We come to value things in our lives based on life experiences. People become passionate about things when they have a personal connection to them. For example, a woman with a father with Alzheimer's might donate money to research for the cause or a woman with a sibling with breast cancer might walk in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure or if someone has experienced abuse, they might create a help group on campus to help other people suffering from abuse. People value a lot of things in life, which makes it hard to balance, but overall I think that people typically do a good job of being congruent with their values.
I think that I mostly am congruent with my values, but on occasion there are times when I should be studying, but instead I'm socializing. Some people might say that in this case I'm not being very congruent, but I think that social interaction is important as well -in fact, Social Interaction is one of my sorority's Principles. Sometimes, we need to choose between two things we value, and I think those are the times when people look at others and think that they are not being congruent.
Right now I'm struggling with congruency with community service. I always talk about how important it is to serve the community, but I have not done as much community service as I would have liked this semester. This is an area where I can definitely improve on. I think that right now I am struggling with it because I'm focused on academics: Keeping my GPA up and studying for the MCAT. Hopefully this summer when I won't have the pressure of school, I will be able to devote more time to community service.
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