I was born in Ventura on September 28, 1999. I was born into a family that now had five people all together. My mom, dad, and two brothers, not including my half-brother. My parents had just moved into a new house that was about 10 minutes from the beach. It's a two-story house with a pool out back. Just behind my fence was a large lemon orchard. Ventura is a moderately small town. In my opinion, it's not too big that there's constant ruckus and city traffic, but not too small that you know everybody's name in town, and the nearest Walmart is 50 miles away.
Throughout my childhood and up until this point, I have and will continue to live in my dead end street neighborhood. I live right next to Kimble park, so there was never a time where I got bored. My neighborhood is relatively small, which means that everybody on the block knows everybody else. We commonly have block-parties throughout the year, so the entire neighborhood is familiar with one another. The elementary school I went to was literally a block away from my house, so for most of my childhood, I got to ride my bike to school. Up until this day, I have lived next to my best friend, which means that there was never a weekend when I didn't see or hangout with him. Hanging out with him so commonly most likely shaped many aspects of my personality, along with some of my ideals or things I value the highest.
My parents are kind, but at the same time stern. They wouldn't spoil me, but they would reward me when it was rightfully earned. I definitely absorbed a vast majority of my parents personality traits and values. My brothers have also affected me as well. Having brothers let me have a little more fun more commonly, but also taught me that sometimes you have to stand up for yourself or you'll get stepped on. My older brothers are 5 and 7 years older than me, and my half brother is 20 years older than me.
One lesson that my parents largely stressed was work before play, and do your best work. Like most parents, my parents are just trying to limit me making the same mistakes that they did, and I give that my best effort. More than anything, I hate to disappoint my parents. Throughout all of middle school, I maintained a 4.0 average, which was an accomplishment that they and I am proud of. My main source of happiness is that of accomplishment. the feeling of accomplishing something is my most rewarding feeling. Living up to my goals.
My family is very athletic. My parents stress on nutrition and exercise a great amount. This will definitely benefit me as an adult because for my whole life I have been taught to exercise and eat right. My parents also forced me to do things that pushed me out of my comfort zone. This is a good trait to have because you cannot grow as a person unless you go out of what you're comfortable doing. I used to be extremely shy, but my parents made me play sports, talk to kids at school, etc. which made me no longer the shy kid I once was, which I am very thankful for.
Throughout my childhood and up until this point, I have and will continue to live in my dead end street neighborhood. I live right next to Kimble park, so there was never a time where I got bored. My neighborhood is relatively small, which means that everybody on the block knows everybody else. We commonly have block-parties throughout the year, so the entire neighborhood is familiar with one another. The elementary school I went to was literally a block away from my house, so for most of my childhood, I got to ride my bike to school. Up until this day, I have lived next to my best friend, which means that there was never a weekend when I didn't see or hangout with him. Hanging out with him so commonly most likely shaped many aspects of my personality, along with some of my ideals or things I value the highest.
My parents are kind, but at the same time stern. They wouldn't spoil me, but they would reward me when it was rightfully earned. I definitely absorbed a vast majority of my parents personality traits and values. My brothers have also affected me as well. Having brothers let me have a little more fun more commonly, but also taught me that sometimes you have to stand up for yourself or you'll get stepped on. My older brothers are 5 and 7 years older than me, and my half brother is 20 years older than me.
One lesson that my parents largely stressed was work before play, and do your best work. Like most parents, my parents are just trying to limit me making the same mistakes that they did, and I give that my best effort. More than anything, I hate to disappoint my parents. Throughout all of middle school, I maintained a 4.0 average, which was an accomplishment that they and I am proud of. My main source of happiness is that of accomplishment. the feeling of accomplishing something is my most rewarding feeling. Living up to my goals.
My family is very athletic. My parents stress on nutrition and exercise a great amount. This will definitely benefit me as an adult because for my whole life I have been taught to exercise and eat right. My parents also forced me to do things that pushed me out of my comfort zone. This is a good trait to have because you cannot grow as a person unless you go out of what you're comfortable doing. I used to be extremely shy, but my parents made me play sports, talk to kids at school, etc. which made me no longer the shy kid I once was, which I am very thankful for.