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Our Hierarchy of Needs

In a time led by friendships and relationships, it is critical to have a proper viewpoint on yourself and to know if your desires in life originate from yourself or from what those around you expect from you.

Raphael Santiago

Jun 22, 2020

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Belongingness vs Safety

Everyone wants to love and to be loved. It is human nature to urge intimacy. Frighteningly, this is why there is such a common rate of people in abusive relationship who against all odds remain with someone who causes pain. This is shown in the "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" diagram below. Belongingness and love stand above security and safety. Quite shocking due to how logical it may seem to remove your self from a situation like that. Psychologically, us a humans, tend to subconsciously make decisions that defy what we might hear from family and friends in search of being wanted.

Esteem

Winning an award or accomplishing something in life may seem like something only destine for some, when in reality we all need it. To push through hard times, to try new things and be successful, to make an effort into something that may seem like it's not in your future go against reaching high self esteem. Who we affiliate with can greatly pave the way you head towards. Being around ambitious people can not only motivate you but to make you hold a higher standard for yourself. For me personally I never liked being outsmarted, as most people probably dislike. But meeting this girl, who didn't give off any "nerdy" kind of aura to her, motivated me to strive to work hard. This girl ended up being the valedictorian for the class of 2020 in my local high school. Esteem is something that is commonly overshadowed. But retaining high self-esteem and esteem for those around you can transcend your ideals greatly.

Self-Actualization

By far the most prestigious of all the needs is self-actualization. According to psychologist Abraham Maslow, he defines it as an individuals person desire to reach the most ideal version of them self. Having a personal drive with no exterior push. Possibly being one of the most purest human desires, having a set path for yourself gives you the self preservation that you may need during times you feel lost.

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Self Reflecting

Through all the needs listed within Maslow's pyramid it remains a necessity to reflect on what you do from time to time. To reflect on choices you've made and will make. I find an individuals state of mind to me the most important aspect ahead of physical and emotional. This is due to your mind state ultimately being the dictator in how far you push your self in your weekly exercise or how you express love to someone. Mentally you must be in the right place to do these two examples in a positive way.

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Belongingness vs Safety

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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