Personal Narrative: I Am Today

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I always thought that I could’ve ended up anything other than the ‘me’ now if certain sequence of events didn’t happen to put me in the position of where I am in life right now and the way I perceive myself, people, and life in general. I wonder if I hadn’t done or had did certain things in the past, then I wouldn’t be who I am now and where I am now. Perhaps if I went out more often instead of locking myself in my room back in in grade school all the way up to high school, maybe then I would’ve been more social compared to today. If I took care of my mental and physical health as I was growing up, such as, having a daily skin care routine or even getting in the habit of living a healthy and fit lifestyle by exercising more and dieting, then …show more content…
After all, I’ve got years ahead of me to accomplish all my goals that I want to achieve more than anything. I’ve also still got many more things to learn and deal with as the years ahead of me continue to roll out, perhaps I’ll learn about myself, change into a better or worse person, or maybe I’ll even add more goals onto my list, in which I’ll need to accomplish before a certain age and before my time is up. With all the education that I 've acquired over the years of experiencing and learning, all the theories and human development processes I’ve been informed about during my Family Resources 230 course, and the knowledge I 've been obtaining that has helped me grow into the person I am today, I 'm sure that it 'll mean a lot to my future as I may take a look back on all the events that has happened, and when my time is near, I’ll be able to reflect everything I have done and experienced and be able to enter the final stage of Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory, Integrity vs. Despair (Berger, 25). I know that I do not want to end up despairing over my life as I come to the end of it, I want to be able to be happy and feel content or accomplished with everything I have done in my life to reach the integrity stage. I believe that my life will mean something and definitely will have values and lessons that I will be look back on and be thankful for everything that has happened to me whether it was good or

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