Personal Identity: A Personal Perspective Of Myself

17. In my daily life, my generalized other helps me to get through the day. With “me”, I’ve learned that this part is the more rational side of myself. Whereas my “I” is the more impulsive side. Together they help to keep me sane and make decisions that will guide me through life. Even though the “I” does not really care what others think, the “me” makes it apparent to understand what is happening around me. I look to both as way to balance myself and shape who I am as a person. However, I’ve come to understand that my life is shaped by various “mes”. This is because it is based off of what others see me as. Their thoughts have in a way shaped how I see “me”. For example, in high school I was known as the dancer. I was always performing in …show more content…
In class, we had to take a twenty statements test. This test accentually ranked our identities from most salient to least salient. After taking this test it became apparent to me that I have more of a reflective identity and much less of an oceanic identity. Although I never put much thought into it, this is very prevalent in my daily life. According to our studies, the reflective self or identity tends to be one that is revealed in abstract statements, it transcends specific social roles or situations. From this definition, I can completely agree that I have more of a reflective identity. As a child I never understood the rules and roles placed on us by society. I always thought outside of the box. I questioned gender norms and religious beliefs. I also never understood the barriers that we as a society place on things like race. I always felt that we are all human and should live life based on the sole purpose of being good people. Based off of these beliefs I made it a goal to help people no matter what. I decided that I would be a supporter of human rights and I am working to become an advocate for child rights. As I continued to evaluate the twenty statements test, I noticed that my social and physical identities were very close together with only one point separating the two. Whereas my oceanic self was the least salient. It surprised me how much this test was relevant to me. I say this because my social self came before my physical self and in my life this is …show more content…
No matter who we are or what we do, everyone has a personal front. This front is usually made of three parts of the self that people may get to experience. These three parts are appearance, setting, and manners. In my daily life, this front is most prevalent at work. At the moment I work at both of the Pizza Huts here in Statesboro. At work, my appearance would be my first front. I have to wear a Pizza Hut hat, nametag and shirt as well as slip resistant shoes, unless I am working in the front of the store. If I am in the front of the store I can wear whatever shoes I like. With this look we as employees of Pizza Hut little to no originality, the most originality comes from our pants but even with those, they have to be either jeans, or shorts. This front is meant to look as uniform and professional as possible while still giving employees the chance to be comfortable. Wearing this uniform is a front used to please the company while letting customers know that I am an employee of the company. At work, I am not Iyanna, I am a worker and so my personal role is not present. In this aspect I have some control over my personal front. With my uniform I can customize my nametag to look pretty or I can make it plain with just my name. I can also mix and match my shirts and pants based off of how I feel. For example, on some days if my leg is hurting I will be more incline to wear jeans over shorts so that I can wear my compression sleeve under my jeans. However, I lack control