Describes the "3-c's) resources needed for identity construction: competencies, community, and commitments/relationships.

1. October 10: Who Are we
Transitions and resources

2. Mid-life changes
Reclaim opposite-sex qualities
Males adopt more female and female adopt male characteristics
Awareness of life as “half-finished”
Myth of “mid-life crisis”: rare
65+: Reflection on accomplishments/regrets
65+: Reflection on the larger meaning of life

3. Sharing transitions
What were some key transitions or turning points in
your life?
What were the processes of “letting go” and
experimentation that led to your “moving on”?
What resources or support did you draw on to engage
in this transition?

4. “3 Cs RESOURCES”
"What one does--skills, vocations, roles
(competencies)
Where one is from--locations, beliefs, groups
(communities)
Who one is with--personal relationships
(commitments)"

5. COMPETENCIES
The ability to competently employ different activities
Being known as being good at doing certain things
Being know as being an “effective organizer”
What are you good at doing?
How does that define your identity?
How are you perceived as a resource?

6. COMMUNITIES/PLACES
Memberships in communities, groups, or
organizations
“Who I am or what I make out my identity to be (to myself and others) at a
certain moment (which can be relatively transient or lengthened) seems to be
always situated in a consideration of where I am speaking from and to whom.”
(Angel Lin, 2008).
What are those communities, groups, or organizations
in which you are a member?
How does this membership define your identity?

7. Place
Allegiance to a place/space as a resource
Member of a neighborhood
Resource: Knowledge about a place/space
What are some places/spaces with which you’re
aligned?
What resources to you gain from these alignments?
How do these alignments shape your identities?

8. Commitments: Relationships
RRelationships
Relationships
Relationships can provide support and resources
Identities within relationships: “Parent,” “friend”
Different kinds of relationships
Parent with one child versus another child
Differences in commitment to relationships
How did your relationships support you in
transitions?

9. History in persons
What were some key historical events in your life?
How were your affected by those events?
How have different generations been influenced by
these events?
Fact of living through the 1960s

18. Attitudes toward
government

19. 17th: Workplace
Different versions of self:
Workplace
Family
Community/civic
Leisure/hobbies/recreation: painting, travel, etc.

20. Workplace identitIes
What kinds of work (job/home/community) did you
do?
How did this work change over time?
What activities were you good at doing?
How did you become known for your competency?
How did you juggle competing demands between job,
home, community, leisure activities?

21. Workplace identities
Friedman, “New Rules”
Technology and globalization are wiping out lower-skilled jobs faster, while
steadily raising the skill level required for new jobs. More than ever now,
lifelong learning is the key to getting into, and staying in, the middle class.
Mike Rose: “The Working Life of a Waitress”
(handout)/ “The Intelligence of the Waitress in
Motion” (online and handout)
“The waitress gets very good at ‘working smart.’ My mother would sequence
and group tasks.”