FINDING WAYS TO FIND MYSELF

Andrew Oostdyk

Keys to Finding My Identity

■ - Establishing what motivates me

■ - Experiences through my motivation

■ - Evaluation of experiences

■ - Understanding lessons learned

■ - Forming a purpose for my life based on lessons and morals learned

■ - Applying what I have learned to all areas of my life and gaining knowledge of what makes up my character

Passions and Motivations

■Sports (Football, Baseball, etc.)

Benefactors of participating in team sports

■ - Working with others toward a common goal has provided a sacrifice of self-interest and unselfishness

■ - Gaining depth in experiences through challenges

■ - Establishing a will to work through challenges to achieve goals

■ - Learning to stay motivated and focused through both hard and easy times

■ - Working through challenges and gaining a sense of triumph individually as well as with others

■ - Triumphing and establishing a determination and dedication to achieving goals in other areas of life

Experiences

■ Positive and Negative in sports, translates to Winning and Losing in both personal and team areas

Learning from winning

■ - Experiencing an successful result of the work put in

■ - Gaining an understanding of what it takes to experience winning

■ - Building a work ethic and a consistent routine to guide myself toward success

Learning from losing

■ - Handling the disappointment of a negative outcome

■ - Fighting discouragement and continuing successful habits

■ - Gaining perspective and finding my will to experience success

VS.

My Experience■ Injury = a barrier between myself and pursuing

success and experiences within my passion

■ Overcoming injury and the challenges presented

■ - Handling and working through pain, both physical and emotional

■ - Maintaining my will to succeed with an additional challenge

■ - Fighting through adversity and learning to thrive in adversity – applies to all areas of life and has provided myself with knowledge backed by experience to overcome presented adversity

What I Learned About Myself■ My Experience helped establish the tools and qualities that

apply to my life every day.

■ - My desire to compete with others toward a common goal

■ - My desire to be apart of something bigger than myself

■ - Learning the aspects of challenge and how to overcome adversity

■ - Established my determination to achieve success in something that gives me pride

■ - Provided a moment of growth and development of my character to build on

■ - Gave me perspective on what I want, my will to achieve what I want, and the length I would go to achieve it

■ - Helped me define a part of my character, allowing me to develop and seek the clearest form of my identity