The Challenge of Good Advice :: Personal Narrative, Autobiographical Essay

The Challenge of Good AdviceGood advice is in the eye of the beholder. Advice needs to be relative to the situation. If whatso everthing is missing from advice the solid topic may be dismissed. If there is too much some info may be missed because some is forgotten or assistance diverted. For advice to be good options should present themselves. I wont want to be told there is only one way to do something. No straight forward resolving power should ultimately clinch it for me. Id want insight from a variety of sources. Such as verbal and non-verbal, sentences and actions. Cautioning against something too much may have the reverse effect, every once in a while Ive been known to see what will happen, even if guided to do otherwise. The same advice given to two different state may trigger different actions. My mother has said this to me Save your money for something you really want when I was young, like age 9, I ignored this advice because I wasnt ready for it and I wanted candy. My age, 18, allows me to listen better save it for college or to buy a car. The older I got the more willing I was to take in advice. It all depended on what I was thinking and feeling at a particular time or age. Or 18 year olds, like some of my friends could disregard the advice as well and just want to party. To me good advice comes from someone I respect or even want to be like. However, if that person is on the wrong track with advice then they could lead me astray. Their so-called good advice may be the worst advice I could ever receive. Taking advice has to be a astuteness call as well as a learning process. If I were to choose the wrong path it would be no ones fault but my own. I usually want drawn out examples of situations in order to choose what advice is good for me and what is not. Yet my brother wants advice straight to the point and easy to refer concealment to. Then sometimes I want a little of both. To me the somewhat drawn out examples help me to choose the path to go. With more examples Im bound to guess at least one if not more. The short, but not always sweet, explanations may leave room for interpretation which occasionally have led me to the eve of destruction.