Personal Autonomy Essay

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Achieving personal autonomy to me means to have an interest for own personal achievements in life. It is the freedom to live your own life as you please. As young children we learn to follow people who we trust make decisions for us, but as we become adolescence we start wanting to make decisions for ourselves. That is where personal autonomy comes into play, as we mature taking control of our own life in a way that we want to live can create an inner happiness; no one wants anyone to control their life. We may have people who love and care for us that may give advice about what choices we should make in life simply because they want the best for us, but at the end of the day we make our own decisions which reflect the way we live (Koestner, R. 2008).
Many of our present day attitudes are formed by earlier decisions, because every decision someone makes reflects on their lives and attitudes. Most people think hard about big decisions but many forget about the small day to day decisions. People do not realize that small decisions are …show more content…

I used to think that he had to show me all the attention because he was the guy and I was the girl. I also used to be very petty, for example if something bothered me I would not talk to him about it, I didn 't want him thinking that I cared so much, but really I did. I would ignore him and assume he should know what the issue is. Ever since I gave him another shot I told him from the beginning that we need to change certain things in our relationship and a big one was communication. I was never good at communicating or expressing my feelings and neither was he, we would just act immature and play games just to hurt each other. My decision on breaking up with him and also just taking some time to think and be on my own really impacted my behavior and helped me grow mentally. It definitely has changed my attitude, I am still working on myself but I couldn 't be happier with my relationship

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