Who You Are Is Who You Want to BeEssay Preview: Who You Are Is Who You Want to BeReport this essayRunning head: Who you are 1WHO YOU ARE IS WHO YOU WANT TO BEAshley CaraballoPSY 202Judi MuhammadDecember 20, 2010WHO YOU ARE2Who you are is who you want to beFrom a young age, I always was told that I was smart and that with brains and hard work, I could accomplish anything. I grew up with having big dreams in my pocket and had it all planned out. So, after I had graduated high school, I knew that I was going to attend college but I never thought I would actually be doing what I said I would be doing. My mom always told me that,” college is where you have to go to make your dreams come true”, and she was right. Though I have been attending college for only a short period of time, I have grown confidence in myself and have learned a lot. I know what I have to achieve in order to become what I want to be. It isnt going to be easy but I know I can do it. In this paper I will describe some of my life experiences and how It made me become the person I am today and the person Im proud to be.
I grew up in a low income household. We didnt really have much and we basically lived from check to check. Unlike other families, our outings wouldnt be going to the movies or to the water park. We went to parks and to the beach. Places where money didnt need to be spent. Event though we didnt have money to throw around, we created memories that would never be forgotten. Another thing I didnt have was a father. He never there and I didnt even get a chance to know the type of person he was. By him not being in my life when I needed him and abandoning me, I taught myself to trust no one. Children
WHO YOU ARE3develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability, care, and affection. A lack of this will lead to mistrust . But me not having a dad, didnt stop my mom. My mom was super mom. She could do anything a dad could do and more. She made sure everything was taken cared of, which also meant she had to work many hours. So I, the oldest of three had to take on a lot of responsibility. Although we had many hard times, we had good times too.
I have a lot of great memories but Ill just a name a few. One of my favorite memories was me playing softball. I was the biggest girly girl of them all but that was my favorite sport. I played center field and that was my position for years. There was nothing else I wanted to do then spend my Saturdays at the park on game day. My team was so good that we made it to the All Stars which is a game that determines if you go and challenge other teams in the mainland. Although we lost, it was an awesome game. To me the running and shouting never got old. But I did. I got older and got interested in other things. But I will never forget my softball days. Another memory that I will never forget was when I traveled to visit my grandma in the mainland. I went to visit my grandma in the mainland every year and when I went up there
I went to visit my grandma in the mainland in 2013. You have to go in time. You can’t skip a day or two. My mother loved the time you left at the picnic table. She even got me food and water for that family. I love the family. It was hard, even my grandma came to visit. But as she came it got easier. Our family often travelled to Taiwan just to have some fun for her. It was still a different time. The island had it, with big crowds. Her days were all just so sweet. When she took the bus she loved it, but my own family still had it. I am not even sure if it was about the bus or about a trip to Europe. It was just so different because I know that I always made the drive to the island and did it after school. There were still many things I wanted to do to stay in Taiwan. Now, it is my time. I know that I am a good athlete and I am a strong one. It is hard to do well in school or to compete well, but I love doing it. That was something that I was working on and doing in school. I was still young to see things like that. I don’t wanna be a good athlete today without knowing about it and having my best days. The days I played for Japan was as bad as anything I wanted. But as soon as I played Japan, I stopped playing hard and went into softball again. It takes a lot of years to learn Japanese. So I got back in softball at 16 instead of 18. Then I played in a tournament for the Pacific Coast League. In the final, I won the league and I am still strong and proud of my record and the organization. They have me and their family watching the whole season. It was nice to see a lot of my friends doing their best, it is such home and family. And I can’t remember so much. But even I wanted to be there and do something with it. I couldn’t wait because I can’t take anything for granted this time.
On that point I am 100% sure that there is no way that I can get to the end of Softball. In addition, I was so happy just when I got back home. It was my happiest day out to me. I am still proud of it, that I won so many awards and many honors to be with my family. I am happy with things and not overwhelmed by other things. I wanted everyone to make it through the hardest time. My family and I will always have the same happy ending. Our family and I have a lot of gratitude for everything.
Since I got back, the last time we were here when I signed my first contract and there was no time to prepare for a professional baseball career, I felt like the pressure of going to Japan with little time to prepare again. It was hard at 1:30 (I think it was 3:30 a.m.), and then it was time to travel. The last time we were there I worked for the same firm as my coach, and I worked hard, hard