Personal Narrative: Major Goals

Major Goal
A major goal that I have achieved is conquering major apprehensive fears in my life. In the past, I have dealt with depression, anxiety, and the overwhelming uneasiness of making friends. Anytime I found the courage to face these cowardly feelings, I would find myself face first into a wall of uncertainty. Ashamed of the outcome which could occur, such as making a foolish mistake, I would curl back into a ball and let my fears consume me like a meatball sub. I would countlessly ask myself why do I allow these apprehensive fears to overwhelm me yet in return I would hear nothing just my dismay whispering in my ears. Now that I have gotten older and were put into scenarios in my childhood, I am now able to make friends and have the courage to grow out of my anxiety and depression state. This anxiety didn’t grow to be a problem until the fourth grade. this was the time these fears prevented me from making friends and also being able to get work done in class. I found myself trying to compete with others in my class with getting work done. By that I mean I wanted to read well when my name was called upon and occasionally win in the classroom spelling bee, Yet I accomplished to do the complete opposite.
I walked into class in total astonishment not expecting what I saw when I opened the door. It was a friendly community atmosphere with kids scattered everywhere working independently on work. We sat down and had a community meeting, our teacher at that time Mr. Darius always started the meeting off with saying “As a community, we shall care for each other and give each other the utmost respect”. That’s exactly how it was after that moment we sat and were able to talk about the past, what we struggle with, and what plan on improving in the future. I really was happy this was the first time I was ever able to let my guard down and tell people what I dealt with and also hear other people's