Nothing will happen if you don’t try by Mailee

Nothing will happen if you don’t try by Mailee - July 2024 Scholarship Essay

The hardest lesson I have learned this year is that nothing will happen if I don’t try. There have been so many things that I have wanted in life, like trying new things, or meeting new people. However the fear of things going wrong or not happening keeps me from trying to achieve these things. This year though I have had so many new changes going on in my life. With starting college in the fall I have applied for various programs that I have gotten, that I never would have thought I could have achieved.

Moving forward in life this knowledge can help me so much. It has taught me that I will never get the things I want if I don’t try for them. I need to apply for programs that will give me new experiences in life and talk to people if I want to make friends and connections. Doing things I enjoy without fear of failing can help me in more ways than I can imagine. I will never improve in life or reach my goals if I don’t get over my fears and actually put myself out there. I will no longer miss out on things that I want just because of the possibility that I won’t get it or that the effort I put in will be for nothing. I will continue and work on doing everything I can, to reach my dreams and be the best I can be.