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The first stage of Erikson's development timeline is trust vs. mistrust. This is a very important stage to go through because it teaches you the virtues of hope, trusting people, and finding out that there is a virtue of mistrust where people can break that trust and let you down.

I am using myself as the person going through the stages in the timeline. A time where I went through the stage of trust vs. mistrust in the first year of life would have been walking. As an infant trying to learn to walk, you have to have a sense of trust in yourself to be able to successfully achieve the goal of walking. When I was learning to walk my mother told me that I was very eager and had a lot of trust in myself, therefore I mastered walking very quickly and at an early age.

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The second stage of Erikson's development timeline is autonomy vs. shame/doubt. Autonomy is a persons ability to act on his or her own values and interests. Learning the stage of autonomy is very valuable because you are learning how to figure out what your interests are and how to act upon them. Shame and doubt, while nobody likes to experience, are important virtues to learn. Having shame and doubt help keep you grounded and also learn right from wrong.

During this time of development for myself I'm going to use potty training. It was told to me that I was very interested and excited about being a "big girl" and wearing "big girl undies". So during this phase I was latched on to my interest of being able to use the toilet like the adults did and that if I didn't reach that level then I would have self doubt about myself and what I can do. I did end up sticking strong with it and in the end I was basically self potty trained at a very early age.

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The third stage of Erikson's development timeline is initiative vs. guilt. Initiative to try and get things done on your own as a child or feeling guilt about not being able to do the thing you want to do.

As my flashback to initiative or guilt was in elementary school when I wanted to be a cheerleader. I was determined to get a spot on the team no matter what. All my friends were doing it and I didn't want to feel the guilt from not being able to make it on the team. So, I practiced every day before the tryouts and gave it my all. On tryout day I did my very best and gave my best initiative and earned my spot on the team!

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The fourth stage of Erikson's developmental timeline is industry or inferiority. Its the virtue of getting the pleasure of applying oneself to tasks and accomplishing them so they don't inferior. It's an important developmental task to achieve in both aspects. You want to feel accomplished by completing tasks you set before yourself as to not get bogged down by inferiority, but its also important to experience inferiority so to keep yourself humble and grounded.

In my experience with this stage, I wanted to become part of the choir in school. I always loved singing and longed to be a part of the choir. The first year I tried out I didn't make it and the feeling inferiority was strong. I was sad, but also determined to do better. I worked my butt off on getting my choral skills stronger and working on my voice more every day to become better and give myself a better chance at making the team. Come time for tryouts the next year I gave it my all and was successful in achieving my goal of making it into choir!

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The fifth stage in Erikson's development timeline is identity vs. confusion. Children spend majority of their life trying to find their identity and go through stages of confusion trying to find out what their wants and likes are and what their dislikes are. Sometimes the confusion is internal and sometimes the confusion is brought on by surroundings and who we surround ourself with.

I spent many years trying to find my own identity and being so confused on who I was supposed to be based on the others around me. I didn't always like the same things my friends did, but I chose to make myself like them anyways because I thought I was supposed to. Later on in early adulthood I decided that the only person who got to control my identity was me. I finally stepped out of the "norm" and stepped into who I truly am and found my self.

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The sixth stage of Erikson's developmental timeline is intimacy vs. isolation. Intimacy is the longing of having someone with you that you love and are loved back, cared for and care for, feel safe with, and so much more. Isolation is being alone, by choice or not, feeling unloved, feeling like being alone. Isolation isn't always a bad thing. Intimacy and isolation can co-exist. You can have intimacy and crave the affection while also wanting to be isolated from time to time.

Social media tells us that being isolated is a bad thing and gives it a bad stigma. In high school I always chose intimacy over isolation because that's what everyone else I saw was choosing. It was better to always be with someone than to be viewed as an outcast and isolated. As I got older I realized that intimacy is sacred and should be something to look forward to and not expected. It was okay to take some time and be isolated with just myself and my thoughts. Didn't mean I was outcast or that anything was wrong with me. I just enjoyed my own company sometimes.

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The seventh stage of Erikson's developmental timeline is generativity or stagnation. This is the desire to grow and keep moving forward in life and with aspects such as a career, or to become stagnant and still. This stage is very important to overcome because while it is okay to become stagnant for a little while, the ultimate goal is to stay growing in life and furthering yourself with each step you take.

Recently I had become stagnant in my life. I was going through the day to day motions but I wasn't actually going anywhere. I decided that I was done with that and I needed a change. So, I chose to go back to school to push myself to grow more as a person, in my education, and in my career.

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The last stage of Erikson's developmental timeline is integrity vs. despair. The simple explanation of this is, when looking back on life, you will either feel success or failure. Did you do enough in life? Did you do everything you wanted to? Did you achieve the best you you could be? Did you let life get too hectic and get the best of you? Did you give up instead of fight? These are all questions one will ask themself later on in life when they sit back and look at their own personal timeline. This is not something I have personally reached yet, but when my time comes, I hope I can look back and say that I lived my life with integrity and made it the best it could possibly be.