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

Today I did not do a lot of activities, mostly because it was a Sunday and even less of them had to do with my values, but some of them matched up with my values. I did a few things that had to deal with wisdom, friendship, health, and some personal accomplishment. Just in general everyday I am very careful about what I eat, making sure that it is healthy and good for my body. I am very health conscious in general and it is seen in my day to day life. Friendship was seen when I went to breakfast with a bunch of people this morning as well as hanging with them all day and through to the night. Each day I try and fit some personal accomplishment in, even if it is something small I try and make a goal even as simple as finishing an assignment or folding my laundry. Lastly in wisdom I am constantly trying to learn and better myself, similar to health. I do this very often by watching videos on youtube, that can vary from fitness videos, to Ted Talks to just try and absorb some sort of new knowledge.

I believe I inherited a lot of patterns from my family, as a part of personal improvement. My family are all very driven people with high aspirations, and seeing just how successful the rest of my family is makes me more driven because I want to be just as great as them. Currently some of my values that I am not really working towards or acknowledging is Prestige and Power, they are things I want in the future but not things that I need to be currently working on. Some goals I have for myself, is to try and be the best I can be and always putting be best effort in anything that I try, even if it is something I don’t like to much at first. I feel bad about things that I quit on and look back at them and regret my missed opportunities, so from now on I try and reach my full potential. Currently the unknown is what is standing in the way of my goals. I do not know exactly what I want to do with my life, but I have high hopes and aspirations. I need to try and think more short term, and specific goals for what I want, instead of trying to think a big picture of what I am trying to do.

Reflection

I picked this artifact because it allowed me to dive deeper into my values and contemplate what I really hold deer to me. Not often would I look back at myself and see what kind of values I hold, like in the exercise I did. It is kind of hard to think about my values and rank them, because at the same time I have so many that I hold strong, and I want to put them all at the top, but I have to obviously put some higher than others. This let me try and really put everything into perspective about what I want in life. This exercise did more than just let me think about my values, but also my priorities, and what comes first for me in life.

I was able to also see where my values come from, both internal and external and how they drive my daily life. When I looked to see how my daily life went along with my values, I noticed that a lot of my values were seen in my day even if I wasn’t thinking of it. The way that I make choices and live everyday directly. I put a picture of the new rec center above because this is something that drives me everyday. I am currently very health conscious, and because of it I go to the gym everyday. I am driven to try and improve myself everyday, and because of this the rec is a way for me to increase myself physically, as well as mentally, while school allows me to grow mentally as well. These kinds of growth allow me to change as a person, slowly changing the way I act, and how I value things differently.

Future

In the future my values should change as I have different goals in my life. Currently I am working on myself, and growing to have a job and successful career for the future, but once I reach that point I should focus on some of my other values more. I feel like it would be smart to re-do this kind of value test in the future to see the change in my values and try and see if they are on the same track in a way. I want to know that in the future I still have parts of my past guiding me, as well as some change towards becoming a better, stronger person.

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