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I was born April 7th, 2004 to Amy and Reed Maltbie in a small town hospital, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, in Oxford, Ohio. At the time I had 1 sister and I was raised in a typical rural Ohio nuclear family -
From what I've been told I was a very trusting baby and I can see how that's carried on into who I am today as I have been a very trusting person. Three major events that happened during this time frame were the birth of my brother, my family moving to Florida, and starting preschool. My brother shaped who I am because it gave me that middle child mentality, the move to Florida kind of shocked me into becoming a more outgoing person, and starting preschool let me make friends.
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Three major events that happened in the time frame when I was about 5 to 10 years old were us moving back to Ohio from Florida, the start of kindergarten, and me starting to play soccer. During the start of this phase, I immediately showed autonomy in trying to dress or feed myself as well as do chores. As I got closer to 10 years old I saw myself take initiative in what I wanted to do. I would train outside and spend time playing the sport and I kind of found my purpose doing this.
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3 major events during this time would be the start of high school, quitting soccer, and starting volleyball. I started this time in the industry vs inferiority where I definitely felt inferior to the players I was playing, so I stopped playing the sport altogether. After age 12 I kind of grew into this new identity that I had created for myself and so I went from feeling less than others to becoming assured of myself and taking on new hobbies like volleyball.
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As I created this new identity for myself I found myself being more comfortable with who I was and I had no confusion about my role in the world. After I started working in insurance it allowed me to realize that I could do what I wanted to do. Another major event was covid and the relationships I had over covid which ultimately led to me wanting to become a better person. The final event would be just graduating high school and already being able to make my own money and be on my own.
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I have already created some very strong relationships in my life but during this time frame I would hope to kind of settle down with somebody and so three major events would be moving out on my own, meeting somebody that I would want to spend the rest of my life with, and starting to plan the next ten years out with them
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This section will not contain any of the major Social Development phases it will be kind of just a continuation of the intimacy versus isolation section. The hope would be during this time that I would continue to grow the relationships around me. Three major events I'd like to happen during this time would be having a wedding, settling down and buying my first house, and starting to create a family for myself.
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I hope that I can take the same path that my dad did where he hasn't had a midlife crisis because he's gotten to do what he wanted to do before settling down. Three major events during this time would be most likely moving on from my job, buying an expensive car like a Porsche, and picking up hobbies that I didn't get the chance to try because of work. My hope would there be all together to avoid a midlife crisis and just continue to enjoy my family.
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If I do have a midlife crisis then this would be where I would continue to try and find things to make up for anything I didn't feel like I got the chance to do before stagnating. Insurance isn't a fun thing to work in especially as a teenager, but honestly, it's a great stepping stone and I don't think I've started to stagnate because I think I can do anything I want from this point in my life. Hopefully, my 50s to 60s would be full of enjoying my time with my family and finishing up work.
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During my 60s and 70s, I hope to surround myself with my family and start that ego Integrity vs. Despair and kind of embrace those around me. I hope to live a long life and into my 90s and so this is the phase where I would retire and start to enjoy those around me. Three major events during this time. Would be probably the birth of my grandchildren, my first couple of years in retirement, and moving to a very affordable place so I can spend money on my family.
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This would be the true start to that ego Integrity vs. Despair where I would start to see myself surrounded by my family and be able to be embraced especially because 70 to 80 is very old for the men in my family. Somehow the women in my family live to be close to a hundred but the men get unlucky and die before 80. Three major events would be the ability to surround me and where my family lives, helping my kids start a family business, and being remarkably healthy for an 80-year-old
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This is the end, on my final 10 years of life I hope to be able to create a strong sense of family and passed down knowledge from my grandparents to my grandchildren. This is the true end of my ego integrity versus despair and it's scary to think that my life could be summed up in 500 characters or less. Three major events would be the writing of my will, my final days with family, and my passing.
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I want to be remembered like I remember my great grandpa Big Earl, a strong-willed person with a great moral compass that created an amazing family. My biggest regret would probably be not having a larger family, but in all seriousness, it would most likely be not spending enough time with my family before I pass even though I'd spend a bunch of amount of time with them. Most likely I'd have some cheesy inscription on my grave that would read "a great son, an awesome dad, and the best Grandpa."