Reflecting on your own life, how has your culture affected how you deal with death and grief? Thinking about death and dying, grief, and how these and other lifespan issues have probably influenced your perspectives. How has your thinking about life events and development changed or evolved? Concretely identify at least one way in which the knowledge and understanding you've gained about lifespan development can be used in your career and professional goals. How do you think you will be able to use what you've learned to be more successful (and share what success means to you)?