Personal Narrative: Lost And Lost In Life

Lost and Found Have you ever been lost? I am not talking about being lost while driving or lost in the woods, I mean lost in life. Have you ever felt so lost and alone in the world with no one to help you? Have you ever wanted to achieve something but had no idea how to do it? Have you ever wanted to break the cycle and better yourself against all odds? It was my senior year in high school when everything changed and I really lost my way. I never expected to go to college, especially because I thought I could never afford it even if I wanted to. None of my family members had ever gone and I had no idea what it was really like. College recruiters began showing up at school and classes would be excused to visit the booths of the different universities. Whenever class was dismissed for that purpose, I never went to the expo. I

I didn’t recall a single thing I did at work that night. I went through the motions but my mind was somewhere else. Tons of questions raced through my mind. What would my family say? How could I ever afford it? How do I even get started? After finishing work and heading home, I began to look through the brochures. I had always loved learning and I was good at it. There was no doubt about my abilities when it came to collegiate academics, but everything else scared me to death.

I took that night to really think about what I wanted. I wasn’t necessarily unhappy where I was working and I wasn’t ashamed of my family never attending college. As I continued to dwell on the topic I began thinking, would I be happy working where I was working forever? Could I live the rest of my life never growing, never expanding my horizons, and never experiencing the world? I fell asleep thinking of how I would pitch this radical idea to my parents. When I woke, I gathered the brochures, worked up the nerve, and headed downstairs to tell them about what I