1-5 list:
- Family
- Health
- Friendship
- Security
- Wealth
6-20 list:
Enjoyment, leadership, wisdom, creativity, loyalty, integrity, personal accomplishment, independence, community, prestige, personal development, expertness, service, power, and location.
I thought about the first two value for a while. I firstly think health is the most important thing to me because an unhealthy family would not be a family. However, after I thought through, I asked myself a question. Would I abandon my family if they are sick? My answer is absolutely NO! So I choose to put family as my top one on my list. I put friendship, security, and wealth as my 3-5 on list, and for these three, I thought about them for a very long time. There are many things in that list I think is as important as others. It is really hard to decide. So I come up with a idea to help me ranking. I force myself to choose one within two of these choices. For example, if someone force me to choose between friend or leadership, I would choose friend. If make me to choose between power and location, I would choose power. The most difficult one for me to rank is wealth. I don’t think wealth only equals money. Wealth is much larger than money. I believe wealth is the basement for many things, so that I put it as one of my top five. My family affected me a lot on my values. I have always been taught to be a happy, nice, positive girl. They taught me that one’s personality will bring similar people to her. I believed it, but I learn more things beyond that. Not everyone around me will stay forever, so if I want to keep relationship with someone, I can’t just wait for him or her to find me, I have to go and find them.
Speaking of today, I did lots of activities. I enjoyed my Sunday by waking up naturally, which is around 11 AM. I had a busy week two so I was really excited about this weekends. I went to my favorite restaurant and had lunch with my best friend. I also had FaceTime with my parents who are in China right now. My morning is their night, so we have limit time to chat, but they always wait me during weekends because they know I will not get up until around noon. And now I am doing my AAD assignment. I think all of my activities are related with my value. Someone once told me, you will get more as you grow, and you will lose more at the same time. Life is a journey about getting and giving up. I can’t promise that my list will stay the same after many years, and I don’t think I should. People is changing as well as their values. I believe this assignment is meant to let us get a better idea about ourselves, our current selves.
