Artifact 2: Life Values Assessment
Objectives:
– Become familiar with the basic relationship of human values to psychological and philosophical endeavors
– Understand that values are formed from external and internal drives of an individual
– Explore one’s own value system
Original post: Life Values Assessment
My top five values are: Family, Health, Wealth, Enjoyment, and Friendship. I had a busy day and I think all of the activities I have done today reflected my values. Today after woke up, I looked up some updates from friends and family members who are in China or in other states. After having brunch with my boyfriend, we went to the post office to pick up my package which sent from Japan. And in the afternoon, I went to studio to finish my homework while being the monitor and helping one of the intro student. In the evening I had a great dinner with some of my close friends. And when I went back home, I talked to my parents and discussed with them about their upcoming travel during Christmas. The last thing I did today was taking one tablet of Claritin since I have been suffering allergies for almost one month.
After leaving home and country for about five years, I think I really understand how important my family means to me, so I always talk to them and update with them. I put family on my top one because I see family as my motivation and I love them without any reason. Health is on the second place, just like I took medicine today I could almost do nothing when I had bad physical condition. Studying in the studio and finishing my homework is the way how I enjoy myself, because when I did what I had passion on it I do feel worth it. So enjoyment is really important to me, and I believe if I contribute my time to it I will gain money from it as well. The number five value is Friendship. I love hanging out with my friends and I could not live without friends, because I feel happy when I spend time with real good friend instead of “fake” friend.
Since I was little my parents always tell me to be integrity, positive,and doing what I really love. I think I do inherited these values from them, and the way they love me and no matter what situations I face they will always back me up let me know that family is the top thing I should always consider the most. The goals I have for myself in short term is to be graduating next year and get accepted of my BFA degree in the area of metalsmithing and jewelry. I know I have to push myself very hard to get my goals done, and time is the biggest challenging for me to be succeed.
Reflection:
(I took this picture when I editing my figure drawing on phone.)
When I really have time to reconsider about my top five values, I realized that my choices of values closely connect to the psychological and philosophical endeavors. My second artifact has helped me to understand that my own value system is formed from external and internal derives, such as the influences of environment and surroundings, and my cultural background and family traditions. As listed above, my top five values are family, health, wealth, enjoyment, and friendship, and I found very interesting that I tend to be putting enjoyment over wealth recently.
Because I am stressed out this term and cared too many things at the same time due to high expectation for myself in many realms, and I chose taking a little bit time drawing and trying to relax myself somehow. So I am kind of thinking the enjoyment is more important than wealth for me now. Hunter Lewis states this quote in the article, “Perhaps we are not driven by immutable instinct, but we might still be controlled by our personality, by peer pressure, or by relentless demands of society…” (P.8) Personally I found my instinct controls me to be positive and my personality also plays a great role on shaping my value system.
Future goals:
I believe that my top values will continue to grow with me, and I think it is all depending on what I will go through and how I face difficulties and happiness throughout my life, especially when I have hard time. And I will use everything I have been learned from my family, my friends, and classes to develop my own value system, and take advantage from the external and internal drives to help myself achieve my goals.
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Table of Contents:
Artifact 1: First Blog Post- JR and His Exhibitions
Artifact 2: Life Values Assessment
Artifact 5: The Art of Personal Adornment
Artifact 6: Creative Spirituality
Artifact 7: Art, Games, and Technology Research