Personally, I feel like I have several very important identities in my life that are probably competing for that 'most important' position. For the sake of this assignment, I'll choose one, my identity as a first year art student at UWM. For one thing the resources I have invested in this identity are, even though I'm only a first year student, pretty extensive. I'm already several thousand dollars deep in loans, and taking on this identity full time, fifteen credits a semester, can be very time consuming. I especially feel that in the arts there is extreme amounts of time needed in and outside of the classroom to do well and succeed. I also know many of my friends who can skip classes of theirs all the time and still do alright, this could never happen say in one of my drawing classes that requires hands on daily activities contributing to your grade everyday in class. The extrinsic rewards I experience also make this identity important to me. Getting that 'A' on a project, receiving positive feedback from teachers and peers on critique days, impressing parents and friends are all aspects I look forward to and enjoy. The intrinsic gratification I experience is also rewarding. Knowing my artistic ability is improving. Seeing my drawings become more lifelike and realistic, becoming competent at new drawing skills and techniques. I would also say my self esteem is greatly effected by my success and ability to grow and expand in my art. And so far it has been positive and continuing to be more positively attached to my art making. So based on the four factors we read about for this week, the resources invested, the extrinsic rewards, the intrinsic gratifications, and the amount of self esteem depending on it, I'd say my identity as a first year art student at UWM is pretty salient in my group of identities I carry out in my day to day life.