Reflect on a Time When You Challenged a Belief or Idea. What Prompted You to Act? Would You Make the Same Decision Again?

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The first time we met was magical. You had opened my eyes to all the new possibilities in the world and I was hooked. I thought we could make it work, but as our relationship progressed, you changed. You got more difficult and refused to explain to me what was going on. I tried my best to talk to you, we even went to counseling! I thought the best thing for both of us was to end our relationship, but we needed each other more than we cared to admit. In the end we put our differences aside and we did it! We stayed together when people thought we wouldn't and we worked through our problems to reach our ultimate goal. We have made it. We are here now: success. This perfectly explains my relationship with Chemistry, a subject that I liked in its initial stages then grew to disfavor as the years passed. This proved to be a major problem as it was a key component towards my chosen career path. I strongly believed that I was going to have to choose another career path. I often saw myself as a complete failure as it related to Chemistry but I decided that I was not going to let those feelings get in the way of my dream.With my external exams lurking in the wings, and my chemistry grades becoming progressively worse, I became more adamant that I would not and could not fail. Since then, I dedicated much of my time to studying chemistry until late in the nights and going to extra lessons to gain what advantage I could. English poet Joseph Addison once said that if you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. That was something I strongly believed. In the end my hard work paid off rewarding me with the grades I wanted. Despite this struggle, I pursued it again for my second set of external exams with more intense preparations and received my desired results. I

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