I may have been unsure about many things in my life, but one thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to be a pharmacist when I grew up. Growing up I was always interested in medicine and how it works on the body. As a child, whenever I got sick, my parents gave me Chinese herbal remedies that they prepared at home. I remembered that it tasted disgusting, but I forced myself to swallow it anyway and asked my parents how this unpleasant liquid would help me feel better. It was when I grew up that I discovered that herbal remedies were not the only cure for illnesses. I discovered a world of tablets, capsules, liquid medicines. Along with drug discovery, I also remembered my first interaction with a pharmacist who helped me with those medications. She was knowledgeable and very thoughtful. It was from that moment on that I told myself that being a pharmacist is what I want to do when I grow up because I want to help other people feel better, just like she made me feel. After that moment, I did everything I could to get through the last 20 years of my life and get into pharmacy school. Now that I am finally here at University of Charleston pharmacy school, I understand what I need to do to achieve my goals as a pharmacist. My career goals are to graduate from an accredited pharmacy school and move to Los Angeles, California to work as a retail pharmacist. Ideally I want to start working for a co-op company like Wal-Mart or Costco. Then, eventually, I'd like to work my way up to being a retail pharmacy manager and then maybe even a corporate district manager one day. To turn my dreams and goals into reality, I realized that there are many obstacles to overcome and skills… middle of the paper… I still have many weaknesses that I would like to work on and I intend to work on each of them one at a time. It has taken me many trials and tribulations to get to where I am today, but as I attend pharmacy school I know there is still much to learn and discover. I also realized that there are things you can't learn in pharmacy school, such as how to have more patience and understanding when dealing with certain situations. This is something I should learn from my experiences and continue to train as a pharmacist on my own. As I reflect on my time as a child, I hope that one day a little girl will walk into my pharmacy and feel that I was the pharmacist who changed their life. I hope that by then I will have improved most of my weaknesses and will focus on developing my strengths.