Personal Narrative: Obstacles In Life

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Winston Churchill once said, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." I have been faced with numerous obstacles in life; many have taught me valuable lessons. Such as time management and prioritizing what's important. Balancing anything while in school is difficult to do such as a job, or extracurricular activities. One situation that I had to overcome during my junior year was balancing school and going to the doctors.
In my junior year, I was faced with an illness. I was diagnosed with hemiplegic migraines on top of dealing with a thyroid problem. I was always at the doctors and, because of this I was always missing school and could barely keep up with my studies. I fell so far behind that

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