Well, I think in my life I have faced several challenging situations. But for me, facing the most challenging situation was when I had to decide something which I didn’t want to do. But eventually, I decided because it was the right option to do. Well, the decision was to break up with my friend. So she was my childhood best friend but I had to break up with her because things were becoming very toxic and she was constantly saying ill about me and backscabbing me. While I was always caring but she started to drift away and telling people things which I was not actually doing or I was not even aware of doing. So, yeah, I had to make this conversation very hard. So apart from Kakinarov or breaking up with my friend, I had the option to endure her and be her best friend. But I think this would look very odd because I would never be able to feel the peace which I felt when I was actually happy with her. But I was not happy with her anymore. Furthermore, the things which made it even more difficult was the fact that she misbehaved with my parents. The way she behaved at the end of our friendship eventually showed me that she was not even a true friend to me because I believe that if someone loves me then he or she has to respect me and my parents and my family as well. This is the basic manner which every one of us should have. So before taking this decision I was completely dazzled and I didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want to lose my best friend. And after they were making this decision, I felt like I was on the edge of something. I would never gain something from it. But eventually, after making this decision, I think I have succeeded in bringing peace in my heart.
Band 7+: Describe a time you had to make a difficult choice between two good options. You should say: - What the two options were - What made each option attractive - What factors influenced your decision And explain how you felt about the choice you made afterwards.
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Well, I think in my life I have faced several challenging situations. But for me, the most challenging situation was when I had to make a decision that I didn't want to make. Eventually, I decided to go through with it because it was the right option. The decision was to break up with my friend. She was my childhood best friend, but I had to break up with her because things were becoming very toxic. She was constantly saying ill things about me and backstabbing me. While I was always caring, she started to drift away and tell people things that I was not actually doing or was not even aware of doing. So, I had to have this very hard conversation. Apart from breaking up with my friend, I had the option to endure her and remain her best friend. But I think that would have felt very odd because I would never be able to feel the peace I felt when I was actually happy with her. But I was not happy with her anymore. Furthermore, what made it even more difficult was the fact that she misbehaved with my parents. The way she behaved at the end of our friendship showed me that she was not even a true friend to me because I believe that if someone loves me, then they have to respect me and my parents and my family as well. This is the basic manner that everyone should have. Before taking this decision, I was completely confused and didn't know what to do because I didn't want to lose my best friend. After making this decision, I felt like I was on the edge of something. I thought I would never gain anything from it. But eventually, after making this decision, I think I succeeded in bringing peace to my heart.
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