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:
Integrity
Family
Friendship
Health
Enjoyment
Wisdom
Loyalty
Personal Development
Security
Independence
Wealth
Creativity
Personal Accomplishment
Service
Community
Expertness
Prestige
Leadership
Location
Power
Things I did today consisted of eating breakfast, working out the gym, homework, connected with some friends, cooked lunch, and I talked to my little brother over Facebook.
These activities I did today were what I would normally do every weekend. I talked to my little brother, because he was important to me to keep in touch with him to see how he was doing. It was such a relief to get together with my best friend and her friends today, because I enjoy talking about problems with them; it helps me relieve stress. Friendship and enjoyment is ranked very high on my list because they have always been there for me and are extremely reliable when my family is not around.
I ate a moderately healthy breakfast and worked out at the gym for the first time in a long time. These have to do with my parents’ belief patterns because they have always told me to eat healthily and exercise often so that I could have healthy organs and a long healthy life. Their belief of health was important for me to follow, because health is ranked #4 out of 20 on my most important values. I think I have completely authority over my value of health because I have studied a lot about health (considering I’m a biology major) and it is crucial for me to live a long healthy life without any problems, so that it would not interfere with any other of my life long goals.
All of my values are connected with integrity, (rank #1) my most important value. I will always have my morals stuck with me everywhere I go, and everything I do. I think every activity I do and make sure it is beneficial and well connected with my other values.
Reflection:
This assignment helped me assess my life values as a whole. The little things in life are what are most important and make me look at life at a much larger perspective. By prioritizing each of the twenty values, it really helped me realize what is most important to me. This assignment played as a self-check to see if my listed values were how I had hoped to be. By putting these values in order, it helped me remember why I have this motives in the first place.
I definitely have met the objectives by exploring my own value system. These values define me as a person, and everyone is different when it comes to prioritizing human values. The picture above is of me and my brothers, because family is one of my most important values. Everyone has their own perception of life and they choose to live it a certain way to achieve goals. People are all different on the inside, even though it’s hard to judge a person on the outside. Others are “confronted with the unpredictable, complexity, and quarrelsomeness” (Lewis). This reveals that everyone is not the same and that is because everyone has their own experiences of life. There are ups and downs that others have experienced and you have no, and the other way around.
Goals:
•To be more considerate of others’ values.
•Think about my defined values before making decisions.
•Observe my values in the upcoming years and see if and how they changed.
Sources:
Lewis, H. (1990). A Question of Values: Six Ways WE Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives. Axios Press.