Patrick Costa Robles

Period 6

Woelke

August 27 2019

Personal Narrative

It started just like any other day. I was sitting on the couch doing nothing else but

playing video games. This was a day where I did not do my chores when I was supposed to have

them done before my parents got home from work. Today was the type of day where I learned to

take initiative and how to show it.

I was still sitting on the couch when my dad walked in through the front door. When he

walked in he had the look of disappointment on his face, because the house was not picked up

and the dishes had not been done. I knew what was going to happen since I had done this many

times before. He said, “Why do I have to tell you to do chores, and watch you do them to make

sure you are doing them correctly? When you know that you are supposed to do them every

day?”

I said, “I’m going to do them right not now.”

My Dad said, “That is not the point, you are supposed to do them when you get home

from school, so that way I do not have to tell you to do them when I get home.”

I was annoyed because I thought, “As long as they get done I do not see the point of

getting them done so soon.” I said, “Fine I’ll do it.”

 My dad had said with a sad tone in his voice, listen I’m just trying to teach you to be

responsible and teach you some self-discipline.”

As I go to do my chores without saying anything. I thought to myself, “Yeah, yeah he

always says the exact same thing.” This time was a little different though. I tried to think about

what he said instead of not listening to him. I tried to understand what it meant to be

self-disciplined and responsible. As I was doing the dishes, I thought why do I have to be like

that? Why do I not want to be responsible? So from that moment I decided to try and do my

chores without being told. To take the initiative to get them done before my parents got home so

my dad wouldn’t be ​angry that I did not do them. As well as learning I could get into the habit of

doing tasks when I’m supposed to.

​ The next day I did my chores when I got home. When I was finished, I sat down and looked

around I felt better seeing that I did not have to worry about my chores if I do them after school.

My dad came home and looked around and was surprised to see that all of my chores were done

and he told me, “See was it that difficult?”

I said, “No it was not, I was just a bit lazy to do them.”

Dad said, “Anyway, thank you for doing your chores on time this time. The house looks

really good, you did a good job.”

I said, “You are welcome.” When he said thank you for doing the chores I felt better

about doing them. What he said made me feel appreciated, so it is helping me strive to be more

successful. I understood what my dad was trying to teach me by giving me chores. In conclusion,

this event helped me truly understand what it meant to be responsible and self-disciplined.