From the moment you are born, everyone is always giving you advice and telling you how you should live your life. I always listen to others' advice, but I do not always follow it. There has been one piece of advice I have followed since the day it has been given to me and will continue to follow for the rest of my life.
             From the moment I was able to comprehend what words meant, I can remember receiving one piece of advice from my parents, "as long as you do your best." This advice was given to me in everything I did, from sports to school to my first job. I believe that this is good advice because it tells me that they trust my judgment and will respect my decisions and stand by me, even if I made the wrong ones. This helps to take pressure off of me when I am going to school because I don't have to live up to being a straight A student and try to accomplish goals that are unattainable for me. Instead, I just do the best that I can and know my parents will love me regardless of what grade I receive in a test.
             When I go out to find a career, I'm not going to look for one which has the highest pay or has the most prestigious title. I'm going to find one which makes me happy and that fits into my ability. I don't want to have to work the rest of my life at a job I hate. If my parents had told me, "to be the best" instead of "do your best", my outlook on life might have been different. This is good because many kids have to live up to expectations that they can't attain, or do something that they don't really enjoy in order to make their parents proud.
             The only problem with saying "as long as you do you best" is that when I knew I could have done a better job, I always felt guilty. I hate it when I get a barely accomplished or failed something and my parents said "as long as you tried your hardest." It would bother me because I knew I didn't do my best. If I would have...