Journal 4
On the bottom of the hierarchy you have physiological needs, needs like food, water, shelter and air. I think the closest I’ve had with this level was the connections I had with my games consoles and computer, as they are my main source of entertainment and I’ve had a somewhat unhealthy need for these pieces of technology, almost like I couldn’t live without it. Next would be the safety needs and I would put home security along with this as my mother and I have had instances of a breakin to our house years ago and lucky none of us were home at the time. We got the home security system in our house shortly after and we have felt at ease ever since. Next would be belongingness and love needs, and with this I would have to say my phone has been the best thing when it comes to this. I would say that the communication with my friends back home on a somewhat regular basis has been helping me get through the day and especially the communication back home with my mom and grandmother has helped quite a bit with their love and support. Next is esteem needs, and for this I would say that my two cars would fit in this spot as I completely paid off half of the Jeep that I have now when I was still making very little at my job back in high school and the old Acura, I have been working on that little by little ever since I was able to drive, so I feel a sense of pride with those car. The final tier would be self-actualization and for this one I haven’t had that piece of technology in the real world to achieve that status. I see this last piller as something that we as humans haven’t been able to achieve yet in human history and it might take us sometime before we are able to have it in the public eye. This technology to me would be things to help humans survive for decades or even centuries longer than we would be able to without it. Things like cybernetic limbs, organs and full on body modifications. For instance if we wanted to become a full on cyborg we could with enough money. But again we have not gotten to that point yet nor will we in the distant future.