Experiencer / Achiever

After taking the VALS Survey I received results that I fit perfectly within the life-style of an achiever or an experiencer. While reading through the information I was confused as to why I fit into this category, and then I remembered and thought about all of the things that surround me in my everyday life and realized I fit. Also, I thought more specifically in regards to the way I live my life instead of only the things that are within my surrounding environment and I began to pull out specific examples of why it's a perfect fit for me to be in both of these categories.

EXPERIENCER - From the VALS Survey I interpretted the experiencer category with an inpulse consumer and someone that takes risk when making purchases. The survey results were proven correct with me and to prove it I'll give an example. I never usually buy movies, but the other day while I was in Target I noticed the movie Iron Man 2 on one of the movie stands int he entertainment section. Usually I will walk right by and just take a glance at it, but I remembered how much I liked the movie in theaters and just bought it right about. It was weird but I just bought it. No reason, it was jsut inpulse.

As for the risk factor I usually do not buy anything that is very expensive and I always second second my purchases. I did buy an expensive pair of sneaker the other day when a 20 dollar pair from Wal-Mart could've done the job just as well. Although I knew I wanted these shoes and did not have a problem purchasing them. Kind of a risk, but when payday happened Friday, I knew I was all set and could purchase them.

ACHIEVER - As an achiever I find myself commited to not only my life, self, and long term goals but to my family. I think this statement just about hits the nail on the head when I think about myself. Everyday I talk to my family and fill them in on new things happening in my life and they tell my about theirs. Every weekend I go to either my brother's Football game or my sister's Rugby game, or both, to support them, and every holiday I spend it with both sides of my family to have fun and catch up on everyone's lives. Family surrounds me everyday and I don't think I would change that for the world.

More information about an achiver states that they set long term goals for themselves. I thought hard about this and thought that I didn't fit this category very well cause I make plans revolving around things I need to get done that day, but then I remembered back to Freshman year. During my first semester of my Freshman year I planned out my entire college schedule as to what classes I would take each semester. Since then I have revised my schedule, but not until I decided to add my second major this year.

Life needs to be planned out but spontanteity is always a good thing to have. I think that the results from the VALS Survey are pretty accurate, and I fit perfectly within the categories "Experiencer and Achiever."