Failure: Succeeding in Finding What Does Not Work by Julia

Failure: Succeeding in Finding What Does Not Work by Julia - February 2017 Scholarship Essay

While failure is inevitable and something that one experiences throughout their lifetime, I specifically met failure during my junior year of high school. During this year, my battle against depression was increasingly more difficult and my level of motivation decreased every day.
This lack of motivation resulted in my disregard of school work. My grades began sliding and it was not until it was too late that I realized my choices. Instead of finding a happy medium and fixing the issues, my anxiety took over. As I worked through what felt like an ocean of missing assignments, I would break down in tears, stressing about the hours of work ahead of me. I spent the remainder of my school year filled with stress and anxiety. Once the summer rolled around, I found the happy medium in preparation for my senior year.
I realized that it is okay to take days one assignment at a time in order to minimize stress and maximize work being done. Though my grades from that year do not accurately reflect my academic work ethic, I realized that while I should care about my grades, I don’t need to pressure myself too much. My transcript from that year holds three C's, however, I do not look as making mistakes failure. Ultimately, failing is just finding the things that do not work.