I would like to talk about it in time when I made a very important decision. It influenced me differently, though that situation was memorable and meaningful for me. It happened several years ago. And the situation I wanted to describe was applying for the university because in that At that moment, our financial sustainability was quite unhandable for that reason. I must choose two options, working at the Education Center or studying and applying for university. It happened about two years ago when I was 18 years old. It takes place in my hometown. So at that moment I must study very hard to achieve my academic progress and also get a satisfied mark from the exam. However, it involved in hard work and take consume a lot of time. For that reason, I stay in big critical decision to choose those two options. However, my father told me to concentrate on my studies. of other not necessary problems. Starting for that day, I started to work hard and apply for the university and in the end the result was positive. I entered the university and everyone was satisfied and happy for my results. So this made me feel about this situation and give me to think about the decisions more often and how decisions can change our life. This decision can change my our life completely because it’s related to my future career and future interests so the highest impact on my decision was my parents.
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I would like to talk about a time when I made a very important decision. It influenced me differently, though that situation was memorable and meaningful for me. It happened several years ago. The situation I wanted to describe was applying for university because at that moment, our financial situation was quite unmanageable. For that reason, I had to choose between two options: working at the Education Center or studying and applying for university. This happened about two years ago when I was 18 years old, and it took place in my hometown. At that moment, I had to study very hard to achieve my academic progress and also get a satisfactory mark on the exam. However, it involved hard work and consumed a lot of time. For that reason, I faced a critical decision between those two options. My father told me to concentrate on my studies and not on other unnecessary problems. Starting from that day, I began to work hard and apply for university, and in the end, the result was positive. I entered the university, and everyone was satisfied and happy with my results. This made me reflect on this situation and think about decisions more often and how decisions can change our lives. This decision could change my life completely because it's related to my future career and interests, so the highest impact on my decision was my parents.
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