Glyph Reflection

The two pictures you see above are called "glyphs." The one with green marker was completed over a year ago at the beginning of my occupational therapy school journey. The purpose of this was to explore what I thought a leader would look like. Different features were given based on certain characteristics. Some of the things stayed constant over the past year, for example: the square head that suggests leaderships stems from nurture rather than nature, the rounded nose suggesting that a someone can be a leader without thinking of him/herself as a leader, and a hat suggesting the way I think about leadership has changed since the beginning of OT school. There are several things that are different, as well. At the beginning of school, I did not have a written plan for leadership (print writing) and at this point, I do (cursive writing). At the beginning of OT school, I did not draw glasses on my person which meant I felt like I had not had as many leadership experiences as other people my age. After a year serving as president of Pi Theta Epsilon, I now do feel that my leadership skills are comparable to others of my age. Finally, I added a necklace to my most recent glyph, indicating that I now see myself as a leader. 

This was a great experience allowing me to reflect on how my view on leadership has changed in the past year. It's very interesting to see how I've grown in the past year of my OT journey.