Personal Narrative Archives

Going fishing sounds fun and easy, which it really is, but there are a few things that make it stressful in the beginning. Then after that it is all fun and games. Now if you are not a big fan of spending money then this first step will be a little depressing. You will first, need fishing license, because you do not want to get a ticket for fishing. Next you will need to get a fishing pole and bait. Now live bait is a much better choice considering movement draws in a fishs attention. If you do ...

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The Personal Reasonfor Successand College

To look forward for a success, individual needs to prepare for yourself a good intellectual plus a nimble and an active head. How to do that, Dont stop learning. We need to learn more and more to strengthen our long-term knowledge. Learning is not only the knowledge but also practice the process of training moral and sentiments. The aim of the learning is to serve all job effectively. Throughout history thousands of years, mankind has accumulated a huge treasure of knowledge about nature and so...

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How Positive Leadershipand Negative Life Changing Experiences Have Impacted My Life

What does leadership mean, Leadership means making the right choice in the face of conflict when others under you are present. Leadership means standing up for what one believes in and passing what one believes on to others. Additionally, leadership means impacting others through ones actions. The way leadership impacts a person depends on the examples of leadership in that persons life. Leadership has impacted me positively through historical leaders and in my own negative life-changing experie...

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The Importanceof Havinga Dadaround While Growing Up

In movies we see fathers and daughters, walking down the aisle, daddy daughter dances, and things like that. Well when I was about 11 I remember my two cousins talking about their dad. They we talking about how their dad wouldnt let them do something. I thought about it and I thought I wish I could ask my dad to do something, or get me something but I cant. By the time I was born the only time I seen my dad was under lock and key. We took hour long trips, to sit in uncomfortable plastic chairs, ...

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Medical Missionsin Tiajuana

It is both an honor and a privilege to beinvolved in medical missions helping care for the dire medical needs of thewonderful, albeit forgotten, people ofMiramar and Alamar Communities in Tijuana, Mexico. By far, this has been my most fulfilling and rewarding experience. The place for the medical mission is a Church called Centro Shalom serving the people living nearby. Not only do the people living there suffer from extreme poverty, live in government-condemned land, makeshift homes with dirt f...

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My Journeyto Christianity

I grew up in a Catholic family but we are the farthest thing from religious. Although I attended a catholic elementary school, the only time I went to church was the required Wednesday mass. We sometimes attended church on holidays, but forget about Sundays. We never went then! I didnt understand what it meant to believe in God. I believed in God because I was taught to believe in Him. Over the years, though I still do not attend church, my faith and understanding in God has become my own. I bel...

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Mental Illnessin My Family

I am sure it is not a disaster, but if available, I would call it a nightmare. Sometimes when I was in depression or lacks confidence, I would recall certain things happened at that dark time. Anxiety disorder, to most people, is astrange and obscure word. To the scholars and researchers, it is defined as a group of mental disorders characterized by feelings of anxiety and fear. But to me, it is a word I dare not to think of and being afraid of, for a simple but complicated reason my mom was the...

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The Importanceof Livinginthe Moment

The cold crisp air cut the edges of my nose. I could smell the mildew coming off the auburn and mustard yellow leaves. The wind gave a nice breeze to the 50-degree autumn air. It was the perfect day to snuggle up under my down comforter, sip on my favorite tea, cinnamon spice, and watch the chick flick, The Holiday. For some reason that movie always makes my worthless sense of being somewhat meaningful. It was a day that was so beautiful yet so depressing at the same time. The wonder of my ex...

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The Rollercoaster

Back in 2005 during summer time, right before I was about to start my soft more year at Douglas Freeman High School. I experienced something I never experienced or felt in life before. It was made out of steel, it had rails like a train, it was fast, the highest speed that could reach was 70 mph, In middle of it the steam and smoke was coming out. It was one huge, fast, long rollercoaster that had a name volcano. Just thinking about that thing gives me shivers. That summer my friend...

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Howto Influence Others

Throughout my life I have met numerous individuals who would be considered people of outstanding character. Yet there is one that I admire the most who always has persuasive influence on me. My father, Sean Golliday. Sean is a conductor at BNSF, an evangelist, and a Staff Sergeant in the Army National Guard. He is a loving husband to his wife Cory for 25 years and father to two sons. Having a value of duty he felt obligated after 911 to join the armed forces so he could serve his country. Becaus...

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How Robert F Kennedy Overcame His Brothers Death

Everyone loved John F. Kennedy, he was my brother, and I don't thinkanyone suffered his loss more than I did. The assassination of mybrother left me devastated and turned me into a completely differentman. After my brother's death, I didn't know what else to do, so I wroteletters to my children Kathleen and Joseph II, saying "As the oldestKennedy family members of their generation, they had a specialresponsibility to remember what their uncle had started and to love andserve their country". Writ...

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Higher Educationand My Dream Job

Imagine being offered you dream job, now imagine it taken from your grasp just as quickly as it was presented to you. You may have all the experience in the world, but none of it matters if you dont have a degree. This is why I decided to return to school. There are several reasons why the humiliating situation I was in, realizing where I was in life, where I wanted to be and how I was going to get there, and seeing the benefits of obtaining my degree.I experienced one of my most humiliating eve...

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Gettinga New Job

Due to downsizing, I was laid off twice within one year. My savingsaccount had a zero balance and all my bills were overdue. I needed ajob that offered excellent pay and stability, so I decided to perfect myinterviewing techniques. In my opinion, proper interviewing techniquesrequired a four-step process Researching potential companies, updatingmy professional skills, practicing my interviewing skills, and preparingfor the actual interview.First, I used the company's website, which is an exce...

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A Personal Narrative Linkingtwo Birthday Parties

All year long my parents saved up money and my dad would bring candy bags home every day to prepare for me and my brother Joshuas birthday party, because my parents would make the same birthday party for both us. My parents would get everything ready for the party all year long so that way the party would be stunning. Its once a year that we get to celebrate our childrens, why not celebrated big my father would say to my mother every time. Every year my parents would give us a big celebration f...

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Personal Strugglesand Being An Adult

Out of all people in this world you can trust me when I say I have been through a fair share of struggles. From day one, my life went down the drain and it has not started to go up until recently. There was a point in my life when I thought that the sun would never shine again. I was ready to see the light and I became anxious for it. When I got my head on straight I realized that I needed to stop crying about my issues and deal with them like an adult. The struggles were hard, but I could only ...

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