Developmental Milestones

Two developmental milestones that I have faced during my twenty-two years of life, thus far, are beginning college and ending college. Starting college in particular was a developmental milestone because it was different than anything I have ever experienced and for my family to experience as well. I am the first generation in my family to attend college. Both of my parents went straight into the work force after they graduated high school, and were not encouraged by their parents to attend college. I have two older siblings who decided not to attend college, because they wanted to go straight into the work force, and long term did not want to have to worry about paying back student loans.
Starting college for me was what started my goals …show more content…
From there, I toured a few schools and applied to each of them, Saint Vincent being one of them. I really wanted to attend Saint Vincent. Being on campus made me feel at home, there was something about the campus that made me feel safe and made me feel like it was the place for me.
When I started to receive acceptance letters from colleges in the mail, it was becoming real to me that I was taking a huge step in my life. A step that was going to benefit me in so many ways, but I wanted to make sure I was going to go to the right place. Time passed and I was just waiting to get my acceptance letter form Saint …show more content…
What was interesting though is I felt so pressured to apply to colleges and to tour everywhere I could, but when I received my acceptance letter from Saint Vincent, I did not feel pressured. I felt ready to take on the next step in my life; college. Overall, starting college was a developmental milestone for me because I head to learn so many differently developmental tasks. For instance, I had to learn time management. I had to learn when it was a good time for me to do my homework. I had to figure out of I was more productive in the morning or in the afternoon. I also had to figure out an appropriate time to go to bed. I had to take into consideration that I needed a good nights rests, despite my desire to stay up late with friends. Something else I had to learn is when I should do my laundry. Growing up, I was so used to my mom doing my laundry, but now that I was off to school all by myself, I had to develop some kind of laundry schedule so I never got behind with my laundry. I also had to learn when I should stop myself from eating all the food I wanted to. When I lived at home with my parents, I was used to eating on a set schedule. Breakfast before school, lunch at school, and would eat dinner that my mother prepared for me. However, being off at college, food is there whenever you want it and learning to limit and have self control was definitely a developmental task of