Coming of Age Draft Essay

Scooping my rice and plopping my corn on my plate. Using the tongs to pick up slices of chicken katsu. So hungry after a long day at soccer practice. Waiting until the clock strikes 7:30 to watch the premiere of a T.V show called Young and Hungry on ABC family. Before the premiere I was watching all the trailers and commercials leading up till the premiere. I knew the show would be a funny to watch just like modern family. Some show to get hooked on like pretty little lairs for 6 seasons. One of my favorite actresses, Emily Osment was the main character. Once the clock struck 7:30 I was so excited I couldn’t even finish my food.

 The first episode was introducing a girl named Gabi (Emily Osment) and she had no confidence in herself in getting her dream-cooking job, which was becoming a personal chef. Her best friend named Sofia told Gabi that she is an amazing cook and Gabi should always tell herself “I got this” so she can stay confidence in herself. After the talk with Sofia, Gabi took Sofia’s advice and went after her dream of becoming a personal chef. Her boss’s right hand man, Elliot not really believing she has what it takes to become the chef. Gabi proved everyone wrong. At the end Gabi got the job as the personal chef.  Usually the first episode sets the stage if I’m going to continue watching the show or not. Some how I knew from all the trailers and commercials this show would be very different. This show is supposed to be a comedy, but to me I knew it was going to be much more than that. I had a feeling this show would change my life. After the first episode of this show I was ready to watch the next one and the next one and the next one.

The next morning on the way to school I was getting tired of my phone screen saver.  Always seeing a dinosaur cleaning up the city not the best picture I could choose. Looking out of the window re watching the show in my head over and over again. Also trying to pick a picture for my screen saver at the same time. Thinking about what Gabi did in certain situations in life. My mind always goes back to the quote was “I got this”.  I figured that the quote would give me a boost of confidence and encouragement to get through the day since this quote was stuck in my head. Plus if this quote helps Gabi it should help me. During school I had to present a power point in front of the class. So what kept me clam and confidence is I said to myself “I got this”. Probably I said it like hundred times, but it really gave me a confidence boost. After the presentation I felt amazing like all if needed was a push and I’m off.

I realized all shows say they teach lessons, like how to be kind and to be honest. This particular show, Young and Hungry teaches lessons that relate to how I feel inside and how I can over come them to become a better more confidence person. People like me that don’t always believe in them 100% 24/7 needs this kind of advice. Once watching this T.V show I realized to always have confidence in your self. Its kind of weird to be taking self -confidence advice from a T.V show but it really helped me to understand many things in life. One important life lesson that I have learned through watching this show is to believe in yourself and never give up. This show has taught me what I’m missing from my life, confidence and hope. Still till this day my screen saver for my phone hasn’t change. It's still “I got this”. It always tells me that no matter what happens I did my best and I should be proud and confidence is the key to success.