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Narrative Essay About Failure

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Failure; All it takes is a Day at the Beach I fooled around all my life, I was never really great at one thing except failing. Somedays I feel as if I failed more than I have taken steps. I fail on almost constantly, whether it’s accidentally slipping up in front of an adult or something considerably worse such as flunking a test. Regardless of who we are, we all all fail once or twice. As for me, I’ve been around the block a few times in this department of life. Recently I’ve discovered that there’s no running from failure, but last year I convinced myself I could eighty-six my pitiful life in Michigan to chase a legendary spring break in Florida. I was taking a week to ditch my snowy troubles in Michigan to vacation with my relatives in Amelia Island, Florida. When I arrived in Florida, I was greeted by a tropical breeze that rocked me back …show more content…

Trying to impress her, I smirked, thinking I looked all cool. She smirked back and strutted back to her towel. I waited, contemplating my next move and then her friend left. She waltzed over to the ocean and dipped her toe in, before sprinting and diving in. I saw my sliver of opportunity and walked over. I decided to introduce myself before her friend came back. I began by stuttering before sputtering out, “So I’m William, who are …” when the friend came back from her dip in the ocean, walked over to us and asked me what I was doing. I started to answer, but before I got out a, “Nice to meet you” the friend glared at me and asked me to leave. Seriously? I hadn’t done a thing: hadn’t mistakenly kicked sand on their towels, hadn’t dripped water on them. Nothing. But she’s asking me to leave? So I got up to go, but then I hesitated, turned around and asked why she didn’t want me around. “After all, it’s Spring Break,” I said flashing an enthusiastic grin. “Meet new friends, have new adventures … maybe we could hang

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