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Personal Narrative: My Personal Obstacles In My Life

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Everyone in life will have their own personal obstacles they will have to face in life. Some people will mentally shut down and give up when faced with a challenge. Others will take their challenges and use them to better themselves. The obstacles that I have faced in my life have never hit me harder than they have these past few months. This being my senior year I always expected it to be the most laid back and relaxing year of my life. When in fact I set myself up for one of the biggest challenges of my life, by signing up for multiple online college classes and playing football for the first time since freshman year. Although, under all this immense pressure, this is where my true colors came out. I didn’t stop working to my full potential

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