaptation to such is a quality and skill that is hard to learn but when developed can help an individual make the most out of life.

I have always gown up with the preconceived notion that all things had to go in an A, B, C order and should one come before the other it's time to start from scratch.  Having grown up in a very strict household these beliefs were precisely practiced.  At the age of 19 after having gone to college out of state I made the decision to start living on my own, thus beginning the journey of my veering off the map laid out before me. It was always stressed that after college "normal children" return home to their parent’s home in order save money.  Once I embarked on this real world journey I came to the conclusion that the sheltered lifestyle I had been living was helpful in my youth but quickly realized that this would no longer work into adulthood and I now had to be accountable for myself.

After college I had a fixed mind that now that  I had embarked on a taste of living on my own I didn't want to regress to being complacent with having everything given to me, I had fallen in love with my first accomplisment which was obtaining my own personal cell phone. While having a personal cell phone seemed simple to others, this was in fact monumental to me because I now had my very first bill and it caused me to budget my money and have more of a business mind knowing I had a responsibility to maintain my luxury.  After college I started my first forty hour fulltime job and shortly after moved in to my very first apartment. At that point the fact that I had not only done the unexpected but had been progressing which had me feeling like I’d been floating on cloud nine. Little did I know this would be only the start to my many accomplishments, pushing past limitations and barriers that are at times placed .  I now believe that starting over is not always necessary but continuing the journey and altering your path when needed is well worth the trip.  And though others may disagree no one can tell your story the way you can, and for that you are special, unique, and if people don’t understand tell them my shoe only comes in one size and I’m wearing it. Capture the moments, close your eyes , take a leap of faith and trust yourself.  You’ll be surprised at the outcome. From nothing comes greatness.