This week in our groups I felt like we had a very
intellectual and fulfilling conversation. I felt a bond with my group and I felt
like we were all more alike than we are different. Even though the six of us
come from very different backgrounds we have a lot in common and I feel like
that helps us to learn more about ourselves and helps us to look back into our
lives and figure out what it is that makes us work. I can feel myself also
becoming more comfortable with the larger group discussions. I really liked the
set-up for the discussion and I feel like it made me more comfortable with
sharing my thoughts and feelings. I am also starting to realize how much my
childhood and my parents have really influenced who I am as an individual. These
discussions are helping me to see what I really need to work on and it helps me
to realize that I can now take control of my life to help fix some of these
problems. I am realizing that I am not a passenger in my own life and I do have
the ability to take a proactive approach to everything in my life.
I
was really interested in the article for this week. I felt like emerging
adulthood is a really great idea and a true developmental point for people of
the United States and other industrialized nations. I looked at myself and my
life since I am at the current age for emerging adulthood and I truly do agree
with how Arnett (2000) described an individual going through emerging
adulthood. I really don’t consider myself a true adult yet. I feel like I still
rely on my parents for a lot of support emotionally and a little bit
financially. I feel like I am slowly moving towards autonomy like mentioned in
our books. I feel like I have slowly started to develop my own beliefs and my
own life. I have moved out of my home town and farther away from all my family
and friends. With this move I have really had to work on my thought process as
an individual, I really have had to make sure that I am not thinking negatively
about myself and my choices. When I was reading over rational emotive behavior
therapy I feel like I have been using this in my own way with my move here.
When I first moved to this area I had a lot of negative thoughts about me
failing and letting my parents down, but I have really tried to work through
these thoughts and rationalize them and try to realize how untrue they are.
References
Corey,G., & Corey, M.S. (2008).
I never knew I had a choice: Explorations in personal growth. (9th ed.).
Belmont, California: Thompson Brooks/Cole.
Arnett, J.J. (2000). Emerging
adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties.
American Psychologist, 55(5), 469-480.
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