The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

 

There was a time in my life when I let laziness take over. My laziness created a cognitive dissonance in my mind that nearly broke me down. It detained me from completing day to day tasks, hell even activities I wanted to do. I questioned myself all the time about what happened to the ambitious creative girl I once was. She was always still there; she was just adjusting to the real world. During my early high school years, instead of attacking important tasks I would fall to worldly distractions and sit in melancholy after realizing I completed nothing. Most of my happiness came from dopamine rushes, from outside resources like a phone or being outside with friends. I was running away from my problems instead of handling them like a responsible young lady. My procrastination was so bad I would sit in sadness thinking about what I could be doing instead of doing it. With all the mental struggles I went through in high school and life lessons I had to learn as a soon to be adult, I learned that if you want something you have to take it. You can’t sit around wallowing in melancholy, because it won't get you closer to success.

 

As human beings you have to fail to succeed. Every failure you go through and every setback is a step closer to you becoming more evident in who you are. In this life I had to learn how to use my setbacks to make me stronger and more disciplined. Why I chose my major I want to study computer science because math has always come easy to me. Once a math subject is explained to me and I know the bones of the equation, solving is easy. Of course sometimes math problems are challenging but I love the process of challenging myself to know more, feeling the satisfaction of completing something hard is worth it (I be feeling like a genius lol). The coding aspect of computer science is something I'm determined to comprehend. I love editing, making websites, and creating animations.

 

Once I grasp the knowledge of coding I know I can enhance the things I love exponentially and make something the world could benefit from. Understanding the language of coding will take some time but that's nothing, the blessing and knowledge I gain will be worth millions. I chose undecided for my second major but I know it would be something in the performing arts field. Dancing, singing, acting, writing, and creating has always come easy to me. When you hear someone say they are self taught in dancing, singing, or whatever of the sort, you think they aren't actually good, but I'm confident in my skills and creativity. I sit in my room singing till my lungs go out, I dance till I pass out, and I visualize incredible ideas relating to performing arts 24/8. The arts is a way I express myself entirely, why not learn it in depth.