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Best Self Reflection Paper

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In what ways are the data gathered from others (i.e. the data that serve as the basis of your Reflected Best Self Portrait) similar or different from your own perceptions of your best self?
Overall, I’d say that the data gathered from others is reasonably similar to my own interpretation of my best self. The general meaning of themes are all similar to what I’d mention, besides the caring theme, but I’d say that when you look at the specifics and see why others believe that this is a theme of my best self compared to why I see it as part of my best self, some clear differences occur. I believe the best way of demonstrating this is by looking at each theme individually.
Regarding the theme of Organisation, I personally think that my peers do …show more content…

This isn’t necessarily to say that I thought I was an uncaring person but I certainly would not have put that as one of my key themes as part of my best self. My mother, Rochelle, said that “You’re always able to look out for people and their needs even if they won’t make it obvious.” which is a theme that many of my peers mentioned as well. I personally thought that the degree to which I’m caring is not one that is more than what the average person does whereas the feedback I received seems to suggest that I can go a step further, demonstrating a difference in …show more content…

Most friends’ examples are from the last three years because that’s when I really started to open up and gain confidence in the public sphere, especially Year 13. The main exception to this is when a friend speaks about personal support which is something that has occurred for a much longer period of time. As I mentioned before, the majority of examples, especially regarding leadership and speaking are in reference to the time between Year 12 and 13, which I think shows that I only showed my potential for my best self in public very recently. Even teachers reacted similarly. The same questioned asked four years ago meant friends and teachers would’ve said more about being kind, polite, and organised but ideas like leadership and speaking only came during the last two to three

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