I'm still here!!!

         One strategy for me is, persistency. It is hard work for me, to go to school and have a regular job, but I think that this is the best inversion of effort that I can make. I'm pretty sure that in the future, I will be thankful for all those nights without any sleep, because I was making my homework. In the book Into the Wild Hathaway talks about Chris, "He didn't get into trouble, he was a high achiever, he did what he was supposed to" p.114 In my case, sometimes I get discouraged, because I doubt my ability. But I don't want to continue working in a regular job, because I know that I had the ability to finish college in my country. That is why, I am still here trying to get my equivalency. 


        Another strategy for me is, keeping myself focused. If we know where we want to go, we don't have to get distractions. I have known some friends who leave school to find a job, and   after they begin to work, they lose their interest in their studies, because they feel that it is more important to have money. In the Passion Project Emily says, "We still have that mindset where we need money to survive. Oh, I have money I can buy a plasma T.V. I can buy a uh a king size bed, a water bed." In this point of view, I understand them, because when you are young, you want to have money to buy a car, take your girlfriend to the movies, etc. But after this happen, they find out that it is more difficult to return to school. Therefore, if we are already here at school, we have to overcome all obstacles in order to finish college, later we will have a better job.

          And the last strategy to me is, to make an extra effort. Sometimes, I feel like my thoughts begin to fade, but at the same time I remember my boss that sometimes is screaming at me, because he is under pressure. And of course, I do not want to spend the rest of my life in my current job, I want to do something to have a different future. In the book Into the Wild the author argues, "To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name. No longer would he answer to Chris McCandless; he was now Alexander Supertramp, master of his own destiny" p.23 If we have a dream in our lives, we must do all possible to reach it. Currently, in my own life with obstacles like I have, they keep me motivated to pursue my dream of one day I can get my degree in UCSJ. Therefore, it is important to do everything that I can to be here at school, despite some moments I feel that this is too much.