I could write a simple, plain, boring as hell blog describing my past...but how would that be any interesting?
How does my past differentiate from my fellow peers, to be honest I have no clue as I just started this class and it being a fifty minute class; not much time to make friends now is there? Sure I can meet up with them after class to swap notes, but now were trailing off topic. I pretty much had a "standard" childhood growing up, not too interesting or boring, unless you count the fact that most families are dysfunctional. Let's stick with the basics, makes it pretty easy to write then having to delve into details; I was born in California and moved when I was about five, parents decided they wanted to move to Arizona so we made the transition when I was young. I have five siblings, but two of them are from my dads second marriage and one is from my moms second marriage, to me they are still family regardless of them coming from different parents. So i have two full blood brothers, and three half blood siblings. Pretty much a basic life, went to school in the same area (Avondale, mind you) for about six years till fifth grade when my parents were fighting over custody of us. Decided to live with my mom as things....escalated, with my dad, so I ended up going to the same school after seventh grade, went to the same high school as my brothers and graduated in 2010.
To be honest, there is so much more to my past then I would like to let on, but its in the past and the past to me is both private and exclusive; I don't feel the need to explain it unless I feel comfortable around others, even then its pretty slim chances that I will be open about it. So, fast forward two years to 2012 and we decide (Mother and her children) that we want to move back to California, best decision I have ever made. Before 2012 my life was headed nowhere, even if it was headed somewhere it was pretty obvious that I was going nowhere fast. After the initial move to California, my mom and older brother and younger sister decided to move back to Arizona as it did not satisfy them; I stayed behind. So I got a job and worked for over a year trying to figure what to do with my life, things seemed to be like Arizona all over again...then something happened; a light went off in my head, signaling to me that I was going to be stuck in a loop of doing nothing and wasting away. I tried to enroll in college in 2013 but my previous life choices before 2013 had an adverse effect on me so it was put on hold till 2014, where I am now studying to become an IT Technician.
Future? Is anyone really certain of what their future is going to be? I'd like to answer yes to that question but then again life is quite unpredictable, I have first hand experience of that. There are ideals that I have for my future, again, basic things; move out into a place of my own, get a career that pays decent but I can love at the same time, why would you spent time and energy on learning something that may grant you excessive wealth but at the cost of your well being? So as far as my future is concerned, I'm making the best of what comes my way, many things factor into what I want out of my life. If I had to say with certainty, something I would strive for, to make a realization instead of a fantasy...would be the certainty that I have a peaceful future; one with no hardships that would negatively impact me, or constant fears that we face in everyday life. It's because of these fears that we hope for a better future, but how can we hope for a better future if we don't take care of the present?
How does my past differentiate from my fellow peers, to be honest I have no clue as I just started this class and it being a fifty minute class; not much time to make friends now is there? Sure I can meet up with them after class to swap notes, but now were trailing off topic. I pretty much had a "standard" childhood growing up, not too interesting or boring, unless you count the fact that most families are dysfunctional. Let's stick with the basics, makes it pretty easy to write then having to delve into details; I was born in California and moved when I was about five, parents decided they wanted to move to Arizona so we made the transition when I was young. I have five siblings, but two of them are from my dads second marriage and one is from my moms second marriage, to me they are still family regardless of them coming from different parents. So i have two full blood brothers, and three half blood siblings. Pretty much a basic life, went to school in the same area (Avondale, mind you) for about six years till fifth grade when my parents were fighting over custody of us. Decided to live with my mom as things....escalated, with my dad, so I ended up going to the same school after seventh grade, went to the same high school as my brothers and graduated in 2010.
To be honest, there is so much more to my past then I would like to let on, but its in the past and the past to me is both private and exclusive; I don't feel the need to explain it unless I feel comfortable around others, even then its pretty slim chances that I will be open about it. So, fast forward two years to 2012 and we decide (Mother and her children) that we want to move back to California, best decision I have ever made. Before 2012 my life was headed nowhere, even if it was headed somewhere it was pretty obvious that I was going nowhere fast. After the initial move to California, my mom and older brother and younger sister decided to move back to Arizona as it did not satisfy them; I stayed behind. So I got a job and worked for over a year trying to figure what to do with my life, things seemed to be like Arizona all over again...then something happened; a light went off in my head, signaling to me that I was going to be stuck in a loop of doing nothing and wasting away. I tried to enroll in college in 2013 but my previous life choices before 2013 had an adverse effect on me so it was put on hold till 2014, where I am now studying to become an IT Technician.
Future? Is anyone really certain of what their future is going to be? I'd like to answer yes to that question but then again life is quite unpredictable, I have first hand experience of that. There are ideals that I have for my future, again, basic things; move out into a place of my own, get a career that pays decent but I can love at the same time, why would you spent time and energy on learning something that may grant you excessive wealth but at the cost of your well being? So as far as my future is concerned, I'm making the best of what comes my way, many things factor into what I want out of my life. If I had to say with certainty, something I would strive for, to make a realization instead of a fantasy...would be the certainty that I have a peaceful future; one with no hardships that would negatively impact me, or constant fears that we face in everyday life. It's because of these fears that we hope for a better future, but how can we hope for a better future if we don't take care of the present?
