Discovering Who You Want to Be
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What are your dreams?
If you can do or be anything in the world without worrying about education or money, what would you do or
be? What attracts you to this? What is preventing you from fulfilling that dream?
What are your interests?
What do you like to do for fun? What do you enjoy reading, studying, and learning about?
What are your abilities?
What are you good at doing? How are your abilities reflected in your academic courses? What do your grades
suggest about your abilities? What are you most proud of achieving? What abilities allowed you to achieve this?
What do your friends and family think you are good at doing?
What are your values?
If you had a million dollars, how would you spend it? What values does this suggest are important to you?
What experiences do you have?
What do you like about the jobs, activities, and volunteer experiences you have had? What do you not like?