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Timeline of Celena L. Oliver age 53

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Birth - 18 months
The most important stage. It sets up the child for future relationships with feelings of safety and security. Lack of having your needs met leads to mistrust. Mistrust can bring about a lack of trust or insecurity.

When I was a few months old I had a double hernia. Instead of having surgery, my parents kept me close to them so I could not cry for long periods, and I had to be kept as immobile as possible with a truss on my groin area. This led them to attend to my needs

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18 - 3 years old
Start to develop Independence and more personal control over activities. If not developed can lead to poor decision-making skills.

When I started to walk my parents let me explore. They tell like to tell the story of how I would crawl under the coffee table and loosen the wingnuts that held it together.

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3 - 5 years
Preschool years learning how to play with others and build social skills and more directed socialization, if not utilized can lead to lack of participation and self-doubt.

My parents put me in preschool because they felt I was shyer than my sisters. Going to preschool inspired me to set up a “school” at home to play with my sisters.

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6-12 years
Sense of accomplishment in abilities and trying out new skills. Learning to roller skate or ride a bike. Inferiority can bring about feelings of failure. I had balance problems as a kid so learning these skills took me longer than usual, but I did learn them. Some of my fondest childhood memories. I still love to go roller skating.

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12-18 years
Figuring how who you are and what you might want to do with your life. In high school, I took a variety of electives to figure out what I was good at. I took woodshop, numerous art classes, and even 2 years of automotive. I did not choose any particular path due to a lack of parental involvement or guidance leading to confusion about what direction to go in.

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18- 40 years
Building strong personal relationships, not working on this can lead to loneliness. I got married at 20 and divorced at 27. Then a long-term relationship for 10 years. But I still have friendships with people from high school and others that have lasted over 20 years.

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40-65 years
Contributions you make to the world or your community.

Stagnation happens when you are uninvolved and feel like you failed. I am halfway through this long stage. I’m still raising kids, working at a job helping kindergarteners get a good academic foundation under them.

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65 and older
Looking back at your life and your achievements. Despair could happen when a person does not reflect and looks back at their life only looking for regrets. Hopefully, I look back at the accomplishments in my life such as children, work, and all the worthwhile activities I had participated in. And keep the ability to maintain friendships.

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Questionnaire
Who is the person you will be analyzing?   I will be analyzing myself. I am 53 years old, have 6 kids ranging in ages from 32-16 years old, am divorced, work part-time at an elementary school with kindergarteners, and finishing up my associate degree.

What new insight do you have into development?    Looking back through the stages to see how one connects to the other one and how important these components. Accomplishing the positive aspects of these stages is just as important as hitting the different milestones while you are growing up.

What are your fondest future dreams (could be regarding work, love, friendship, community, religion, children, marriage, personal achievement, wealth, material possessions, etc.)? In other words, how do you envision your future life?    Dreams for my future include more grandchildren (I only have 2 so far). Getting a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and using it in some fashion to improve the culture of school.

How can you be a generative adult? What current behaviors, if continued through your adult years, might lead to stagnation?    I consider myself already a generative adult. Over the years I have donated my time and money at my kids’ schools, my work, and various other volunteer opportunities.