Growing plant

Ron's Life

By rvincent27
  • Period: to

    Prenatal Development

    I was probably conceived in October of 1991.

  • Birth

  • Period: to

    First Two Years

  • Begin Social Referencing (Psychosocial)

  • First Steps (Biosocial)

    Biosocial Development

  • First Words (Cognitive)

  • Period: to

    Early Childhood

  • Separation Anxiety - First day of Pre-School (Psychosocial)

  • Beginning of formal education (Montessori style) (Cognitive)

  • Losing "baby teeth" (biosocial)

  • Period: to

    Middle Childhood

  • Doing well in first grade (cognitive)

  • Started becoming obese (biosocial)

  • Developed inferior Self-Concept (Psychosocial)

    because of childhood obesity. At this age, self-concept is despendant on acceptance from others, and many peers at school looked down on me, showing me that I was inferior because of my weight, even though family accepted me.
    Doctors told me I was overweight, but family told me later that they were wrong.
  • Period: to

    Lost 40 pounds

    Bio social. Probably due to onset of puberty, which may have been delayed by childhood obesity.
  • Religious identification - psychosocial

    Religious identification - psychosocial

    Believed and gave control of my life to Jesus Christ through the Bible, finding my identity in Him.
  • Cognitive - graduated from high school and chose a college to attend

    Cognitive - graduated from high school and chose a college to attend

    Major life decision made for myself.
  • Miracle

    Miracle

    In response to asking God for something, I experienced a legitimate, unquestionably supernatural miracle, and not a coincidence. This was one of the most defining moments of my life, because it showed me the objective truth that God is actually real, alive, and interested in us.
  • Bio social - final height reached

    Bio social - final height reached

    6'2"! By age 20.
  • Period: to

    Bio social - hair loss!

    Ages 21-40, balding!
  • Period: to

    Paychosocial- Investment in relationships over adulthood

    Marriage, children, family and a few friends.
  • Period: to

    Cognitive-career plan change

    Changed from the goal of being a physician to being a nurse practitioner. Based on advice of others and a persistent gut feeling.
  • Psychosocial - got married

    Psychosocial - got married

    Marriage satisfies the adult's need for intimacy, providing life-long friendship and familiarity. This is a picture of my new wife Briana and I on our wedding day two months ago.
  • Period: to

    Cognitive- fine-tuned skill set

    Got better at practicing medicine and doing artwork; worsened at calculus, physics, and other non-used information.
  • Period: to

    Raised Children

    Say we have four children, it may take 30 years or so for the last one to go to college or move out of the house.
  • Biosocial - Get Hearing Aids!

    Biosocial - Get Hearing Aids!

    When I'm 68 years old, maybe I'll get hearing aids because of my loss of hearing due to senescence. I hope I look that cool when I'm 68.
  • Psychosocial - Retirement

    Psychosocial - Retirement

    Say I retire on my 75th birthday, giving myself more time to invest in relationships and other desires.
  • Cognitive - Delay Mental Decline

    Cognitive - Delay Mental Decline

    Hopefully by regular exercise and stretching my brain through various rigorous thinking exercises, I will delay, if not prevent, the onset of mental degeneration.
  • Death - Epilogue

    Death - Epilogue

    The life-expectancy calculator told me I will probably live to be about 82-84, which means I may die around the year 2076.
    That seems like a long ways away now, but I know that day will get here quickly.
    "each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment" (Hebrews 9:27, New International Version).