Meg Sarmiento

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10 years may be such a long time from now, but I do believe that we all have dreams and aspirations that we want to achieve in the upcoming years or the future. For me, my ultimate goal is become a licensed physician to be able to help those who are in need and fulfill my longtime dream, along with that I also want to be able to be independent enough to take care of myself and provide for myself as well give back to my family. However, in terms of emotional status my goal is that 10 years from now, I would want to be in a place where I am at peace, mentally healthy and happy in all the things that I am doing. I want to be able to enjoy life and travel with the people that I care about and people who are important to me. In 10 years, there are several things that I still want to achieve not only for myself but also for the people that surrounds me. Every day is a chance to start reaching for your goals and for now, I want to keep learning and become better and tomorrow is one day closer to reaching my dreams.

Being a doctor is something that I aspire to be since I was young. It may have changed during the course of time but I realized that it is something that I really wanted to do. Event though, I’m still torn with what kind of doctor I would want to become I just know that I want to be walking the halls, making rounds and seeing patients. For me, I think that some factors that influenced my career choice are my personal interests and my family. As I said, I always wanted to become a doctor, I started watching medical shows such as Grey’s Anatomy which made me more interested in learning medicine. Aside from that, my family also influenced me with my career that I wanted to take. They also wanted me to become a doctor but they didn’t pressure me in doing it which makes me really happy. I know a lot of people says that medicine takes years and years of learning and is really challenging but I didn’t listen to that because I know that it will be difficult, there will be failures, and it takes time but it is something that I enjoy and passionate about that’s why I decided to take that leap and follow what I want. A doctor should not be there just for the money but also to help and save lives and that’s something that I want to become.

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Family is a bond that is shared with 2 or more persons. They share responsibilities, resources, decisions, values and goals as well as having a commitment to each other for a lifetime. There are several types of families and no matter what type of family you have and no matter what society tells you, family are people that you run up to whenever you have problems or accomplishments it’s not always about the blood. As for my Cluster Diagram, I want to share how families can improve their relationship with each other. This is just a broad or general understanding on the basic characteristic a person must possess in a family, as well as to people, in general. Just like any other relationship a family must communicate with each other. Communication is a big part of a relationship, and with communication in a family everyone must listen to each other and communicate their feelings. Being able to laugh, cry and joke with your family is something that strengthens your bond to each other. On the other hand, respect also plays a vital role in a family. We must learn to set boundaries and limitation because even though a family is the most comfortable place you’ll be it is still important to have boundaries for yourself. Having your own time is important as well, not only for you mentally but it is also good to have self-care once in a while. Overall, I think the best way to improve your relationship with your family is not all about good communication and being respectful but it has also something to do with love.

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Personal and Social Relationships in Middle and Late Adolescence

Relationships allows you to have connections and a place where you can vent and share your experiences. Although there is a slight difference with Personal and Social Relationships. Personal Relationships are the type of relationships that are formed between families, friend, relatives and special someone. It is a relationship that shares an intimate bond with each other wherein you are able to share and talk about with each other without the feeling of judgement or doubt. On the other hand, Social Relationship is a type of relationship that doesn’t involve any intimate connection but just social connections. These relationships are formed in gatherings or parties where you met people that you know your never see again. It’s basically a social connection with somebody where you’d only share limited information about yourself unlike personal relationships that knows everything about you, from the good, the bad, and your flaws.

Today, I discovered that being able to have a good support group is really good for your mental health. It is important to find people with common interests and people whom you can trust and become your safe space. It may not be many but the quality of people in that group is very important. Just as the saying goes “no man is an island” therefore, it is meant for people to have relationships and connections with others because with that it allows them to feel belongingness and security which is something that we all want. I, myself do have a good support group. They may not be grand in numbers but they are few people that I really trust the most and knew all the best and worst parts of me. Even though, there are times that I disappoint them on decisions that I make they still accept me and they are still there for me, that’s why I’m really grateful for the friends that I have.

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Emotional Intelligence

According to Daniel Goleman, Emotional intelligence is the ability to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustrations, to control impulse and delay gratification and etc. Basically, what it meant is that being or having emotional intelligence allows you to balance and control your emotions which gives better result not just to yourself but also to how you treat with others.

There are 5 domains of emotional intelligence which all contributes to the well being of a person. These are self-awareness, manage emotions, motivating oneself, recognizing emotions and handling relationships. These domains must be learned and people must be aware of them because these are important factors that contributes to oneself and also allows you to have better relationship with other people.

In this lesson, I realized that being emotionally intelligent is so important because having the ability to control and become aware of your emotions can directly affect your physical and mental health, work/school performances and relationships. That's why it is important to take good care of ones emotions and learn how to recognize their feelings for that is something that everyone must realize that it is important to have a good, balanced and be emotionally intelligent.

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We were task to create a mind map which would determine which part of the brain is much dominant for us. I discovered in myself that I am both a left and right brain dominant. However, I’m leaning towards the right brain. The right brain is usually known to be filled with creativity, spontaneity, and expression. These are personalities that I posses especially in terms of outputs such as photos and videos, decisions in my life and how I communicate with others. I find myself thrilled and excited whenever there are things that allows us to be creative because it’s a way that I can actually show what I can do and what I want to do. Basically, expressing myself in forms of art is something that made me lean towards being a right brain dominant.  Although, there are parts of me that is critical, organize and wants to get things done especially for school. I’m a perfectionist at times because I want to create the best outcome as possible. It makes me happy whenever my idea in mind turns out to be what I planned. Nonetheless, left or right brain dominant everyone is entitled to express themselves in the way that they want, may it be simple or creative, it is something that we must all appreciate and value.

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Coping with Challenges and stress in middle and Late Adolescence

As we grow older we are faced with different challenges and trials. These challenges varies, some are challenges are something that we can easily overcome but there are also some that needs time, patience and effort in order to get pass them. Nonetheless, these trials causes stress which affects the way we make decisions and the way we think about certain situations. Today, I discovered that there are challenges in my life that gave me little anxiety and fear but there are also some that I thought I would never overcome. Presentations, debates and role playing are just some things that students do at school, these things gives me stress and anxiety before it starts however, when it ends it gives me the greatest feeling in the world. Even though, that those gives me fear, it can be easily managed and overcome. Challenges in families, friends, and relationships are some of the things that needs time and patience to fix and rebuild. Everyday we are face with different situations that may affect us physically, mentally and emotionally. However, no matter how light or deep these challenges may be rest assured that we will overcome them because no challenges are given to us that we may not pass.

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Developing the Whole Person

Our topic mostly focuses about the five aspects of a person which all contributes to the development and improvement of a whole being. I learned that the Psychological, Cognitive, Physiological, Social and Spiritual all plays an important role in an individual. For me, I realized that I need to improve on my Psychological aspect or basically how I think. I tend to think ahead of things and it usually stresses me out and puts me in a really bad mood. I also have the tendency to to think negatively on situations that haven't even happened or soon to be happening. In order to eliminate or at least lessen these thinking, I have to improve on thinking more positively and release energy of positivity because with this simple act or thinking it will actually help myself to eliminate thoughts that are not contributing to the betterment of my mental health. Taking good care of my mental health and the way I think is something that I want to prioritize, because having a stable mental health will allow me to experience a better lifestyle which is something that we all desire. Thoughts contributes to the whole being of an individual and having the wrong or negative thoughts will affect the other aspect of the whole being and when it affects the the aspects of the whole being one would not improve in their life. Therefore, in order to develop the whole being one must be aware of their weaknesses and the things that they need to improve and actually do something for a change and for their own improvement.

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I decided to associate myself to a tree because they are peaceful and as they grow they provide more benefits and advantages. I am one of those who wants to live a peaceful life and I believe that the more I grow older I become more mature and better from all the things that I've experienced because it allowed me to learn. However, learning doesn't stop there because as much as I have my strengths and weaknesses I still want to improve how I communicate with others. It has been a struggle for me to explain or express myself and that's something that I want to improve on.

Knowing oneself is something that we must all work on because this will give you the ability to grow and know your likes and dislikes. It is a way wherein you will be comfortable with who you are and what you are as a person. One thing that allows you to know yourself is through meditation. Meditation is an activity wherein you relax and just feel the surroundings. It is a way to make you realize a lot of things in life, friendships and families. It is important to know yourself for this is the first step to self love