Hi all! During these recent years I have come to realise that I have had a fairly successful life despite the fact that I didn't do well in school. So I'm going to tell you how I got to where I am by being the person I am by telling you more about my life story.
I have mentioned this before but at a very young age I was diagnosed with a disability called dyspraxia. It's a little bit like dyslexia but it effects your motor skills as well. So in school I was clumsy and really bad at sports. However the other thing I did not mention is that I am technically retarded and this is no joke. The doctors pretty much said that I will struggle at everything I do especially in school and performing individual tasks. Obviously I found this out when I was 12 years old and it has been a burden but I have come to terms with that. In fact ever since I've known I have tried so much harder to complete my tasks.
So I finished school with really bad grades. While I felt disappointed and depressed I didn't let it get to me. So instead of mourning that the fact that I would never be good at anything I moved on and went into college. While the chances were slim I still managed to go to college and study ICT.
The reason why I chose ICT is because I played loads of games and because I felt like I was an outcast to society I stayed indoors pretty much all my entire life sitting in front of a computer. During college I changed. I was a very shy kid before I went to college but for some reason that all changed. While I was still pretty shy I did some how gain a confidence boost and made many friends because of it and I was very happy. I was also doing very well in my course. In fact at the end of my first year I was awarded the student of the year award.
This was when I found out that anyone can do anything if they put their mind to it. Just because a bunch of clever doctors said that I'm not all that smart, it doesn't mean that I'll never be happy or make a name for myself.
While I was in college I became a gaming journalist for an American gaming website called VGMMDI. While I didn't get paid or anything I enjoyed writing articles and I loved the fact that I can connect to people around the world and listen to their comments. It wasn't a well known website (in fact we would be lucky to get 10 viewers) but with my articles they were the most popular out of the bunch. With my articles I would of gotten 10,000 viewers where is everyone else would of gotten 60 viewers. I don't know why but people seemed to like what I did and it felt rewarding.
Then I had to quit to get a paid job at a petrol station. The pay wasn't half bad but working there was stressful though since that it was so disorganised. In fact there were times where I didn't get paid so I had to yell at my boss quite a lot even though I would usually avoid confrontation. However ever since I left that job I have become so much stronger. I feel like I can take on my own battles now and I'm much happier for it.
And now I got this new job where I am a web designer. When I got this job I was surprised that I made it this far in so little time. I'm 19 years old and I already have a steady career and this is in England which means it's even more impressive that I have a job at my age.
So now I feel like I have a purpose in life and I am so much more happier. While I still have trouble performing simple tasks and meeting new people I feel like that I have so much potential and this is simply the beginning of a new and happier life.
Just because someone tells you that you're ugly or stupid, it doesn't necessarily mean that your not going to have a good life because if you actually try hard and put more positivity in your life then nothing but good things could come out of it.
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