Your reflection should depict the continuity within discontinuity and demonstrate shifting or evolving identities as you have grown from the time you first began your education. Remember, one goal of Integrative Studies is to help you find the common thread(s) of your life and weave them together in a way that is cohesive. The goals of your refelction are to assess the effect of past experiences on your lifes current trajectory, explore those life episodes that have shaped your value systems, and identify specific steps you must take to reach your professional goals. As you do this please keep in mind we are assessing your ability to connect experiences, connect disciplines, transfer knowledge, integrate communication and reflect on your developing sense of self. Please use the following format in preparing your assignment, showing each of the four sections listed below with corresponding headings: 1. Reflection Summarize a few key decisions/choices/experiences that led you to this point in life. This is where you might discuss some of the discontinuity of your lifes experiences. How did these points change your direction? Be vulnerable! Relate personal life episodes that are triggered in your memory. Relate your story in first person, describing action and quoting exact words you remember hearing or saying. This critical, personal connection is important to your story.