Self-Reflection Exploration
Collegeview
*Spend 30 minutes free-writing about the thoughts and ideas that come to mind while reading over the questions.
A Collegeview
is a brief document (150-200 words) that describes your ideas about college and what it means to you. It is not just a list of goals or a to-do list of activities, it’s your personal manifesto about the purpose of college. If it helps, use the questions below to guide your thinking.
- What's college for?
- You can use college to answer many questions, what question do you want to explore?
- What role should college play in your personal, intellectual, and vocational formation?
- What responsibility does the institution have in making your college experience positive? How much of that responsibility is yours?
- What are the important outcomes of college for you?
- Who are the strongest voices trying to influence your Collegeview (eg: family, friends)? How do you feel about these voices, and what role do they deserve to play or not?
- How might you complete the sentence,
College will have been worthwhile if...
Workview
As you try out different work experiences or get ready to graduate and enter full-time employment, this exercise is for you!
A Workview
is a brief document (150 words) to think through what work means to you. It is not just a list of what you want from work, but a general statement of your view of work. Think of the term work
in the broadest definition, and consider all your active engagement with the world that extends beyond the narrow definition of a job. Take the time to reflect on what work means to you by thinking through these questions:
- Why work?
- What's work for? What's it mean?
- How does it relate to you as an individual, to others, and to society in general?
- What defines good or worthwhile work for you personally?
- How does money relate to your view of work?
- How does experience, growth, or personal fulfillment relate to your view of work?
Worldview
As you gain work experience your Worldview may change as your values evolve. This exercise will help you consider these values!
To begin to evaluate your Worldview, write a brief summary of your individual, personal Worldview (150-200 words) considering these questions. Keep in mind, it is up to you which questions you deem as most important. The key is to address those highest-order values and perspectives that provide a basis for your life, that create the platform to interpret and organize how you see the world and assign order, or disorder, to it.
- Why are we here?
- What is the meaning/purpose of life?
- What is the relationship between an individual, others, and the larger world?
- What is good or worthwhile to you?
- What is the meaning of time and eternity?
- Do you believe in a higher power and how does that factor into your life?
*Once done, schedule an appointment with a Career Coach here, or click through any of our other exploration resources!