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My Fatal Flaw

Kimball Khetani

November 5, 2019

English 9 Wade

My Fatal Flaw

Not Thinking Before I Act

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        My fatal flaw in life is definitely not thinking before I act. This has been a huge problem for me starting in middle school and I thought this was a really good example to talk about with this prompt. I have made a lot of bad decisions in my life. There were a couple of big ones but mostly small ones. I never really think about what I am doing. If every time, I stopped and thought about what I was doing, I would probably realize that I would get in trouble and the risk is greater than the reward. The reward, that was the major reason that I did everything I did. It wasn’t like my friends making a bet that I wouldn’t do it, it wasn’t them saying “I will give you a dollar if you do this.” It was attention. I always wanted more and more attention. Every time I did something that made my friends laugh, I felt really good. When I got so much attention, I had a hard time stopping and I couldn’t quit doing what satisfies me most. And then that one thing happened. In the eighth grade, I did the most stupid thing in the world and I had never gotten in more trouble. That is the decision I regret the most. That is when I realized I had to stop. I had to stop being stupid, not thinking before I act. I tried and still try to think about what I am doing before I do it and sometimes it's a comfortable environment so I still do a minor thing. But since that one incident, I think I really have turned things around.

 

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