Ever since seventh grade, lacrosse has been my life. Currently, I am playing lacrosse on Missouri Valley’s Lacrosse team. Playing lacrosse in college is very rewarding but it didn’t come easily. When I was a freshman in high school, lacrosse was just fun and games for me. Once I reached my sophomore year of lacrosse, I realized I might have the right skill level to continue to play in college. From that day on I decided to begin to take lacrosse more seriously. I began to have my lacrosse stick in my hands every single day. I trained constantly all year long, especially the offseason.
Activities such as wall ball, one on ones with friends, and scrimmages kept me at the top of my game for the season. Finally, all my hard work paid off when I received a great opportunity from the coach at Missouri Valley College. It was a huge scholarship to come play lacrosse at a little school in a little town. Ambition is my most valued trait because it enhanced my vision towards how I was going to get into college. My ambition towards lacrosse allowed me to achieve great things on the field such as winning a state championship for our team’s high school.
This ambition also led me to numerous off the field successes, mainly being in education. All the drive I showed has changed my future forever, and is giving me the chance to better myself in the classroom. If a kid does not have a job, it usually means that that child is lazy and too dependent on others. Thankfully, I am the complete opposite of those things. As soon as I was of age, I always kept a job. Surprisingly, the job that taught me the most was when I worked at Jewel Osco. After my first day, I realized that this was not a very good place to work at. Most of the staff were grumpy old women who wanted everything done THEIR way.
Unfortunately, most of THEIR way’s were different so I was forced to redo difficult task many times. Also, Jewel was notorious for taking “Union Fee’s” from everyones paychecks. I never wanted to be in the Union, so why were they taking my money? Every couple of weeks, Jewel would deliver a devastating blow of $50-$70 to my paycheck. Despite my many troubles, I powered through. My affluent source of ambition drove me to get past all the controversies, and kept reminding me about how things could be much worse. Little did I know, my next job would be a lot worse.
Being from Chicago, I have experienced some extreme winter weather conditions. My ambition, of course, led me to the decision to take advantage of the dangerous roads and make some money. I was hired by a company that shoveled, plowed, and salted the streets and parking lots of Geneva, Illinois. This was the most grueling and tiring work I have ever done. Every time it snowed we would instantly have to go shovel. Many times, It would begin to snow at times like 3am. My senior year, in particular, experienced severe winter conditions. I remember a couple times waking up at 3am and shoveling for ten hours.
Although exhausting, it was very rewarding. I was paid immensely for my long hours, so I was always happy at the end of the day. This trait that I possess has gotten me through hard work to reap the benefits from it. My lacrosse and work life have been guided in the right direction because of how important the trait ambition truly is. Every day I made the best of my daily routine of lacrosse and work due to the drive within me provided by my ambition. Ambition can be the key to success or failure in everyone’s daily life. If the ambition to be someone greater exists, anyone can achieve their goals.
