I am not even going to try to catch up with blogging, it is just something that I haven't made time for in the past.
I had some things I wanted to write down somewhere so that I could come to them later and re read them and given the state of my office, the internet is the best place for that right now. It is the week before finals and my world is a little chaotic at the moment.

So I have been reading other blogs and preparing to write this paper in which I am supposed to lay out how I think about things and what I believe that has informed my theoretical orientation. It sounded easy enough when I started this semester, but I am struggling with it right now. I chose a framework that is not particularly appreciated in my cohort so I feel that I am having to defend it way harder than I should, so I was considering changing it. Although at this point it would probably be a good idea to just write the paper for the grade and not for a life changing experience, I've been taking quizzes and going back over the things that make me, well, me.

Another blog suggested taking stock of values, and so i went to this page and printed out the list of values (all 8 pages). Here is what I listed as being of particular value to me:

Acceptance

Accomplishment

Appreciation

Approachability

Balance*

Capability

Contribution

Dependability

Discretion

Empathy

Encouragement

Family

Growth

Harmony

Integrity

Kindness

Logic

Mindfulness*

Originality

Perseverance *

Reliability * 

Resilience

Self-Respect

Stability *

Sympathy

Trustworthiness*

Understanding

The ones with the (*) have much larger marks on the list than others, so they produced the strongest reaction in me. All in all, I think it paints a pretty accurate picture. Maybe not of who I am every day, but of who I want to be at the end of the day. This is what I am working towards, this, is who I want to be when I grow up.