Journal Entry
Write a “mini” essay explaining why you think these terms best capture your “self” and how this exercise relates to the self-concept. Here are some key questions to consider:
How did you “learn” about these aspects of yourself?
Reflect on how you would be a different person if the lowest-ranked item on your list were not part of your personality or physical makeup. How would its absence affect the way you act? The way you feel? The way others behave toward you? Was it easy to give up that item? Do you like yourself more or less without it?
What would happen if you had to continue to give up the different items on your list? How do you change after giving up each item? How do you feel about the