Personal Essay: Gaining My Experience In College

Growing up, my parents, they always told me keep my grades up, to never put important things aside. They said learn from them, they had my oldest sister at a young age and they were not able to graduate or go back to continue educating them self. They struggle for so long, from buying themselves clothes, to paying the mortgage. Always put school first, work on myself to have the life I want when I am older, my parents said. Saying that, I believe; all the money I am spending, sacrifices I am making, skills I am gaining, and being able to say I fulfilled my goal will be worth it in about seven years for me. Others may disagree with me and some might say, it’s not worth the money, and accumulating debt, but I disagree. Student loans are available

Learning to budget comes in handy with resourcefulness as well. I have been forced to be on a budget as in, I have no choice but to budget my own money out, I have learned how save. That way, I am hoping when I am older and in my work force and my budget is not as tight as it is while I am a college student, I will make smarter financial decisions. I will learn independence, like I said I am so use to being around my parents, being away from them is showing me how to be by myself. I am the sole person responsible for me 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. I have learned to prioritize my tasks, I learned to switch my paste. Often times I have to do more than one thing at a time. I know what needs to be done and when it needs to be done. I learned to schedule my time based on the task at hand and get things done based on the level of importance. I have learned to work with others from a lazy person to someone who wants to control everything. I now know how to deal with others and have adapted to skill sets required in every workplace. All these skills are something that I could use in my work field. I learn creativity and innovation from my college experience and my interaction with my