Non Immediate Family

A significant challenge I have faced in the past years is the divorce of my parents. My parents divorced around four or five years ago, when I was nine or ten. This challenge has not affected me academically, because throughout the process of the divorce my parents always told me that I should not allow my problems at home to affect me as a person or academically, during this time I kept up a 4.0 GPA. Some of the positive things that have come out of this situation is growing my relationship with my immediate family, and also with my non-immediate family. Another positive outcome is me being able to see just how strong I am, the divorce was very hard for me and my sister but we stayed positive and were able to overcome this problem together,
with very supportive parents. One of the steps I have had to take to become more successful in life, is to be more open with everyone, even more with my family. I have learned that my family is very positive, I have also noticed that my family is very caring, they will not look at you differently because you come from the opposite side of the family. I believe my family as whole has made me into a more supportive and caring person. Another step I have taken through this process is learning time management, time management is very useful when you’re trying to juggle honors classes homework, volleyball, trying to keep a reasonable eating schedule, and on top of that also having to pack my stuff for my dad’s house, without forgetting anything.