Espina, Karl Christian F.

OL 160

Growing up, I have always envisioned myself being someone who will stride against all the short
comings in life. I grew up not having all the chances in life to become the most successful person. But I
have this silver lining burning inside my heart, giving me hope to be the better version of myself, and the
most successful in terms of my personal standards. Growing up, I always wanted to be a Doctor. My
father was my source of inspiration since he gave me the idea of pursuing that kind of dream. In middle
school till high school, I still had that same dream but I never really had the heart to pursue that kind of
dream after graduating high school.

Imagining myself 10 years from now makes me wonder how I will be able to keep up with all the
pressure I’m giving myself and how I will be able to manage keeping up with my dream as years go by.
But seeing myself 10 years from now, I see myself on a comfortable seat dedicating my time and effort
on a job I am enjoying and willfully doing my best to sustain my needs and wants in life. I see myself still
striving for the dream I envisioned since I was a child, and still doing my best to achieve that dream.

Ten years from now, I’ll be happy. I’ll be working in a high- end company making an above average
salary and thinking of travelling the world. I’ll be with all my close friends striving in life, and I will be
able to return the favor to my parents after all, they nourished me and brought me to my success in life.
In that 10 year span, I’ll see myself grow into the best version of myself because I was with the right
people during those years. And in 10 years from now, I’ll probably look into the holy matrimony bonding
and think about marrying my 12 year girlfriend after spending almost a lifetime together from that
standpoint, and I’ll make sure that I will have a stable life to sustain the needs of entering that kind of
bonding.