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I enjoyed this class. Though I have liked all my psych classes. As long as I've had a teacher who pushes me to learn and think outside the box, it's been enjoyable. You've done just that. A bit much on the workload, but that's where time management comes into play. Every class has its challenges. Learning new sites to create tasks has been a challenge, but not without trying. I'd recommend the class and teacher to anyone interested.

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It's hard to say which stage of life is the best. I've loved every minute of watching and helping mold my children into the young adults they've become. The newness and inquisitiveness of infancy into toddlerhood into young childhood is beautiful to witness. The challenging stage of preteen into teen to where they are now has been an experience that I wouldn't want to necessarily relive, but I know it's necessary to go through. While I am unsure of their path into adulthood, I'm eager to find out. If becoming a grandma is in the cards, I'll embrace it with open arms and excitement. As for myself, my childhood was great. My teens years were an experience and had I not made the choices back then at 18, I wouldn't be where I am today with 3 of the most amazing humans I've created. Looking forward, I'm hoping that my late 40s and beyond bring me everything I deserve out of life. Every sacrifice, sad moment, hard truth and momentous occasion that I've encountered is leading me to where I'm meant to be.

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My life expectancy is 99years. It's calculated that if I continue the trend of my way of eating and love of all things exercise, I'm creating a healthy balance to extend longevity. Knowing my family history and prevalence for disease or other health issues, helps me work towards living a long healthy life that gives me the ability to continue doing the things I love the most.

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Ah midlife...as I sit in the beginning years of mine, reading through this there's a few points that resonated. PowerPoint 12, slide 2 says midlife starts at 40. I'd agree that my new chapter on life post-divorce and empty nest in the making is the start. I'm eager to see what's in store. I will say that I'm more focused and mentally driven than I was before. Slide 9 & 10 talk about intelligence and career changes...well here we are! I am in the midst of both. I'm actively working on a healthy balance of life and happiness.

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Relationships and roles...wooosah. PowerPoint 11, slide 19 bullet point says less than 60% of women get remarried post-divorce. Thats hits home hard. Dating in today's age, especially in your 40s is not fun! I have zero interest currently in getting remarried. I'm completely comfortable being single and living in my peace. This is very well a result of a tumultuous marriage. Knowing that I am stable enough to care for children, myself and my home means that anyone trying to enter into my life is going to have to enhance what I have. I don't think I ever could've handled an arraigned marriage. My personality is strong, and I am admittedly, a lot to handle. Differences in the way we were raised played a big part in contention between parenting our children. Along with strong personalities between us both, it brought out a force working against each other in roles of the marriage and parenting. Thankfully, I've done what I hoped for in raising compassionate human beings, despite the rocky marriage I had.

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Emerging adulthood resonated the most with me out of this chapter. PowerPoint 6 from chapter 10 talks about relationship dynamics changing between parent and child. This year within 2 months both of my older children moved out into their new homes they purchased. I am extremely proud and nervous for them at the same time. They are both in their 20s. I chose to let them live with me until they were financially secure enough to live on their own. Some cultures have their children live with them until marriage, some while continuing college education. To each his own, in my opinion. What works for some, may not work for others. It was interesting having different cultures in this class and reading about their family lives. So far, the relationships haven't had much of a change with either my son or my daughter, as its still fresh. Time will tell! I will say it's more peaceful in my house without my daughter and her boisterous energy. Both of my boys are very mellow and my daughter is high energy. It's been quite the energy shift in my house!

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Living my life to the fullest

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I abide by HFCs academic standards and can honestly say that all of the work I have done on this project is my own. I choose to do my own research and paraphrase instead of using AI or plagiarism.

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Living my best life in my later years looks to me like making peace with where my life has taken me. PowerPoint 23, slide 17 talks about Eriksons psychosocial stage in later life. Making peace, having memories to look back on, feeling confident in secure attachments and in control. Chapter 14 brings us into the challenges of aging that we face. Coming to terms with the loss of some of the control we may have in our aging bodies and progressive changes in health, I'm willing to accept the beautiful things life has offered to me up to the point. I think this is why I enjoy caring for the elderly so much. Their life experiences and stories that they have to tell are beyond measure. Knowing that I'll be there some day and have the knowledge to pass on to the next generation gives me something to look forward to.