Process Reflection: Activity
Assessment
Just recently I have started living
on my own. Having always one parent by my side throughout my whole life, this
was a drastic change. What I had to do was learn to live on my own, and fend
for myself. At first my vision of living on my own was eating the junk food I
wanted, doing whatever I wanted, but that wasn't all true. Not only was it
difficult to learn how to buy groceries on your own, but also learn to be able
to survive on your own money. My parents are testing me seeing whether I had
the capability to live on my own with out depending on them. Living on my own
and working a minimum wage job to pay for everything is to help motivate
myself. Did I want to spend the rest of my life earning minimum wage and trying
to fend off the world or do I want to work hard and hopefully one day make more
than I am making now. Not only those living on my own motivate me it teaches me
life lessons that cannot be learned at school Schools do not teach you how to
pay bills or clean the house, they don’t teach you how to fix the plumbing or
how to do laundry. Living by yourself and learning these responsibilities can
be extremely valuable and it’s better to earn them early. Because of this
independence I find myself suddenly working harder in school, and trying to
work as hard as possible because the idea of living like this forever motivates
me to want to get out of the that situation even more.
I remember the first time I moved out on my own. I was 18 years old and had no idea what real life responsibilities were all about. Me and my boys were kicked out of the Woods Apartments after only 3 months and were eventually black listed due to unpaid fees for the next 10 years. I learned my lesson and even though I know how to settle down I still make time to play aside from working all the time. Nice job on your reflection!
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