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I was around the 15 - 17 age range during the pictures, with the first picture being my 18th birthday. This age range was when I truly understood the importance of my interpersonal relationships, and why I had placed so much importance into these relationships, I realized I was the type of person that loved having friends, I enjoyed having people I was able to talk to about my interests such as video games, anime, sci-fi, fiction, books, and etc. During this time I developed my identity, I developed the person I wanted to be and the person I thought I had the responsibility to be.

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I was 2 - 3 years old during these pictures, from a young age I was very curious, something that has persisted throughout the years, I loved animals, dolphins in particular. During this time I was and still am learning how to be independent, however I think I developed a low self-esteem and had trouble trying new things as I felt scared.

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The photos were taken on my 1st birthday, I don't remember much during this time, however I do remember all the loving people around me including my lolas and lolos from both my parent's side, however my grandparents from my father's side are no longer here, my numerous older cousins who I've grown close with over the years, as well as, my loving parents. During this time, I learned how to trust these people who took care of me and loved me, I learned I was able to have assurance that these people would continue to take care of me.

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For a small introduction I am Dolorico III D. Mejorada aka Thirdy a student at the very prestigious Ateneo de Davao University Senior High School

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I'm lucky enough to have a complete and beautiful family of five. My family have been my rock through most of my life, they've been there for every single major and minor achievement and every single mistake/failure and I truly can't thank them enough for their love and support through all these years.

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My family

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I love music so much, I love the emotional aspect of it, how it draws out so much emotion out of an individual, I love the way it resonates with my emotions and I love the way it helps soothes those emotions it brings out of you. Music has helped me get through a lot of life's challenges and I am forever grateful to be able to experience something so amazing and beautiful.

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MY FAVORITE SONG!!!!

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I'm very into food, whether it be eating or cooking it, I enjoy the whole process, I especially enjoy cooking for other people. I also really like coffee! It's basically my lifeblood.

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I'm an avid reader of not only books but webnovels/manga/manhua/manwha as well. I think reading is very fun when you're fully engrossed and into what you're reading, not only that reading can resonate with your emotions, especially in more emotionally heavy stuff.

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Video games, some comment on how video games are bad for you or teaches bad or immoral things, however video games have changed my way of thinking and the trajectory of my life in a good way.

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I would go into detail about these games, but I truly believe that to do that would be an injustice to you and the developers, these games have affected me so much to the point where I can no longer consider these just "games" but whole experiences. These games changed my whole outlook on life and how I should live it, these games are 1 in a million and should be experienced and felt by every single person.

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I'm a very big fan of long form video content, I love listening to people talk about different topics I find interesting, I also like building upon my own knowledge and views through these videos. The feeling when you've made a big realization and it connects with everything you're experiencing or past experiences and lessons you've learned is so euphoric and has helped build me into who I am today. These podcasts and video essays are also some of my favorite entertainment, especially with fiction podcasts.

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The Magnus Archives Complete Playlist In Order

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I look back upon these years very fondly, in the pictures we can see a school event I had wherein we had to make pizza and spaghetti which I really enjoyed, as well as, a picture of my 6th birthday, most of the people in the pictures were and still are some of my closest friends and we've only grown closer throughout the years. I think this is truly when my interest in cooking and food in general came from, because of how much fun I had during that one school activity.

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I was around 7 - 10 during these photos, the first one was my graduation of kindergarten, the second was my first ever golf competition in which I placed 2nd. During these times I learned of my capabilities and of the importance of competence, these lessons have been some of the most important lessons I've learned and lessons in which I have taken to heart and still uphold to this day.

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1. Was the subject Personal Development helpful for you? How did this subject help you know yourself more?

- The Personal Development subject was really helpful for me. During our time in the subject and our numerous reflection/sharing moments in class, I was able to fully realize things about myself that I wasn't able to fully realize myself. A moment I remember was during our topic about stress, wherein I realized that most of the habits I considered as "normal" were quite unhealthy. Another time was during the topic about emotions, where I was able to fully conceptualize and realize how to process my emotionals and to have the self-awareness to realize that I felt like I was disconnected from emotions as a whole.

2. What were your key takeaways from the subject?

- My keytakeaways from the subject include understanding that I have to know my strenghts and weaknesses to be able to grow as a person, I need the self-awareness to see what I lack and the humility to be able to admit my shortcomings and improve from them. I also learned the importance of emotional intelligence, usually on online discourse people throw around the term without fully understanding what it means to be emotionally intelligent, throughout my time in PerDev, I realized that I was also lacking on the emotional intelligence side of my person and that I should strive to improve my understanding of that topic. Lastly, I learned the value of knowing one's core identity, I learned the importance of knowing what my interests, values, and personality are in order to fully understand myself and how I can continue to improve and grow as a person.

3. What two topics were your favorites and why?

- My two favorite topics were "Knowing Oneself" and "Mental Health and Well-Being". I enjoyed the topic "Knowing Oneself" as it helped me put value on the things I already knew, it helped me understand that the things I was thinking about or doing was something that I should have put value on and that I should better understand myself, the topic itself also helped me gain a better understanding on how I should look at myself and how I am able to influence my own growth through better understanding. I also think "Mental Health and Well-Being" put me in the same boat, although I realize now that I don't have any mental issues, it helped me realize that the things I was going through in the past was reason for concern, and it helped me appreciate the support system I have around me, that I was able to fully recover without having to see a therapist or any liscensed professional.