Chapter Two - Temptation & Sacrifice
My biggest temptation is the internet. Especially if I am using my computer for homework. For example right now I have music playing so I could spend easily ten minutes searching for a song. Another temptation I have is the urge to check youtube every chance I get because I am subscribed to so many people. I watch them because I want to support them. The problem is that they all upload so much that you can't watch it all. So in order to excel in my classes I have to sacrifice entertainment for education, I also have to sacrifice sleep, a social life, and any other homework I have that day.
Whenever I get tempted what helps me focus is thinking of my future, and how doing well in school will help me more in the end than seeing what Nerd³ is doing in grand theft auto today. When I give into the temptation of watching a video I know that I will spend all night just watching videos. Thinking about my future always helps me focus because it puts everything into perspective and lets me see what is in my best interest. I would rather have long term happiness than a short burst of pleasure. When you realize that you suffer through nineteen years of schooling just for the chance of success, you will do anything to improve those chances. I have sacrificed a lot for my education, I have done homework in hospital beds, I have missed parties, I have lost friends from not seeing them for weeks.
The one thing that I want out of life is success. I want to be rich and i'm not saying that like all the other dumb male teenagers that are going to make millions raping, I’m going into finance which is where people make billions. Also unlike other teens I put a high value on my education so that i can get into a good school and get a high paying job. Befor I can become rich I have to accomplish some smaller goals first such as, graduate highschool, get through college, and get a starting position in finance. One thing that I really want is my own corner office because that means that the company values you, I also want a conference room so that I can have meetings in there instead of my office, I also want my own secretary but they have to be sassy so that my job doesn't get boring with them around. I want a lot of things out of life and I am willing to lose a lot for it. Instead of having a family I am going to focus on my career, I will be sacrificing a lot of my free time to my work.
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