Who Am I? Worksheet
A guided self-reflection on who you are beyond your job, your productivity, and what you achieve: your values, roles, strengths, and the qualities that make you you.
About this tool
The question who am I sounds simple, but many people answer it almost entirely with achievements and roles: their job, their grades, their output. When self-worth rests only on what you accomplish, it becomes fragile, rising and falling with your latest success or failure. A richer sense of identity, built on values, relationships, and character, tends to be far more stable.
Psychologists describe the self-concept as the collection of beliefs you hold about who you are. It includes the roles you play, the groups you belong to, the traits and strengths you recognize in yourself, and, importantly, the values that guide you. Clarifying these can strengthen your sense of self and ease the anxiety that comes from staking everything on performance.
This worksheet draws on values-based work from acceptance and commitment therapy and on strengths research from positive psychology. The aim is not to produce a perfect or final answer. Identity grows and shifts across a life. The aim is to see yourself more fully than your inner critic or your to-do list allows.
Be honest rather than aspirational. The most useful answers describe who you actually are and what genuinely matters to you, not who you think you should be.
- Harris R. The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living. 2nd ed. Trumpeter; 2022.
- Peterson C, Seligman MEP. Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. Oxford University Press; 2004.
- Markus H, Wurf E. The dynamic self-concept: a social psychological perspective. Annu Rev Psychol. 1987;38:299-337.
Who Am I? Worksheet FAQ
What is the Who Am I? worksheet for?
It helps you explore your identity beyond your job and achievements: your values, roles, strengths, and the qualities that make you you. A fuller self-concept tends to support steadier self-worth.
Why look beyond achievements?
When self-worth rests only on what you accomplish, it rises and falls with every success and failure. Identity built on values, relationships, and character is far more stable.
What if my answers keep changing?
That is normal and expected. Identity grows and shifts over a lifetime. You can return to this worksheet and revise it as you learn more about yourself.
Is my information saved?
No. Everything stays in your browser. Your entries are never uploaded or stored, and the PDF is generated on your own device.