Assignment 2 Takeaway

                Photographs can bring back many different emotions and memories that we tend to forget about as years continue to go by. There were six photos that made me feel the strongest emotions as well as being the ones I view as a reflection of myself. The experiences that were captured had both positive and negative impacts on who I have become. They ranged from when I was grade school age to a year ago, being twenty-four. Each picture that was taken was a memorable event or step that I took in my life.

                The assignment taught me that there have been different versions of myself and each one grows from the other, regardless of if it is in a positive or negative way. For example, in the picture that I was accepted into Old Dominion University increased my self-control as I had to make important choices when pursuing my bachelor’s degree as it would open a new chapter in my life. In Health Psychology you learn about many aspects of the self and how to nurture and balance it. It was particularly important to me because I allowed myself to reflect on the different points in my life that put me here today. The chance to reminisce through old photographs became nostalgic and allowed me to reconnect myself, even a little to myself and today.