Reflection of a Reflection

Genogram Reflection

Family Aspect

I struggled with the genogram project. It made me realize how out of touch I am with a lot of my family. The information for my father’s side is almost completely unknown and there is also a lot missing from my mother’s side. Now that I have a family of my own, I don’t want my children to be clueless about their family history. This project caused me to reflect on my values, way out of the career dimension. Family is so important to me yet I have such a weak connection to a lot of my family or origin. I am close with my mother and sister but that’s about it. In my family of procreation that is a completely different story. My parents and my spouse’s parents are so important in our children’s lives. I want my children to be close with their family so I am working at building my own relationships with my family. I’m trying to build my relationship with my brother and father so that they can more easily be a part of my children’s lives. I’m also trying to more involved in my nieces’ and nephews’ lives as well so that my kids can be close to their cousins, which I am not. This project made me think and reflect on a lot more than what I thought it would. It did also help me think about my career and made me start to question some choices.

Career Aspect

Being that an updated resume was required for this project, I did so. After I updated it, I thought to myself “this is pretty good,” it probed me to think about more career possibilities. Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love my job. I’m doing something meaningful, using relevant skills to my future occupation, and I get to create my own schedule (how awesome is that). On the other hand, I know I could be making more money, the job is only part time which causes me to work another part time job, and I don’t have any benefits. Even though my life is super crazy right now, I should be working a full-time job, or at least that is how I feel. With all that being said I have been thinking about beginning a job search. I’m still uncertain about it but I figure looking around wouldn’t be a bad idea. 

Insight Developed

Through this project I gained a lot of insight about why I find certain things important. For example my father has worked since a very young age, I myself have held a job since I was 16. I am a hard worker like him and definitely inherited his work ethic. My mother is such a caring person, if I end up being half as caring as her I would be satisfied with that. Even though neither of my parents even a high school diploma they promoted education to the fullest. They helped me to appreciate a good education and not to take it for granted. It was very helpful to reflect on how my family has influenced my career choices, and it helped me to better understand myself.