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That is the link to the gif that describes me, if you cannot see it, it is a picture of a footstep with words that say “Today I will concentrate on taking one step forward no matter how small”.  I like the idea of this Gif because I find that most of every job that needs to be completed, or that you want to be complete, most of the effort lies in taking the first steps. I learned this in a few areas of my life

When I came to college I told myself that I would do a set number of pushups every night before I go to sleep.  At first it was very difficult, there were a few times that I forgot and had to go to my room quickly or get out of bed to do them.  It was quite annoying at first.  After I took these first few steps though, I found that doing pushups before I go to sleep every night isn’t very hard.  So I have increased the number requirement for what I call, the “bed buy-out”, which is something that I have to do if I want to go to bed, and often times in the fitness world, working out is referred to as “getting money”.

Next, and probably most importantly, I find this is true with my education.  When I know I have a lot of work, or I think I have a lot of work, I find that it behooves me to just do it sometimes, because I am less nervous when I do.  For example, I could wait until the last minute because I know something is easy and I won’t stress over it, or if I find something will be challenging I will do it as soon as possible so that I don’t have to think about it.  It is important to take that first step though.  Especially when writing essays.  I find that when I don’t know what I am going to write about for an essay, the hardest part is to just start typing, and that getting the initial thought into words is the most challenging.  But if you take that first step, you may find that the rest of the five page paper perhaps is easily conquered.

I think when it comes to creating ourselves as individuals we all have to take the first steps.  We have to take these steps as part of defining ourselves, and branding ourself to pursue what we want to pursue.  It’s not something that we can necessarily find in school either, it may be something that we must learn to pursue on our own, through our own research, being around our own field, doing it because we want to for whatever reason.  This to me is how careers are built, success is made, and children mature into adulthood.  Its about how we become what we wish we were, and how we are will to change the world and ourselves in the process.