Daisy HW2

Running Head: NARRATIVE ESSAY

Narrative Essay

Daisy Nealon

Edith Grevious

English 1010

June 11, 2020

When one is in, their youthful is bound with a load of decisions that one has to make. It happens that one is very vulnerable at this age because they tend to have a high willingness to explore the world and their capacity to make their decisions. This, at times, is very dangerous because if you get one in problems. Being in school is not necessarily important to impact us with educational knowledge. Despite learning, being in school is also supposed to teach about critical life skills such as decision making. In my case, I have learned this the hard way; in several cases, I found myself making bad decisions and to be specific, money-related decisions.

Sometimes back, I developed a temporal interest in photography, and as a result, I started making some videos with my phone. My phone could serve the purpose perfectly, but I was something that could not let me appreciate what I derived from my phone. As a result, I started comparing what my phone was offering and what a pure camera could offer me. This is where I lost it all and was one of my biggest financial setbacks. I overlooked my phone as anyone else could have done in such a situation, and I was looking for ways to save money and buy a camera for my passion for photography.

It did not take me long before I had all that I needed. I was ready to buy a camera, and this is where everything gets out of my control, and I knew I had lost it all. Although I had passions in photography, I never wanted to spend much on a camera bearing in mind how cameras turn to be expensive. Therefore, I wanted a cheap camera that would offer me whatever I needed.

To make my decision right, I visited physical shots dealing with digital cameras to compare prices. I did this for only a day, and it was more of a window than assessing features and capabilities that come along with different cameras. This was very fast, and it was not without consequences. I did not give myself enough time to analyze different features that could have met my needs right. When I returned home, is started looking for cameras that were being sold by e-commerce retailers. At this point, I was messing up more, but I could not hold myself because I was under the control of my emotions.

From online dealers, there were very many cameras that could feed my Google search. Some of them were priced way lower than I could have expected. I got caught in his price without my knowledge; somehow, I was able to convince myself so fast that I had come across the perfect deals to meet my camera needs. I, therefore, continued surfing until I identified uncommon cameras in the market place, but its appearance resembled cameras used by most people. I thought this could be a perfect camera, and I forgot it is not all bout its appearance but its capability.

Foolishly, I made the decision to buy the camera, and it was being shipped from abroad. When the camera was delivered, I was happy for my successful purchase, but little did I knew I had messed it all. I decided to check out at features and physical capabilities of this camera. It was frustrating because it did not meet even 20% of what I could have expected from the camera. I felt the loss, and I could not bear it for weeks. I had foolishly lost close to $240 on a camera that I was very sure it will never serve my purpose.

However, after a short period of time, I was able to get over my loss. This was one of my biggest lessons in life, and despite the loss, I learned how it could be powerful and meaningful if at all, someone can forgive themselves and start it all over again. I learned to accept the logic of quality over price. In my purchase decision, I had decided to purchase a camera through an online short cut to pay for less. However, it turned out to be a big financial decision, and I learned that you get what you pay for. Furthermore, I learned that regardless whenever a financial decision or not; I will have to appreciate the fact that I should avoid making my decisions out of my emotions or my frustrations. This is the easiest way I can make bad decisions, some of which I might not be able to go over.