Values Assessment
Family
Integrity
Personal Development
Friendship
Wisdom
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Independence
Creativity
Community
Enjoyment
Health
Loyalty
Service
Expertness
Leadership
Personal Accomplishment
Prestige
Security
Location
Power
Wealth
My number one top value is family, and while at first glance it may not seem to be upheld on a regular basis, since I live two-and-a-half hours away from my parents in Portland, but they are in fact a big part of my life. I stay in contact with my mom and dad very often. Maybe I even talk to them too much for what is considered for a typical 22-year-old young woman, but I love hanging out with them. They are funky and cool and interesting, and they always are true to themselves; they don’t care at all what people think of them, and I love having those kinds of people for models. My brother actually also just moved to Portland and I hang out with him at least once a week if not more.
Integrity is probably the hardest one of my top five values to know whether or not I live up to on a regular basis. I practice every day, I work hard on my schoolwork, and I have yet to give up on my dream to become a music educator. If events come up that I disagree with – for example, last summer, a couple of my friends were throwing beer bottles off the balcony. I told them to stop it. We’re not very good friends anymore, but at least I didn’t stay quiet about something I thought was wrong.