My Life Ten Years from Now Essay

Elizabeth Akande | | | My name is Elizabeth Akande and I am seeking for an admission into the Master’s degree program at University of Miami (UM) at the School of Nursing. I have always believed in giving back to the community and in sharing my competencies and skills with others. My desire to help people in the field of nursing has powered my decision to take up a graduate degree in Nursing. Overcoming the many challenges in my life has helped me to believe that I can reach any

The year was 2008. I had recently awoken at an ungodly hour (as was customary of me during holidays) in order to inform my obviously ignorant parents, that it was in fact my 10th birthday. They played it off very well that they were not aware of this fact, and I became upset that they had forgotten. This was to be a majestic day, the day my age finally became double digits. This day had been awaited much, much longer than any of my other birthdays. My mind began to flood with thoughts of my parents

taught me that life never works out the way you plan it. At the ambitious age of 18 I had the most foolproof plan on how my life was going to play out. I was going into college, pre-med. Four years later I would go into the University of Kentucky and study medicine, pediatrics. Then, and only then, would I settle down with kids of my own. I was going to do great things, achieve so much, travel the world. I had it planned in my head but little did I know, God had a plan that was bigger than my own. July

In the past seventeen years I have grown exponentially. Not only have I grown physically but also mentally and emotionally. By the time I turned twelve I began to experience personality changes. The first stage ( years 12-13) could be characterized as innocent, nerdy, and sweet. Stage two (years 14-15) consisted of an emotionally stressed and driven child. While in stage two I was extremely moody, often upset, and constantly mad at others. Eventually I desired to be something more than an angry and

Since reaching the age of 44 years old activities that 40 year olds do has not stopped me from being active. Besides recognizing and feeling the age of 40 something it feels great nothing has changed, the only thing that comes upon me is the maturity and experience of what to do and how to do it. Age has not crept up on me yet I only have one gray hair in the middle of my scalp, I feel well rested physically and mentally being 44 years old. People in their 40s’ complain about their health, keeping

possible areas you may not have known to be problematic is now something that calls for attention. Without overthinking the overall makeup of our unique personalities and lifestyles, I personally believe that we all naturally attempt to compartmentalize the self to be the most efficient we can. Meaning that we don’t intentionally neglect or avoid sections in our life, but we tend to overlook them, deeming them less important to maintain. Upon my own reflection using Myers & Sweeney (2005) The Indivisible

see how much we actually change. I know five years ago I would not do a good job at predicting who I am today. I am still growing into the person I am and five years ago I would not have been able to guess who I am today. Many times we like to believe we know exactly how we will be in five or ten years down the road, however, people go through so much in their lives that every situation and thing in our life can have an impact on who we become. In ten years I would like to say I am stronger, wiser,

Diversity Training Session, I couldn’t help but wonder how many of the dimensions I consider important to myself may come from cultural programming. Through cultural programing it is not just ways we may have been raised, but also things we may hear (Adair, n.d.). In looking at the dimensions of the Diversity chart, I would say the three significant aspects that are important to me come from each one of the dimensions levels. Those three aspects are Ethnicity, Religion, and Management Status. In looking

The first year of middle school was a year of transition into a new world. I would be going to a new school and enhance my life academically and on a social level. Looking back at that year isn’t so pleasant. My new self today, sucked in numerous amounts of life lessons that contradict the person I was in sixth grade. Sixth grade was all about fitting in for me. I just wanted to be part of a crowd and be known. I didn’t care about my academics at the moment. However, I was lucky enough to be educationally

Ten years ago I was celebrating my 49th birthday and on the verge of a life changing decade. After months of mammograms, tests, and biopsies, I heard the dreaded three words "you have cancer". You know that cliché movie scene where the character is sucked to the ceiling and watches the doctor from above and all she hears is a muted "blah, blah, blah"? That was my reality. I lived in what felt like a dream state for several years after hearing those words. One cannot be and will not ever be the same