A hardship that I have faced is when my house won the ABC 7 Chicago light fight. My family and I, just the four of us, put up a massive Christmas display for the community. We have over 150,000 lights on our house, 6,000 feet of extension cords, and over 12 homemade structures built ourselves. The display in total takes over 2 months to set up, and when putting up a massive Christmas display like we do, comes a lot of work and dedication. That's something that I take pride in. To be able to take your thoughts and ideas and make them a reality is something that I find unique about what we do. Every year when where finished, to look back and realize you made a display for thousands of people to come look at each year, and say that I created that is pretty special. When we won the light competition I realized that you really can accomplish whatever you put your mind to, and that is something that I had never realized before. I’ve realized now that in life if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything. I also realized that everything that I have learned while setting up and building things has shaped me in life and for the future ahead. Through this experience I've learned a personal growth of mine, which is my work potential. Through the display that we put on every year I’ve learned what hard work and dedication is, and learned a new understanding of myself. Through the community work and the joy we bring to the community through our christmas display, I feel I made a positive contribution to society. In the future I plan to have the same attitude in my carrer because I really do belive you can accomplish anything you put your mind to. My vision for the future is to find a successful job as an mechanical engineer in whichever way my college plan takes me. I'm hoping I can create great relationships in the program which will reflect the excellent traits that I have. Overall my goal is to become successful in whichever path college takes me. Another vision I have for my future is to say that I have tried my hardest and put forward the best version of myself I can be. With all that being said my goals for my college and career plan is being successful and happy.