Essay On My Ideal Self

Growing up, I lived in a third world country which gave me many experiences that most people today in a modern civilization would find strange. Some of these experiences included having to buy a live animal for the meat instead of purchasing the portion of meat already packaged, collecting rain water for fresh water whenever it rained, and also having to live without electricity most of the time due to tropical storms. After moving from my country to the United States of America I continued to gain many experiences, primarily experiences where I had to adapt to new things such as the norms in society that were different from what I previously knew. Furthermore, I also gained a lot of personal experience in regards to my emotions whiles growing up by being in a broken family. Since moving to America my family struggled financially which eventually caused tension between both my parents. They constantly had many arguments, sometimes they became really aggressive during arguments, so my siblings and I would rely on each other for things instead of troubling my parents. Eventually the tension between …show more content…
I do believe I have some overlap from my real self and my ideal self, in the areas where I am giving back to those who show kindness. I am currently on the path to becoming successful, as I’m pursuing a career in nursing, which is part of my ideal self because by being a nurse I will be able to make a difference in the world and peoples’ lives. It is as Carl Rogers himself says “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination” (Rogers blah blah); meaning that the ideal self and real self will not immediately overlap but rather it takes time to reach one’s ideal self, as it is constantly being shaped by the environment and experiences people