The top 5 values that I chose are family, health, personal development, friendship and independence. They are definitely what I care about everyday. I am an international student coming from China, so my parents live far away from 8,000 miles. I talk to them through social media everyday. Today, I sent my mom a photo of my dinner. I wrote, “Hi mom, I will increase weight for sure! Have you seen my dinner? I cooked two dishes just for myself.” My mom replied, “I’d love to see your ‘awesome’ home-made dinner. ” Last week, I had flu and got fever for four days. My parents worried about me, and they wanted me to take good care of myself. They said, “We can’t do anything when you are sick except keeping calling you. We are worried about your health.” No matter how old I am, I am still a child in my parents’ eyes. “Family” is the most important thing for me though I have been left them for four years. Also, they care about my health very much, so I should focus more on my health not just for myself, but also for my family. Meanwhile, I am a senior student, so what I need to pay more attention to is personal development. I’m keeping in touch with my professors and advisors to figure out what I really want to do after graduation. I’m preparing GRE test and planning to apply a graduate school. Furthermore, maintaining and building good relationship with friends also brings me happiness to my busy life.

These values are listed as the top 5 values that I chose today. I am sure “family” and “health” will be No.1 & 2 for a long time. However, what other three values will be tomorrow? If my wallet is lost, “security” will come to the third one. If I have a design assignment due tomorrow, “creativity” might be one of the top 5.  Therefore, my leading or major values cannot be always the same. As time goes by, I guess my personal values would experience some fluctuates then tend to be stable.