As I enter adulthood, my life will change and I have the power to create it in the way I want. The person I am now won’t be the same as 10 years from now, things will happen to me in life and I will learn different things that will shape me as a person. I will continue to work on myself and make my life better. To better my life I need to look at myself now and find what I need to improve on and what I’m good at to move forward.
My parents raised me in a way that followed a lot of the Nisei; second generation japanese immigrants, values. Things like, working hard but when work get too hard not to complain about it and keep quiet and push through, endure. I feel like that’s why I’m considered to most to be conservative, to keep to myself. A lot of that also comes from my relationship with my father. I would say my dad is very traditional japanese, strict, showed little emotion, I say “showed” because only recently he has gotten a little more light-hearted, i guess you could say, could be since I’m finally leaving him. Now, it may seem that I don’t like my father or love him. I do, I love both of my parents so much, they have done so much for us kids and sacrificed a lot just to put smiles on our faces.
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Without them I honestly wouldn’t be graduating. But, because of all their sacrifices I feel pressured to hurry up and give the same amount or more back. So getting my college degree so I can take care of my parents is definitely something in the future I have planned. As I enter adulthood I tend to think about how I’ll be when I’m a father. Among a thousand other thoughts I have about my future I start to paint a picture in my mind of the father I want to be. I have a list in my head of do’s and don’ts. Things that I’ve picked up from being my father's son, I will use them when raising my son one day. But, that won’t be for along