I wouldn't be the person I am today if it weren't for the effect my family, friends, society and media have had on me. As I spent time reading on this topic of self-concept, it opened my eyes to see how all the different areas of my life played an important role in making me who I am. I've never thought much about how they collectively built me ​​up to be me, but the resounding truth is that family, friends, society, and the media have all had an influence on who I am. It will continue throughout my life to influence how I see myself. Starting with family, I believe this part of my life has had the greatest influence on me up to this point in my life. My family's direct definition of me has always been positive. When I was little some ways my parents always called me "little man", my dad called me "mini me" and my cousin Tyler and I called each other peat and repeat. These names influenced me to always aspire to be a man and being a man meant being like my father. My father and I have very similar personalities, likes and dislikes, this contributed to giving truth to the name mini me. My cousin Tyler and I have the same goals in life and career choices. Whether these names had any real impact on my relationship with my father or cousin, I honestly don't know. If they did, I think the outcome was as good as it could be. There are three familiar scripts that have had the greatest impact on who I am. The first script I remember from when I was younger is that we need to value the time we spend together. Unfortunately this was not taught to me through words alone. I also learned this from losing my cousin Bay-O when I was in first grade. He was only a year older than me, we were... halfway through the paper... they say. I am a gun owner and a proud supporter of the second amendment and in the media people who think like me are shown as ignorant, isolated and uncaring. I am none of these things and I am completely the opposite of all these stereotypes. The media has influenced me to believe that most members of the media are totally disconnected from the real world and only believe in what will help their side, regardless of whether it is true or not. In conclusion, I have learned that many different people that I have never thought of and would not have thought of without this course have affected me in many different ways. The ways in which family, colleagues, society and the media have influenced me are much greater than I could fully explain in this article. I truly believe that I will never understand all the effects that family, peers, society and the media have had on the person I am.