Undergraduate / Best Advice received? complaining about something you can control - ROUGH DRAFT [6]

What is the best advice you've ever received and why is it important?

I Understand this is a rough ROUGH scattered brained draft but I just want some critquing on it if I should even bother continuing with it or scratch it and try a new angle?

ANY insight would be helpful
1. grammer
2. rewording sentences
3. revising the order of things
4. specifying and providing more examples?
5. stronger conclusion section

The conditions that you were brought into the world in are really the only predetermined things. I was brought up into the same house I am currently in, yet the state was much different. It was like living in a disorganized storage unit, with all surfaces cluttered with items that hadn't been acknowledged in years. I was the youngest and felt like a victim to this mess no one wanted confront. It was increasingly becoming the source of many arguments, and disrupted daily life. For no particular reason I exclaimed, "I'm so sick of not having space to do my homework", as though I was entitled to that space. I couldn't quote it, but my sister's response was something along the lines of "Don't complain about something you can control." This response, not groundbreaking by any means, had somehow woken me up. It was very unsettling to realize that, if I just reached far enough, I could grasp at least some of the solutions to my problems.

I quickly stopped complaining, and started using my limited resources to find the most (efficient solutions) . The super glue and duct tape method were not longer ( ) as solutions and were short lived.

The employees at Home Depot looked confused as to why my dad directed their assistance to me. They seemed completely baffled when I mentioned specific product numbers and follow up questions research could only account () to. As though a toddler were not only speaking but also understanding Newton's Third Law.The weekly ads to hardware stores had been cookie cut before the rest of my family was even able to see them. I had submerged myself into the world of (mechanics) in order to maneuver through it.

The hardest part was strategically breaking down what needed to be done, literally from the ground up, into one lengthy overwhelming list. I then re-evaluated what I was able to accomplish on my own, and began projects.

(Example of projects?)
My main concern was not interrupting or imposing this list on anyone, as it seemed to make everyone uneasy. I no longer troubled myself with resenting the shortcomings of others from their excuses or even valid complaints. I only held myself accountable for the things I deemed myself capable of doing, with hopes that others will recognize and follow .

My mom jokingly asks 'whose to blame' for my (active) attempt . Although the intent of the advice was just to get me to simply get me to stop complaining, it changed my perspective on almost every situation. I'd understood the need for achievement, academic or otherwise, yet I'd get lost in way to pursue it. I felt only limitations, but now I can establish what I have control of, and actually more forward. I've grown a knack to constantly look for improvements, starting in myself. I don't think I'll ever truly stop revising that to-do list, as there is a certain satisfaction when I or someone else cross something off.