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Prenatal Development
My mother had an amniotic fluid test during the third trimester, which is used in prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities, to check for spina bifida and down syndrome. However, the test results came up negative for both and the doctors said I was a healthy baby. -
Birth
I was born at 5:44 at Providence Hospital in Southfield on April 3, 1996. -
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The First Two Years (0-2)
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Cognitive (First Two Years)
I started babbling during the 6 month mark. -
Physical (First Two Years)
The first time I start walking was on my first birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's. -
Psychosocial (First Two Years)
I started going to an in-home daycare around my first birthday, but I didn't like it at first. Even though I was social with other kids, I was sad that my mother was leaving me. For the first couple weeks, I would refuse to eat when I was there because I wanted to go home. As I continued to go to daycare, I made friends (Eric, Mitch, and Kayla) and enjoyed playing with them. -
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Early Childhood (2-11)
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Psychosocial
My sister, Julia Rinck, was born. -
Cognitive (Early Childhood)
My dad took me to Disney World in Florida. We went on the safari ride and I learned about poaching and endangered animals, specifically rhinos, that were being killed for their tusks. After learning about them, I always dreamed about going to Africa and saving the animals. -
Cognitive (Early Childhood)
When I was about four years old, I started going to church and learning about the Bible, God, and Heaven. One night I had a dream about going to Heaven and I was scared. I aksed my mom questions and feared death because I didn't understand how it worked. -
Cognitive (Early Childhood)
At a young age, I learned more about endangered species and wanted to help manatees. I started donating money every Christmas and birthday to the Save the Manatee Organization because they were being killed by motorboats. -
Psychosocial (Early Childhood)
An elderly woman named Eleanor Rota accidently called our house asking for the bus station and wasn't able to find it, so my mother and I helped her find it. After that day, we visited the elderly home to see her a couple times a week for years. She was like a grandmother to me and I always played checkers with some of the elderly people at the place. -
Physical (Early Childhood)
I started learning how to play volleyball and basketball. -
Psychosocial (Early Childhood)
In Kindergarten, I became a Girl Scout (Daisy). I became friends with the people in my troop and we did fun activities together. -
Cognitive (Middle Childhood)
I started reading Harry Potter for the first time. After finishing the book, I became fascinated with magic and fantasy novels. It was the first long and challenging novel that I read. -
Psychosocial (Middle Childhood)
My great grandfather passed away and it was an emotional time for me and my family. I always remembered the time he used to tell me stories about World War I and living on a farm in Kentucky while I sat on his lap eating cashews. He was a very important person in my life. -
Psychosocial
I got my first pet parakeet named Peapers. He was a big influence in my life and was my best friend. -
Psychosocial
I rode horses for a couple years (Dodger) and won 3rd place in my horse back riding camp in the summer. -
Cognitive (Middle Childhood)
After watching Spongebob, I wanted to learn an instrument after seeing Squidward play the clarinet. I decided to play the flute and learned to read music in the third grade. -
Physical (Middle Childhood)
I joined my first travel volleyball team. Since I hit 5'0" by the fifth grade, I was a middle hitter and played backrow. It was my first competitive team and I practiced a couple times a week. -
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Adolescence (11-18)
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Biosocial (Adolescence)
I started my period on the last day of 6th grade and my body started to develop -
Biosocial
Fractured my left ankle during volleyball practice. I was in a cast and crutches for five weeks and had physical therapy for over two months before I could play again. -
Psychosocial
I started taking fencing classes at Schoolcraft and won a first place medal in my fencing competition. -
Psychosocial (Adolescence)
Grandma Allen was diagnosed with breast cancer. We weren't sure how bad the condition was and my mom went through depression during this time. -
Biosocial (Adolescence)
I subluxed my shoulder, which means that my it partially dislocated from the shoulder joint, when I dove for a volleyball during the championship game. Although I was in a lot of pain and had to hold my hand up to support it, I still played through most of it. I had extensive physical therapy and wore a shoulder brace during volleyball after. -
Biosocial (Adolescence)
During JV Volleyball at Novi High School, I was in the air blocking a ball and sprained my ankle after coming down on the ball. I was not able to play for a month and lost 4 inches off of my verticle, but a trainer helped me recover fast. -
Psychosocial
First serious boyfriend, Phillip Bahner. -
Psychosocial (Adolescence)
I made the varsity volleyball team at Novi High School. It was a huge accomplishment for me because I had worked hard for six years, playing travel and school volleyball to make the team. My teammates became my best friends. -
Cognitive/Psychosocial
I got offered my first job at ALDO Shoes by Konrad Green. I had to learn about the company and how to talk and sell to customers. Overtime, it taught me how to converse with strangers and made me a more social person. -
Cognitive
I was in the depression unit in AP Psychology and they told us to take a quiz that measured our happiness (0 being the happiest and 80 being depressed). After taking the quiz, I scored a 72 and realized that I was indeed depressed. I had prolonged sadness for months, irritability, and lost pleasure in a lot of activities that I loved. -
Cognitive
I checked myself into therapy with Dr. Brand at the end of my junior year of high school. It was difficult to open up about my life at first, but I realized that my stressful home environment was causing it. -
Psychosocial
I had a business internship with my friend, Kristiana Flowers, at Lush Yummies in Detroit. I did telemarketing, guerrilla marketing, and set up an event to promote the granola bars. -
Cognitive/Psychosocial
I went to Europe-- Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy-- through a program called People to People for 3 weeks. I learned and experienced more about the culture and became good friends with my group -
Cognitive/Psychosocial
Although I had been going through depression and anxiety over the past year, the beginning of senior year marked my severe depression stage. I missed over two weeks of school because I was too sad to get out of bed. I didn't want to go to any events or work and I was hopeless. I had lingering suicidal thoughts. -
Cognitive
I started taking a new medication (Lexapro) for depression; however, after taking it for a month, I lost weight, became more depressed and numb, and my suicidal thoughts became worse. -
Biosocial/Psychosocial
I overheated at a concert and fainted because I lost 10 pounds from not eating on the new medication. -
Biosocial
I was on my way to an ACT class and got into my first car crash. The two cars in front of me were not damaged, but my car was wrecked. I had to get xrays for my neck and take it easy for a couples weeks because of the whiplash. -
Cognitive
I had been practicing for the ACT for months and recieved a 25 my last time taking it. I needed that score for my scholarship at University of Louisville at the time, so it was a big deal. I felt accomplished. -
Cognitive
I had been on a new medication for about a month (Zoloft) and it was the first day that I felt genuinely happy in over a year and a half. I could picture a brighter future ahead for me. -
Psychosocial
I broke up with my boyfriend of almost three years. He helped me through a hard time in my life, but I realized that I viewed him more as my friend than as my lover. -
Psychosocial
Went on spring break with my two best friends from high school, Kaleena and Rachel. My two neighbors, Erik and Andrew, and our families came with us as well. We went on a cruise to Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, and Barbados. -
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Emerging Adulthood (18-25)
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Psychosocial
I moved to an apartment in California to attend school at Santa Barbara City College. -
Psychosocial
My neighbor/friend, Justin Richards, started his own t-shirt company called Valovi. I helped with makeup, hair, modeling, and coordinated meetings in Santa Barbara all year. -
Biosocial
I had mono and my eyes and throat were the size of tennis balls. Although I still attended school, I could barely breathe or do any activities for a month -
Psychosocial
Went on a couple dates and started a relationship with Christian Gjonaj. -
Cognitive
I went to my first anatomy lab for half of the class and walked out. I realized that I had no interest in the anatomy of the human body. They also said we would be using cadaver labs and I do not like blood or ever want to see a dead body. I immediately switched my major from nursing back to my original plan in high school, which was clinical psychology. -
Psychosocial
Moved in with my boyfriend, Christian Gjonaj, to Norfolk, Virginia. I lived in a house with four other people that were in the Navy-- Mason, Aaron, Jarrad, Brenda. -
Cognitive/Psychosocial
Worked as a waitress/cashier at a diner and pizza place called Paradise Pizzeria and Family Restaurant. There were some cognitive issues with this because I was sexually harrassed by customers. It made me feel like a sex object and it took a while for me to overcome. -
Psychosocial/Biosocial
One of my customers, Darrol Jenkins, always came to visit me at my job at the diner. He was a senior citizen and needed help cleaning out his house because he was a hoarder. I spent about 30+ hours cleaning his garage, kitchen, and office space. -
Cognitive/Psychosocial
I realized that I was in an emotionally abusive relationship for nine months and finally broke it off with my narcissistic boyfriend. I was sad, confused, and scared. For the first two weeks, I couldn't eat or sleep. My self-esteem was shattered and it took over 2 months of therapy to start feeling better. -
Psychosocial
I was accepted to the Unviersity of Michigan! I felt very accomplished and happy that my hard work in high school and college paid off. -
Psychosocial
I hope to be in a PhD program at University of Michigan or another good program in a state that I want to live in. -
Psychosocial
I hope that all of my friends-- Mason, Aaron, Jarrad, Kara, Ethan-- make it safely back from deployment. I hope that I am on the pier, waiting for them to return and spend Fourth of July weekend with all of them. -
Psychosocial
I hope that I will be able to join Acapella at the University of Michigan next fall. -
Cognitive/Psychosocial
I hope to study abroad in England for a semester. -
Psychosocial
Hopefully I will be graduating with my degree in psychology and possibly minor in neuroscience. -
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Adulthood (25-65)
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Cognitive/Psychosocial
I would like to go to Thailand for 5 weeks in the summer to help in children's school. I would not only like to learn about the culture, but also visit temples and learn about the Buddhist religion. -
Psychosocial
I hope that I have graduated with my PhD in psychology and start my residency at the place that I will be working at. -
Psychosocial
Hopefully, I have met my soulmate sometime during my 20s and get married around the time I turn 28. -
Biosocial
I hope that I will be pregnant with my first child in my early 30s. -
Biosocial
Hopefully, I will be pregnant with my second and last child. -
Cognitive
Hopefully by the time I am 50, I will be a millionaire. I have already started to put money in my Roth IRA, which is tax free money, and hope that it will grow to about that amount. Being smart about money now can hopefully pay off in the future. -
Psychosocial
Since the kids are in college, my husband and I decided to move somewhere warmer in the south/east coast. -
Psychosocial
I hope to retire in my early 60s and then work about 10 hours a week in an airport so I will be able to get discounted flights. My plan is to travel after retirement. -
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Late Adulthood (65+)
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Psychosocial
After retiring from my job as a clinical psychologist, I will be working at the airlines (possibly checking tickets) around 10 hours a week. I want to keep busy and have the opportunity to fly my husband and I anywhere we want for free. -
Psychosocial
Hopefully, my husband and I will take a trip to Europe for 2 weeks in Italy and Croatia. Since our kids are grown up, we usually take a trip together once a year to a new location. -
Psychosocial/Cognitive
Death of Parents: I predict that my parents will live until I'm around 70 years old, which means that they will live until around 100 years old. I'm extremely close with my parents, so this loss would be mentally challenging for me and having to arrange funeral arrangements. It breaks my heart just putting this on my timeline. -
Cognitive
Since I am retired, I will have time to read more books and possibly take more classes to broaden my knowledge of the world. -
Biosocial
I predict that I might have breast cancer at this point, since both of my grandmas had it; however, they will find it early because screenings take place frequently. I will have to get a mastectomy, but the healing process will take some time. -
Psychosocial
I am going to join a choir or some type of singing group because it has been a hobby of mine since childhood. -
Epilogue: Death and Dying
Although my longevity quiz told me I would live until I was 92, I believe that I will live until around the age of 98. The medical history of my ancestors and parents are clean and I take care of my well-being. If anything, my stress levels will end up shortening my life-span, but I am working to improve it. I believe the cause of death will just be old age.