Who You Are Is Who You Want to Be

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WHO YOU ARE IS WHO YOU WANT TO BE

Ashley Caraballo

PSY 202

Judi Muhammad

December 20, 2010

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Who you are is who you want to be

From a young age, I always was told that I was smart and that with brains and hard work, I could accomplish anything. I grew up with having big dreams in my pocket and had it all planned out. So, after I had graduated high school, I knew that I was going to attend college but I never thought I would actually be doing what I said I would be doing. My mom always told me that," college is where you have to go to make your dreams come true", and she was right. Though I have been attending college for only a short period of time, I have grown confidence in myself and have learned a lot. I know what I have to achieve in order to become what I want to be. It isn't going to be easy but I know I can do it. In this paper I will describe some of my life experiences and how It made me become the person I am today and the person I'm proud to be.

I grew up in a low income household. We didn't really have much and we basically lived from check to check. Unlike other families, our outings wouldn't be going to the movies or to the water park. We went to parks and to the beach. Places where money didn't need to be spent. Event though we didn't have money to throw around, we created memories that would never be forgotten. Another thing I didn't have was a father. He never there and I didn't even get a chance to know the type of person he was. By him not being in my life when I needed him and abandoning me, I taught myself to trust no one. Children

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develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability, care, and affection. A lack of this will lead to mistrust . But me not having a dad, didn't stop my mom. My mom was super mom. She could do anything a dad could do and more. She made sure everything was taken cared of, which also meant she had to work many hours. So I, the oldest of three had to take on a lot of responsibility. Although we had many hard times, we had good times too.

I have a lot of great memories but I'll just a name a few. One of my favorite memories was me playing softball. I was the biggest girly girl of them all but that was my favorite sport. I played center field and that was my position for years. There was nothing else I wanted to do then spend my Saturdays at the park on game day. My team was so good that we made it to the All Stars which is a game that determines if you go and challenge other teams in the mainland. Although we lost, it was an awesome game. To me the running and shouting never got old. But I did. I got older and got interested in other things. But I will never forget my softball days. Another memory that I will never forget was when I traveled to visit my grandma in the mainland. I went to visit my grandma in the mainland every year and when I went up there