Part II.
Who am I/becoming
1.​ Confident
2.​ Caring
3.​ Honest and dependable
4.​ Doesn’t give up easily
I am becoming a person who is confident and doesn’t give up easily when faced with a
challenge. I am caring, honest, and dependable to my loved ones.
Where do I like to be?:
1.​ They focus their attention on being their for friends and family
2.​ Buying a house
3.​ Starting life as a young adult/teenager
Success formula
Will be most happy when I am:
1.​ Able to be my best self without fear of what other people are thinking of me in places
where people work for what they have spent their entire lives preparing for so that I can
be successful and happy.
Self advice/ motto
1.​ “Rome wasn’t built overnight.”
Essay
Right now, I am facing the transition from 19 to 20, and while it sounds like a small
change—just one year—it feels much bigger. Being a teenager was one of the most
difficult periods of my life, shaped by the pressure of high school, rising societal
tensions, a year of COVID lockdown, and the challenge of navigating constant
physical and emotional change while trying to figure out who I was. When I started
my first semester of college, I thought I had finally arrived at adulthood, only to
realize that the transition is far more complicated than I expected. Even though I
was legally an adult, I was still learning how to be one. As my twentieth birthday
approaches, I find myself reflecting on how dramatically my life has changed in
such a short time and realizing that change will continue throughout my career and
personal life. Instead of expecting myself to have everything figured out, I am
learning to apply the advice I gave myself: focus on progress over perfection, trust
the process, and take life one step at a time. Accepting that growth takes patience
helps me feel more grounded as I think about my future career, reminding me that
uncertainty does not mean failure it means I am still becoming who I am meant to
be.