Learning is the Key to the Future by Ashley

Learning is the Key to the Future by Ashley - August 2023 Scholarship Essay

I always felt out of place when I was in high school, I felt slow. Topics didn't click as quickly for me compared to others and I would forget the information rapidly. I felt like everyone thought I was unintelligent because I wasn’t the first person to answer or I couldn’t read as well, but I was the only one who thought that. Constantly I judged myself day after day.
In my first year of college, I realized that not everyone knows what they are doing and everyone comprehends and thinks differently. Not everyone has the same thought process or opinions. Then I learned how to be okay with being myself. I learned how to keep a good school and personal life balance. I learned how to study, keep myself entertained, be alone with myself, how to appreciate life more, and most importantly learned about myself.
Keeping a good school and personal life balance has helped me maintain healthy relationships with friends, family, and myself. This helped me appreciate each day and live to the fullest because you never know when that day could come. I study best in ambient lighting, colder climates, with hardcover notebooks and colorful pens, but I also have to take a break at least once an hour. Without a break my head gets overloaded and I'm studying to just study not to learn. My break could be crocheting a row or two of the project I’m doing or staring at my phone for 5 minutes and playing music. Whatever I think I need in that moment I will do because it keeps me motivated to continue.
I will forever continue to learn about myself each and every day until I’m gone, and I appreciate that because learning is what life is about. As long as I know I’m going to be okay then I will be okay at the end of the day and I’m excited to see what the future holds for me. Having this type of mindset will help me in the future to attack problems and situations including stress.