Ryan Collins

One of my strength quest attributes was that I am persevering. I don't know if there is another term that accurately depicts me more than this one does. To me, this mean that I set a goal, and no matter what adversity comes my way, I work through it. I achieve what I set out to achieve. Academically, I didn't get into the school that I had wanted to go to all my life. However, I persevere. I am not going to let that define me as a failure. I am certain that that school made a mistake. It is their loss. Socially, I use this attribute to get through hard times that my family has had that my friends have had. I believe that I also am able to lend off some of this attribute to others around me, and that is what makes it so special.

The "Letter to myself" assignment was one of my favorites through this semester. The assingment was really just to explain who i am as a person. What are my values? How did I get here? I explained that this time last year I never would've imagined that I would end up at The Ohio State University, and yet, here I am. As I look at it now I realize that the values that I held at the beginning of the semester have held true even now. My goals for my time at OSU have not changed, my expectation remain the same. But I have learned that I am well on my way to achieving my goals.

My wellness assessment is another one that I found very significant. We had to fill out a survey in order to view where we stand in several different aspects of "wellness". As I suspected, there were certain categories that I performed much better on than others. I am habitually a very stress ridden person, so it did not surprise me that that came up as a red flag on the reflection. Through this assignment I learned a lot about myself, and what I needed to work on to become my best self. I have and will continue to work on the categories that I did not perform my best on.