Personal Journal

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high school, so I told him I wanted to become a pediatrician. He looked at me as if I were stupid. He said, "Well yeah, doctors make money, but I don't think that's what you want to do. You're going to have 10-plus years of school, when you have these lawyers making thousands an hour for only a few years in school." Then he went on talking about how difficult life is, especially with today's economy. He said it was best if I just went to law school, I'd be rich in no time. That man, although attempting to persuade me otherwise, gave me something to think about. I've always hated politics, government and anything to do with law, and going through school for anything takes extreme dedication. But I wondered that how can I dedicate myself to something I don't love?

Everyone assumes I want to become a doctor for the money. In a way, they aren't wrong. I don't want to be rich, though. I just want a comfortable lifestyle. With everyone talking about me making bank, I started to ...

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I wanted to quit my part time job and get a new one because the job I had I did not like at all. He told me to keep that job until I found a new one but I did not listen. The next day I put in my two week notice. After the two weeks, I was unemployed and could not manage to get a new job because of the economy. After that, I regret not listening to what my dad had to say to me.

Another time I did not listen to my dad was when I was going dirt biking with all my friends. I had been riding my dirt bike the day before I was going to the track with everyone. My dad told me that I should take a drive up to the Honda dealer ship to get some spare spark plugs. I told him I did not need to ...

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