Identity Molecule

I really like the identity molecule actvity. It was very interesting discovering things about myself I never really thought about. It is obvious that I belong to groups such as my family, friends, and Stevenson High School. However, there are many other groups that I am part of that make me who I am. I have a group labeled camp that influences me because I spent 8 summers at an overnight camp with the same girls at the same place, doing the same activities. In the camp circle for my role I put both friend and leader. Because I went to camp for so long, the younger campers would always come to me with questions and look up to me for advice. As a senior camper, I would often be the most skilled at activities and would always take younger girls out to sail or help them get up foir their first time on water skis. Also, I was a Color Day Captain of the white team so I had to lead half the camp for the last 3 days of camp in sports, song fest, and burn the rope. So it makes sense that even though I do not still go to camp, my friends I made still influence me because they are still some of my best friends. My other groups that I had not really thought about before were track and work. I work throughout the year so the interactions I have with my co-workers and boss occur quite often. Even though track is only in the spring, I still see my track friends throughout the year. One thing that was also surprising about this activity were how a ton of my circles overlap. My family overlaps with my friends, because my sister is one of my best friends and I think of a lot of my friends as sisters. Furthermore, some of my camp friends I consider more than just "camp friends" because I either see them everyday at school, or make an effort to see them over the weekends.
Overall, I really liked this activity because it made me think about groups and friends that I never really classify.