Essay: What adversity have you experienced, and how did you respond?
Author: Leo Lin | Category: Unkown category | Date: 04-12-2020
One adversity that I have experienced was in last semester of ninth grade. Ever since I joined the gold team, I had a lot more after school activities to do because golf required a lot of after school practice, so I wasn’t prepared to juggle my extracurriculars with my heavy course load. The first two weeks of the semester were a disaster. I had to stay up very very late in order to finish my homework and prepare for tests and quizzes. For a while, I didn’t do well, but I eventually realized that I had to better plan out my after school hours to stay afloat. So I first went on the internet to search up good planning strategies and implemented these into my own life. This method worked, and for once, I was able to get my stuff done on time without having to cram everything in the middle of the night.
But, the biggest adversity I faced was when the coronavirus hit the US. All of a sudden, I went from being outdoors all the time to being stuck indoors. I soon found out that without a structured day, I had barely any motivation to do my school learning. This was a huge problem. In order to combat it, I gave myself mini-rewards if I completed each task on days that I did not want to do school work. Each day, I kept on thinking to myself that if I complete all of my school work, I would be able to enjoy a greater amount of time off. These reasons helped me stay motivated during times of uncertainty. Another thing affected by the governmental lockdown was that I had to find a way to entertain myself during the lockdown. I couldn’t watch any TV shows because the TV at my house is broken. I resorted to watching videos on youtube and downloading games on my phone. With a ton of games on my phone, I was worried that I would distract myself during school time. To solve that, I placed my phone in an area which is far away from my room.
About: Leo Lin
