Personal Introduction To Adulthood Essay

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Personal Introduction to Adulthood In this paper, I will be discussing the different stages and development that goes into adulthood. Growing up and going into adulthood, I struggled with coming to a decision on what to do with my life. I was struggling with everything in my childhood that I hadn’t dealt with that I was having trouble finding out what would be best for me. Since my whole life, I was told that I wouldn’t be able to go to college and that somewhat hindered me to have confidence in myself. I did make the decision to go to a community college in Raleigh, NC to get my early childhood credentials to get a raise at work teaching preschoolers. I completed my credentials and was able to get a little raise, but made the decision to continue …show more content…

Perry considered the differences in students’ thinking or worldviews to be a function of their personality differences” (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015, p. 420). I find that going into my adulthood and college years, it has been hard to make decisions that are the best for my life as they will affect my life from this day forward. I also still find myself that I am finding myself and trying to find what my worldview is in life, though I still respect others opinions, worldviews, while respecting those in authority. I feel as though while growing up to be a mature adult, I have developed respect for others and knowledge to know the …show more content…

In our textbook, it says, “Avoidant. I am somewhat uncomfortable being close to others; I find it difficult to trust them completely, difficult to allow myself to depend on them. Anxious-ambivalent. I find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like. I often worry that my partner doesn’t really love me or won’t stay with me. Secure. I find it relatively easy to get close to others and am comfortable depending on them. I don’t often worry about being abandoned or about someone getting too close to me” (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015, p. 447). I find myself in the anxious-ambivalent stage because I still have a hard time getting close to others because I fear that I will be abandoned or fear of not ever getting married. I struggle with trusting men due to my past childhood. I am currently working through that and some other things. I am working through my fears and trying to overcome them. I am getting there and taking it one step at a time. Sometimes, I fear my future and what it will be or what will I make of it. I am one of those people that like to have a plan and job figured out before I finish school, but it's not always that

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