Adult Development And Life Assessment
My Life Road Map: Where I’ve Been, Where I Am, and Where I’m Going
Raylene Herrington
PSY 202: Adult Development and Life Assessment
Carol Abraham
October 28, 2013
I. What was your family like?
a. Military family
b. Catholic
c. Latin – Dominican
d. Youngest of 2, sister 7 years older
e. Large extended family
II. What things do you remember about your childhood?
a. Always having what I needed and almost everything I wanted
b. Mom worked a lot
c. Dance classes
d. Church on Sundays, out to eat with family and friends after
III. What did you want to become when you grew up?
a. Dancer/ Choreographer
b. Sea World Animal Trainer
c. On TV
IV. What jobs have you had in your life?
a. Waited tables
b. Taught …show more content…
I fell in love with it immediately. It was all I ever wanted to do. Dance gave a place to just be me. I made lifelong friends and learned life lessons. Dance taught me discipline, drive and focus. While I on the competitive team, my parents would remind me that school came first. During Stage 3, we experience the desire to copy the adults around us. (Erikson, 1950) My sister, Jen, is 7 years older than me. She may not have been an adult, but I looked up to her like an adult. She was in dance, so I wanted to dance too. I happened to love it more than she did and continue with longer than …show more content…
I feel like my life experiences led me here. To a career I love and I have worked hard to be good at it. I want a degree that will help me excel in my career.
I recently got married. I hope to expand my family with kids of my own. I want my step children and my future children to see that my life didn’t take me down the path I planned or expected. I worked hard get where I am. Although, I had many opportunities that most do not get, I didn’t take them for granted.
As reflect on my life, I see how my upbringing has developed me into the person I am today. My family, childhood, childhood dreams, and life experiences that have helped me become the person I am today. My life has taken left turns. I am exactly where I want to be, even if I didn’t take the road I thought I would to get there. It would have never happened without the help from my family, extended family and friends. I have been given the tools and support the reach all my goals – past, present, and
Raylene Herrington
PSY 202: Adult Development and Life Assessment
Carol Abraham
October 28, 2013
I. What was your family like?
a. Military family
b. Catholic
c. Latin – Dominican
d. Youngest of 2, sister 7 years older
e. Large extended family
II. What things do you remember about your childhood?
a. Always having what I needed and almost everything I wanted
b. Mom worked a lot
c. Dance classes
d. Church on Sundays, out to eat with family and friends after
III. What did you want to become when you grew up?
a. Dancer/ Choreographer
b. Sea World Animal Trainer
c. On TV
IV. What jobs have you had in your life?
a. Waited tables
b. Taught …show more content…
I fell in love with it immediately. It was all I ever wanted to do. Dance gave a place to just be me. I made lifelong friends and learned life lessons. Dance taught me discipline, drive and focus. While I on the competitive team, my parents would remind me that school came first. During Stage 3, we experience the desire to copy the adults around us. (Erikson, 1950) My sister, Jen, is 7 years older than me. She may not have been an adult, but I looked up to her like an adult. She was in dance, so I wanted to dance too. I happened to love it more than she did and continue with longer than …show more content…
I feel like my life experiences led me here. To a career I love and I have worked hard to be good at it. I want a degree that will help me excel in my career.
I recently got married. I hope to expand my family with kids of my own. I want my step children and my future children to see that my life didn’t take me down the path I planned or expected. I worked hard get where I am. Although, I had many opportunities that most do not get, I didn’t take them for granted.
As reflect on my life, I see how my upbringing has developed me into the person I am today. My family, childhood, childhood dreams, and life experiences that have helped me become the person I am today. My life has taken left turns. I am exactly where I want to be, even if I didn’t take the road I thought I would to get there. It would have never happened without the help from my family, extended family and friends. I have been given the tools and support the reach all my goals – past, present, and