Self Essay

Family is a big part of my life. I’ve always been close with my family and I plan to keep it that way forever. Anytime I’ve ever been in trouble or needed help, my family is who I call first. I have grown through out the years to learn that they will be the most important part of my life and that is one thing that will never change. My friends will change and jobs will as well, but through the thick and the thin your blood will always be there. I also feel a certain bond with them because I am adopted. I was not born into this family, but rather chosen and I feel as though I owe it to them do make something of myself. I feel as though every accomplishment that I’ve had in my life has been for not only me but for them as well. In the family aspect of things I’d say that I’m doing pretty well.

Friends are then next thing that matters to me. Friendship is not something that I just hand out to anyone I meet. I feel as though my close friends are just an extension of my family, and I treat them that way. I would go to the end of the world and back for any of my friends. In my group of friends, we call each other “brother” for a reason. It’s something that we feel has meaning in our lives and we truly mean it when we say it. We feel as though the person we are saying it too truly is a brother of ours, and we treat them with that level of respect and honesty.

I have always been told that I have a good work ethic in life and work hard at whatever I do. This is something that I take pride in and work towards every day. If I am getting paid to do a job by someone I am going to do that job to the fullest extent. I have been working since I was 15 and have never gone more than a month without a job since then. During my employment I’ve done several jobs, such as being a lifeguard at two separate pools, a cook and waiter at Isaacs Deli, a cook at a Hercules Gyro in the York Galleria, a salesman at Champs Sports, and a worker for a privately owned landscaping company. All of these jobs, I’ve worked my hardest at, and learned many things that will help me in the future.

One of the things that I need to work on in my life is my schooling. I’ve had a rocky past when it comes to my education. I’ve wasted enough time and money on failed attempts in the past to understand now how important it