Source: Content contributed by Don Forsyth as a Suggested Work and Family Class Activity for the Sloan Networks’ Resources for Teaching section.

Type: Assignment

Purpose
To explore your definition of self

Steps
1. For 30 days, keep a journal that focuses on "who you are."
2. Each day, prepare a journal entry. For 15 - 20 minutes, describe some experiences that occurred that day and consider their impact on your self-definition.
3. At the end of the month, summarize your conclusions. Consider how your journal entries pertain (or could pertain) to work-family issues. Relate the content of your journal to identity theory.