Emerging Adulthood Interview

Transitioning and progressing through adulthood appears different for each individual. Some people fear the thought of becoming older while others look at it as a natural process and do not think much of it. In order to see what people are like at different stages of life I decided to interview my sister, an emerging adult, and my mother, an adult. Emerging adulthood is the period of time when an adolescent has begun their journey into adulthood. It is usually marked by the ages of eighteen to twenty-five. For this stage I chose to interview my sister. I thought she was of the perfect fit because she was born in 1997 and is currently twenty-one and almost a senior in college. At this time she is striving to finish her degree, which once

She was born in 1966 in Reno, Nevada, this makes her fifty-one years old. Although she grew up in Nevada, she spent most of her life in California and has just recently moved to a new house in the mountains. My mom described her moving as non-typical because most adults do not have the opportunity to live so far from cities for the sake of their jobs. She made a huge career change to make this move possible as she now works from home. As most adults would say, my mom decided a typical event that occurred in her life is having children. She believes that her generation were more likely to have children than the current generation and that having children is trending towards non-typical. In regard to the aging process, she found herself to be middle aged. Unfortunately, she pointed out that she feels old and does not feel like she is aging as well as her peers. One of her biggest regrets in life was being a smoker, although she has quit now. She feels like this has negatively affected her health and that if she could go back in time she would have never started smoking. She said she is looking forward to watching my sister and I grow up and seeing where we end up in our careers. Interesting enough, she decided that her biggest worry about getting older is that she will not be able to care for herself and that she will become a burden to my sister and me. On the flip side, her biggest goal in life is

My sister being just a couple of years older than me enlightened me on what I could possibly feel like in a couple of years. Just like her I have had many jobs here and there, but I am waiting for my first real job that involves healthcare to start building my vocational identity. I am curious to see how I feel about the aging process in a couple of years. She mentioned that she feels both young and old, and I still feel entirely young. Next year, I am moving into my own apartment and I think this will help me feel more adult-like and then maybe I will be in the same boat as her. My sister emphasized that she is afraid of not accomplishing everything in her life, and I find this interesting. Essentially, she is already feeling a sense of stagnation and is worried about making her mark on the world. I feel opposite of her, as a Nursing major I have gotten to do many volunteer hours in a hospital and ultimately feel like I have already touched some people’s life. There of course is always room to grow, but I feel like I have already made a positive difference in society. When it comes to my mom it was kind of upsetting to see how she felt about the aging process. Since she mentioned that she feels old and that she is not aging as well, it made me just want to hug her. I still view my mom as being young and I think it will be a while before I come to the recognition that in fact she