HOW NARUTO CHANGED MY LIFE

PERSONAL REFLECTION
(May include spoilers)

I thought it might be kind of weird for me to be putting this on my portfolio that's meant to show my work, but I've been trying to come up with a way to make this website more genuine, authentic and let me represent myself as I am. I feel like talking about this is a good start.

I often end up saying 'Naruto changed my life' within the first twenty minutes of meeting someone new. I do this a lot when someone tries to get to know me better because I feel like this show had such a huge impact on the way

I started watching Naruto halfway during the pandemic

When I say 'Naruto changed my life', I don't necessarily mean just the character itself, but the show.

When I was younger, I would give up on things relatively easily. Things would became "impossible" for me to do because I was "too dumb, too slow, or too weak" amongst other negative relevant descriptors I would come up with to justify me giving up on a task.

I want to minimize the amount of spoilers I put in this reflection post because there's not many things I hate as much as spoiling a good show, especially one that I would love for many people to watch if they haven't already.

Simply speaking, Naruto changed my life because he (and other characters) showed me

Sometimes I felt like I always had to work a lot harder to reach a certain level of "good" and that always felt unfair.

Naruto also showed me when I realized that one of the best traits I have is my ability to work hard for what I want to achieve. That comes with being determined, tenacious, and being resilient. If thi

I do not want to give the impression that I am some sort of God of resilience and I never get tired because that's far from the truth, but I do want to genuinely express that


One way Naruto actually helped me is that it helped me get into running. It had always been a dream of mine to run a 5K. I don't know why and I don't know from where it manifested but it just did. Over the years I tried multiple times to train up for one, but I was never able to.

The summer I watched Naruto