Assignment 25 Jake Walters

 Who I am. That is a complicated question. I have gone through many different phases through my life where my dreams and aspirations have changed. I've gone from wanting to be a chef, to a lawyer, and now to a psychiatrist. Through all of these phases, ive been able to weed out pretty quickly that i don't want to do these certain things for a living. When i was wanting to be a cook, I was in elementary and middle school. During this time, I would always see my dad cooking dinners and wanted to help any way I could. He let me chop things and help him out and I loved it. This cause my craze of wanting to be a chef. But as i looked more and more into it I realized how long it took to create a perfect dish. This didn't work well at all with my impulsive and impatient personality at the time so I dropped it. I still love to cook but as a way to calm down and relieve stress instead of making it another stressful part of my day. Then, i wanted to be a lawyer like my dad. This phase was the shortest as I realized how hard being a lawyer was. My personality also just did not fit with the job requirements. I do not enjoy conflict or drama and do whatever is necessary to avoid it. I would not be able to confront people in the courtroom. I'd lose every case I got. However, I've found psychology now which I think fits my personality perfectly now. I love to talk to people and overall help people with their problems. Its a nice reward hearing them say thank you for listening and talking. Id do the job for free if I could, except I do want to be able to live in the future. This job I want actually does play to my strengths as I can talk about problems for hours and love helping people through them and know they are living a mentally healthier life because of me. Through all of these phases, they've helped me realize who I am. Seeing certain jobs work out and others not have revealed to me what my personality is. I know who I am because of it.