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Born along with my twin brother, joined a family of a mom, dad, and two older brothers
(Beginnings) -
Immunization and Nutrition
I started receiving nutrition and immunization while being breast fed, and my parents also took me to get all of my required shots during my early years. (Biosocial) -
First words to secret languages
My first words were at 16 months and my parents say that my twin and I had our own secret language. (Cognitive) -
1st Family Photo
I think I did not like the strange photographer taking me away from my parents. (Psychosocial) -
Hobbies: Art and Ants
I loved drawing and art, which I still do. And my parents said I loved playing outside and catching ants. (Biosocial) -
Dolls and Video Games
I had my favorite doll that I took with me everywhere and lots of pink toys, but I also loved playing with all of my brothers' toys and bonding with them. (Psychosocial) -
Started Pre-school
(Cognitive) -
Moved from Pennsylvania to Conneticut
I said goodbye to my Pennsylvania friends and was lucky to move into a neighborhood with kids my age and made new friends. (Psychosocial) -
Recess and gym class
My favorite parts of the school day were always gym class and recess. (Biosocial) -
Dance Recital
I loved taking dance classes where I learned many skills and memorized routines to perform at recitals. (Cognitive) -
Moved from Connecticut to Michigan
My new neighborhood didn't have girls my age, but I made new friends in school. (Psychosocial) -
High School Education
For four years high school helped to mold my maturing brain and gave me lot of opportunities to practice my different thought processes and reasoning. (Cognitive) -
Puberty
Although puberty happens in many stages over many years, I remember feeling so left out when all of the girls talked or complained about their periods and I did not get mine until right after I turned 16. (Biosocial) -
Caribou Coffee
My senior year of high school, I started working at Caribou Coffee and it felt like me home away from home. I had great coworkers that I felt closer to than some of my family or schoolmates. (Psychosocial) -
College education
College was a lot harder for me than high school and I was very emotional about not getting A's, and had to learn better control and combining of my emotions and thought processes and with all the diversity and new people I was meeting and working with, I also had to have a good development of my cognitive flexibility. (Cognitive) -
Freshman Year
In my first year of college, I was very good at exercising regularly, but I was not eating well since the cafeteria was a buffet and meal credits could be used at the snackbar and fast-food joints on campus. I also participating in the social norms of frat parying and drinking with peers. (Biosocial) -
Intimacy and Emotional Development
Around junior year of college, I feel like I was finding a stronger sense of my identity and making more intimate relationships with the friends I was making and living with in college. I was feeling less anxious about things and more settled. (Psychosocial) -
Univision
When I worked for Univision, I was constantly improving my human relations, social intelligence, business intelligence, and expertises. While working in the accounting department my coworker taught me a lot of his expertise in excel. (Cognitive) -
Lasik Eye Surgery
I had been nearsighted for awhile and wore glasses or contacts, then as an adult I had Lasik surgery on my eyes so that I could see better and not have to wear contacts to help my vision anymore. (Biosocial) -
Nursing
I am still looking forward to developing an intimate, romantic relationship and having kids, but in the mean time I have reevaluated my career and self satisfaction and decided to go after a new career that I believe will be a better fit for the person I am understanding myself to be, and that is nursing. (Psychosocial) -
Still working, volunteering, & gardening
I hope to be working part-time, volunteering regularly, attending to my garden, spending time with my circle of friends and family, and have the most opportunistic and greatest sense of self yet. (Psychosocial) -
Continued learning and play
Since cognitive development is a lifelong process that is propelled by new experiences and reassessment, I want to keep my life filled with new experiences, concepts, and skills. I want to beat my great grandkids at their video games, stay active and current, read, and write. I want to keep up with my education and vocational status as long as I can to reduce cognitive decline. (Cognitive) -
100th birthday!
I plan on taking care of my health and surrounding myself with loved ones so that I can be a centenarian. (Biosocial) -
Death
I will die peacefully in my sleep in very late adulthood at 110 years old.
