Synopsis
In my family's garage sat a 2006 BMW 325i for nearly a decade, collecting dust and not being used. In my junior year of high school, as I started to gain a deep interest in cars and their functions, I asked my dad if we could take a shot at reviving it. It took some convincing, but he eventually agreed. After all, the amazing engineering of the BMW 325i would go to waste if we just left it. So, we started our journey in bringing back the car to its former glory. Little did we know, we had a long road ahead of us.
Despite the many struggles that me and my dad went through in repairing the vehicle, the process taught me the importance of doing what I love and what I am passionate about, and gave me further motivation to discover the field of the engineering behind physical processes and objects as well as the cohesion and behavior in which software works with the hardware of various technologies in our world.
The ultimate repair of the BMW was not only a culmination and testament of all the effort I put in with my dad, but it was also a symbol of my own learning and repair of myself. It was through this journey that I learned about the difficulties that were behind the physical processes in vehicles, as well as how hardships occur in the real-world, and how they can forge us and make us better, more resilient learners.
If there is something that you want to accomplish, whether it's repairing a vehicle or not, but you are hesitant to do so because of the seemingly overwhelmingness of the task, this is my call to you to start. It is through challenges that you learn and become a better person. It may seem like the task is too difficult, but if you take everything in small steps and keep persevering, you, too, can accomplish big tasks and complete amazing journeys like my own.
Take the first step, remain dedicated when facing obstacles, and finish the job.
I hope you learned something from my journey of repairing my old family BMW, and that you can implement some of my learning moments in your own journey of life.
Thanks for reading - Abdul