The last chapter of LIFESMART is asking us, what are we going to do now? We have learned a lot over the last 8 weeks and we can put this information into practice. While there are many options and ideas, LIFESMART is guiding us to look through the perspective of lifespan psychology/development. WE live in a very connected world, thanks to technology. I feel that technology is tool that we can use to extend our help and thoughts to people that might else be out of reach. I agreed that "technology is helping people connect as part of a global community, and this has important implications" (301). Being a part of the global community can help us work and help each other more so than just helping out yourself.
On page 306, the book gives us a list of careers in lifespan development/helping professions. While some jobs have different responsibilities, they all focus on working directly with people. There are teachers, doctors and social workers, to name a few. I clearly saw my career choice under the education label. In my planning on becoming a special ed teacher, I never really considered financial compensation as my primary motive to get into that line of work. I do want to interact with student and apply my new found knowledge of lifespan development with them. LIFESMART says it best, "Individual passions and personality traits motivates people toward the careers they ultimately pursue" (308).
