For each value you jotted down, write a brief blurb describing how you have and have not been able to put it into practice since arriving on campus. Your blurbs can take the form of full sentences or brief notes/sketches to yourself.
Now, think about your daily routine since arriving on campus. How’s dorm life? How’s the social life? What’s the vibe? How are your classes?
What are you doing in the evenings? Who are you meeting? What are you eating? How are you taking care of yourself? How are you feeling?
What’s the relation between your imagined experience of college and your daily life in the last couple of weeks? What has disappointed you? What has exceeded your expectations?
How are you putting your values into practice? How are you compromising? What priorities are becoming apparent?
See if any connections arise between the values you’re describing: are they clashing? are they working in concert? Draw arrows/lines/circles indicating the connections you’re starting to see.
Make notes to yourself.
You can either print out your typed assignment in order to make these notes on it, or you can make those marks/notes digitally if you have the technical savvy, or you can handwrite the whole thing. You can upload a photo of your handwritten or printed and marked up assignment
