what made you into the person you are today?

Question

what did you do to get there? how did you know you were going the right or wrong way? were you born with instinct(s)? did you have to do a bit of research?
if you would be so kind, please also include somewhere in your answer how many years experience you have had with life in general.

Answer 1

Genetics and life experience. A lot of painful experiences, misery, sorrow, anger....plus love and laughter, too. It hasn't all been bad. What hasn't killed me has made me stronger. I just follow my heart. I'm almost 31.

You live and learn, that's all there is to it.

Answer 2

Character is destiny. Sometimes we were born on the way we did not choose. In that case, I was born weak and light-headed, I'd have to admit that. However, as we grow up, we encounter a lot of factors in our lives that also help mold us into a more solid being- family, environment, certain people who has great influence over us and of course, experiences. I was taught to respect, love and understand others... but I didn't accept that order immediately(this is the research part). I observed things on my own and found out that if I do so, my life is more meaningful and peaceful. I was bullied gravely in my younger years and I swore to myself I'll try as much as possible hurt nobody in any way, that explains why I think before I speak and I am careful of my words and actions.
I know I'm in the right way because I am following what the Bible says. I believe the Bible tells the truth and people around me are happier if I act righteously. But just like any human, I make mistakes, lots of them.
I believe we are all born with instincts. Even lower forms of animals does. Yes, I did research too, if you have been reading my earlier explanations.
I am 16 now. So basically, it had been 16 years of experiencing life.

Answer 3

"what made you into the person you are today?"

my experiences made me this way. Both in things I could control, and things I couldn't.

"what did you do to get there?" It wasn't so much my journey, but the reflection of my experiences with different values of people and background.

"how did you know you were going the right or wrong way? "

I didn't, I just actually live it like it is. Whether or not things go wrong, you somehow have to pull through it no matter what life throws at you.

"were you born with instinct(s)?" Well, no not really. I was more born with innocence, but learned from my past mistakes as a child and actually feared making the same mistake(s) again.

"did you have to do a bit of research?"
Nope. Sometimes I did for school, but other than that, it was mostly based on observation of others and my reflection towards what happend based on how I problem solved things in the past. and yes, I believe, as you get older, the more you know. Teenagers hate this because they always want to brag that they know everything when they don't (like they know more than adults).

Answer 4

For all , the travel starts like anyone else`s . So it was for me. One`s own family background is a smoothing factor and such people as me aspired for smaller achievements . This , compared to the siblings looked good . But , then , these small achievements were easy to get as I went by and , for the first time , I set a little higher goal.

This was the way I took till I found that I could go on with higher and higher achievements . But , at one point I decided that I would stop at that point and do things that I wanted to do equally eagerly. I simply sold my flurishing business and assured a continuity for the business and opted out. People were amazed that I opted out but I donot know why I did1. I calculated that the monthly amount of money that I needed to have a very good life and I estimated another 20 years of that kind of life. What I had accumulated was much more than what I would need in my life time. So I simply stopped earning.

I beleive I got there , where I never imagined myself to be, by being slightly different. I will look for things , news and situations that were not normally seen by the others. I developed a sense of understanding others and I succeeded by being a person with humility ( I knew all my limitations)

Answer 5

I am the person I am today because I was fortunate to have wonderful teachers as a child. My parents were fine, don't get me wrong, but I never felt they really believed in me. My teachers were the ones who showed me that anything is possible and that I needed to have forethought before making major decisions.

I've made lots of mistakes in the last 34 years, but I don't have any regrets. I'm proud of my occupation (I'm a teacher) and I think I'm a pretty good mom (2 kids). I have an incredible husband (we're going on 7 years) and I have fulfilling hobbies (reading, writing, walking). I focus on tomorrow, but I don't forget about today...for me, life is a balancing act.

I love my life, and know that if I hadn't had those positive role models in my life as a kid, I wouldn't be where I am today. I hope I am able to impact my students the way my teachers impacted me!!!

Answer 6

everything ive experienced
everything i saw or heard
everything i've been told
everything i've argued about
my parents relationship with each other
peoples relationships around me
my thoughts in response to all of these and all other situations
my freedom and rights
my genetics a little...slowly made me into the person that i am today..
im not sure that every desision i make is right or wrong,,, but i guess it seems fit for that time..
one of the biggest life experience ive had that i KNOW changed me a lot wld be the experience i had when i found out that my dad had whippedmy mom one day... ever since then i started to find out more and more bad things that my dad did to my mom... altho none were as bad as the whipping....basically thru my dad i felt insulted and betrayed as a woman and as a child... this slowly turned MY personality sadistic... i didnt realize that this is what had triggered it... i only knew that i was sadistic... but then i started researching abt why ppl turn sadistic... and one of the reason is that it is their way of coping with childhood fear, sorrow, or anger...

Answer 7

The inherent joy of 40 years of lazy! Too lazy to start crap, put up with crap, or encourage others to tell me all about their crap. So much easier to have good relationships with my family, keep the husband I started with, and teach the kids to be good company.

My instinct is to look for more information and do research, which provides a nice counter to youthful impulsiveness. So somehow getting a decent education was fit into my "lazy" plan as the most efficient way to have a good adult life later.

When something (work style, friends) isn't working for me, I think of a friend who seems to handle that something well, and imagine how that person would do it. Too lazy to reinvent the wheel, I've learned to adopt approaches that work for others.

All this laziness leaves plenty of time for reading, so I can keep feeding good stuff to my brain.

Answer 8

All of the good and bad things I have been through in my life is what has shaped me into the person I am today.
I followed my heart my whole life. I knew in my heart that I was going into the right direction I needed to go in my life. No I didn't have to do any research.
I am 28 years old right now. The main guidance I have had on my path in my years of life is my dreams. I have been having dreams since I was 8 years old. It would be 20 years of dreaming that I have with my particular dream life.

Answer 9

Well, what made me into the person I am today is I accepted christ as my savior, and he saved me from my sins so I have become a better person ever since then. I accepted christ when I was 5 years old and after I accepted christ I realized that I was a changed person, I realized I was going in the write way when I read the bible and that explained to me that I was headed in the direction I have chosen to go already...and for me, life has been better...My parents told me that I had the choice to accept christ as my savior, and even though I have jesus in my heart, that doesn't mean that I have no problems, but it does mean that I have someone I know I can always go to so that makes it easier for me to carry a load! ^.^* I have had 15 years of experiance in life.

Answer 10

I am 34 and I can tell you that the hard times in life are the only way to grow.

I lived 30 years of my life sheltered and naive. I got a divorce and went thru several very very hard episodes. I finally dropped my balls and can now stand up for myself and draw my own lines in the sand.

Everyone have days when they are unsure of themselves, but for the most part - I know who I am and what I want. I also know that if I don't get what I want, it is my own fault.

Our lives are basically manifestations of our actions. I have learned to live daily in the knowledge and that has transformed my life.

Answer 11

I ran away from home, I joined religious groups, I turned atheist, agnostic and whatever else, I dropped out from school, I married someone who battered me, left him and then I had to make a living for myself and my children. That is when I really started to live and I am a product of my past. I had more mistakes, and therefore, I learned more than others!

In the final analysis, I am happy and fulfilled having lived the way I had.