Launching the Next Chapter of My Life
The Next Chapter 1
Launching the Next Chapter of My Life Introduction In the last several weeks, the author has had the opportunity to look back and analyze the events that have shaped her life. The author was free from the turmoil of emotional fears of failure, anger, regret and loneliness, which often clouded her perception. The author understands that life happens even when we are not prepared for it, but more importantly, it is how we deal with circumstances that keeps us going forward. In the authors opinion, life is a book with several chapters. But like every chapter in life, there is a time where the chapter has to come to an end. Launching the next chapter for the author will entail her purpose and precise plan, staying renewed, and realizing things can go wrong. The Next Chapter Social relationships have played an important role in the authors’ life since childhood. Until the time the author was of age to attend school, she was dependent on her mother to make decisions for her. As a child of grade school age, the author learned to communicate and cooperate with others of the same age. The author has come to realize , in her adult life, that her choice of establishing intimate relationships, her interactions with family, and her choice of friends have all been influenced by the secure attachments developed early in life. These attachment behaviors have also led the author to her present point in life. According to the life-span/life-space theory (Super, 1957), “…individuals develop careers in stages, and that career decisions are not isolated from other aspects of their lives.” The author is at a point in her life where she is working The Next Chapter 2 towards the second stage of her career. The author now has purpose and is definitely moving toward a goal. As an
Launching the Next Chapter of My Life Introduction In the last several weeks, the author has had the opportunity to look back and analyze the events that have shaped her life. The author was free from the turmoil of emotional fears of failure, anger, regret and loneliness, which often clouded her perception. The author understands that life happens even when we are not prepared for it, but more importantly, it is how we deal with circumstances that keeps us going forward. In the authors opinion, life is a book with several chapters. But like every chapter in life, there is a time where the chapter has to come to an end. Launching the next chapter for the author will entail her purpose and precise plan, staying renewed, and realizing things can go wrong. The Next Chapter Social relationships have played an important role in the authors’ life since childhood. Until the time the author was of age to attend school, she was dependent on her mother to make decisions for her. As a child of grade school age, the author learned to communicate and cooperate with others of the same age. The author has come to realize , in her adult life, that her choice of establishing intimate relationships, her interactions with family, and her choice of friends have all been influenced by the secure attachments developed early in life. These attachment behaviors have also led the author to her present point in life. According to the life-span/life-space theory (Super, 1957), “…individuals develop careers in stages, and that career decisions are not isolated from other aspects of their lives.” The author is at a point in her life where she is working The Next Chapter 2 towards the second stage of her career. The author now has purpose and is definitely moving toward a goal. As an
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