One moment in my most recent past that will serve as a long life lesson to me is when I almost declined my opportunity to work during the summer in 2019. During the summer, young adults from the ages of 14-24 were able to register in a lottery system to work during the summer for 6 weeks. If you were chosen from the lottery system, you were then contacted from the office you submitted your application to and then called in for an orientation. I submitted my application in hopes of working with MTA which was a company I worked for as an intern in the past. When I realized that the seats were filled up for this slot, I instantly got discouraged and wanted to withdraw my application in a whole. However, my best friend persuaded me to stay in and take what they had to offer me. They later offered me a position working in a summer camp where I would work with young kids. Throughout the whole summer I  cherished every single second I could. While I keep using this as an example, I truly believe accepting this job offer in 2019 shaped all my lessons I have learned thus far. The lesson I learned is that even if the opportunity doesn’t seem to be what you want at the moment, still take it because you never know where it will lead you.