Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.

The beauty of epiphany appeals to many but only a very few have been gifted with the luck to be able to put it into writing and share their tale with the

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, Personally, that

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awe-inspiring moment, when and where I realized I could be so much more, more than just any ordinary girl with ordinary hopes and aspirations, was when I topped my school during my 10th Board Examinations, with a score of 489 out of 500, securing 98.6%.  Now, when I laid my eyes on my scorecard for the first time, it didn'

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strike me as an exceptional catch because deep down, I knew I could've been better. But, if you're anything like me, you'd want to see that glint of happiness somersault in your parents' eyes and hear the euphoric voices of your grandparents (and family, in general). That was exactly what happened back home, on the 15th of July, 2020, the day I was convinced that my efforts meant something. But, overshadowing all the praises and the flowery, sugar-coated compliments,

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expectation

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to meet, the pressure to keep up the good work and to sustain. Achieving the top spot is

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hard catch, but to sustain the victory and for how long, now, that's the hardest catch. And the most impressive

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too, without a shadow of a doubt.

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year of high school taught me an inexplicable deal about friendship, sportsmanship, leadership, team spirit, priorities, creativity, and confidence, but most importantly,

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resilience

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terribly transient

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, everything that we yearn so much for is that feeling of self-worth and that sense of accomplishment; we want to love and we want to be loved, all by chasing these shape-shifters we call fame', 'stardom', wealth', 'success'. And that sense of self-worth rose to prominence the day I created an impact. Now, I know, in the eyes of the

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, it isn'

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magnanimous and hasn'

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brought about change in a thousand lives, but to know that I, as an individual, have proved myself just made it rosier. (And I definitely aspire to inspire change someday). I was being heaped with appreciation from so many people that I didn'

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even know cared: it was nice to know that my accomplishment meant something to them too, though. And

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sort of success always comes with a price to pay, with a capital investment prior to achieving, and another

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(s) post the stellar performance. The turning point for me, at the time, was the realization that the feeling of being on top of the

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was intoxicating; I found myself

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quicksand, ready to jump onto the road of complacency. Over time, I learned that I needed to be careful with

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accomplishments at

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young

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age. And today, though it's been over a year since the accomplishment, which I'll always proudly flaunt as

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of my finest ever, I'm extremely grateful for being able to grasp the reality and get going In conclusion

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essay will serve as a note to me and myself.