I never really thought about the fact that I never did a career genogram when I was younger. I've done a couple basic family trees, but never added any other information. It's going to be somewhat awkward calling my dad and asking him what my grandma did and what my aunts do for a living (we have not talked to them in years). Both of my grandpas died before I was born and I was not close to my dad's mom, so the only grandparent I really had was my mom's mom, who I was very close to until she died when I was 16. I feel like I'm missing out on the whole grandparent thing because all of the stories, history, and experiences are lost with them. So this will be an interesting experience for me and I may get to hear some stories that I've never heard before about my grandparents.
In reference to the book, I thought it was interesting, and may or may not be helpful to my career. I did, however, like that it pretty much said that everyone has something that they can do and that no one is destined to have no place in the working world. I wish that there was more emphasis on career development at whatever age necessary instead of letting people fend for themselves. I didn't take a career test until I was a sophomore in college when I went up to Career Services myself because I was considering three different paths and, fortunately, it showed that my strengths were in the social sciences field.
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