{"id":61,"date":"2022-07-25T19:51:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/engl-1112-remixing-the-self\/?p=61"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:53:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:53:46","slug":"creating-a-self-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/engl-1112-remixing-the-self\/creating-a-self-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Self Map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/engl-1112-remixing-the-self\/files\/2022\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/engl-1112-remixing-the-self\/files\/2022\/07\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/engl-1112-remixing-the-self\/files\/2022\/07\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/engl-1112-remixing-the-self\/files\/2022\/07\/image-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/engl-1112-remixing-the-self\/files\/2022\/07\/image-386x290.png 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask yourself these questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who are you? What do you want, and why? How much of what you want, and what you are doing now, has been dictated by your friends, your family, social media, advertising, and other external agents? How much have you chosen based on your own intrinsic interests and desires?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is your first assignment<\/strong>: Carve out at least 45 minutes to sit with a notebook or device, think deeply, and create a \u201cmap\u201d or other visual representation of who you are, and how you came to be this person. Don\u2019t worry about what shape or format this takes; each will be unique to the student completing it. Allow it to shape naturally, organically. The idea is to represent the path you have taken, and how you have changed over the years based on your desires and the influences of your environment. What influences have shaped you, and changed the trajectory of your path? Have you ever questioned whether you are doing what you want to do, rather than what others\u2014like parents, teachers, culture\/society in general\u2014want you to do? Write down your thoughts as you consider all of this. Be completely honest. Don\u2019t answer what you think a professor would want to hear; take this opportunity to be absolutely blunt and honest about what&nbsp;<strong><em>you<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;really want out of life, what you are most interested in, what ideas and questions keep you up at night. At the end, ask yourself why you are in university and what you\u2019re hoping it will lead to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, consider carefully, then write down what you are most interested in. Even if it isn\u2019t at all related to your major,&nbsp;<strong>what would you like to know more about, and why?<\/strong>&nbsp;What questions do you keep returning to? If there is one thing you\u2019re obviously most interested in, you can write just that one thing\/topic. If there are several, and you\u2019re just not yet sure which of them you\u2019d most like to learn more about, try to narrow it down to about 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask yourself these questions: Who are you? What do you want, and why? 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