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Early Adulthood Development Tasks

The document discusses the developmental tasks of early adulthood including achieving autonomy, establishing identity, developing emotional stability, establishing a career, and finding intimacy. It provides personal examples and reflections on progress for each task from establishing boundaries and decision making skills to choosing a new career path in psychology and focusing on self improvement over relationships.

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Early Adulthood Development Tasks

The document discusses the developmental tasks of early adulthood including achieving autonomy, establishing identity, developing emotional stability, establishing a career, and finding intimacy. It provides personal examples and reflections on progress for each task from establishing boundaries and decision making skills to choosing a new career path in psychology and focusing on self improvement over relationships.

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Macabinlar, Jennylyn S.

PSY1B

Early Adulthood Development Tasks

Development Tasks My Progress

Achieving autonomy When my parents let me do what I want in life,


allowed me to explore the world and let me try
different things that were out of my league, it made
me become more independent and unravel my
capabilities, especially in decision-making. All the
things that they taught me; whether it’s house rules,
chores, life lessons, I carried and applied them now
that I’m in my early 20s.

Establishing identity It was honestly really hard to establish my identity,


especially if you have this fear of failure and
embarrassment. But when I decided to be open to try
different things, to entertain people who are my age
and even who are older than me, that’s the time I
slowly figured out who I really am. The good thing
of having this sense of identity and awareness helps
me to build boundaries and enables me to form
meaningful connections with people who accept and
respect me for who I am, which makes me so
different from who I was four years ago.

Developing emotional stability Self-help book is one of the reasons that helps me to
become more aware of other people's emotions and
learn how to understand them. I also learned how to
regulate my emotions when it comes to challenges
and difficult situations in life. I think it is because I
don’t make a big deal of the things that I have no
control over, and if I have, I try to communicate it or
make a time to self-reflect as it helps me to examine
my thoughts, feelings and actions, and change the
way I interact with others which is one of the most
important in developing emotional stability.

Establishing a career I spent 4 semesters in a Marketing course with the


thought of that’s the field I wanted to take. I was
about to enter my 3rd-year when I realized that I am
no longer happy with my course and don’t enjoy
being there anymore. I consumed the 2-month
vacation of thinking to decide whether to continue
what I’ve started or to choose what my heart really
wants. I even asked for an opinion from my sister,
mother, friends and people I know that will help me
to decide. It was a really hard decision to make
because I’d have to start again with a different
environment. With the help of advices and opinions
from the people who are close to me, and considering
what I am passionate about, what I am good at, I
finally decided to take the Psychology course and
keep on doing an action to become what I want in the
next 3 years.

Finding intimacy We all experience having crushes, and I realized that


all the feelings I had with someone when I was in my
teenage years were just infatuation. When I turned
21, I tried to enter into a relationship, however, things
keep on not working out for me. I‘ve been in a
relationship before but it wasn’t a long-term one and
it’s still hard for me to fully commit with someone.
Since I am aware of that, as much as possible, I don’t
want to involve myself entering in a relationship
again yet and focus on making myself better instead.

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