FINDING YOURSELF IS A

CONSTANT PRACTICE,

AS WE ARE ALWAYS
CHANGING AND GROWING

When learning a foreign language, how to
describe ourselves is one of the first things we are
taught. We learn how to say where we are from,
how old we are, what we like and dislike. We may
learn to describe our family, work and hobbies. All
of these characteristics say something about who
you are in this exact moment, but many of them
will not be the same in a few years: our jobs and
Our preferences may change for many reasons.
We are social beings who want to adapt to the
people around us. Because of social media, TV
shows and movies, advertising and in-person
interactions, it can be difficult to separate out who
we really are from when we are simply absorbing
preferences, values or personality traits we believe
we should have.

interests change and we may relocate to a new

city or country.

The most important thing is to remember that

finding your true self is not a one-off exercise.
To find out who we really are, we must go deeper, Self-discovery is an ongoing process, as we are
to our values. Your individual values are the constantly growing and changing.
principles and qualities that you rate highly. For Adapted from Psychology & You
example, you may value loyalty and family, while
someone else will value adventure, freedom and Discuss what was said in article about...
joy. Values can change throughout our lives too, as
we are influenced by events that happen to us, the
society we live in and the people that surround foreign
exact
values
us.

language moment
We can think of behaviour as a way to express
our values, and there are many ways to express
the same value. Take the value ‘joy’ as an
example: going out to sing karaoke with friends joy absorbing
ongoing

can be an expression of joy in your twenties, but preferences process

in your thirties, another expression of joy may be
playing with your baby.
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Match personality adjectives below to their definitions
not sensible, not logica
not excited, worried or angr
having studied and learnt a lo
normal, not different from other
acting like a her
caring about other
telling the trut
having good luc
happy to give more than is usually expecte
ready to do things that are dangerou
having the job of dealing with somethin
feeling uncomfortable