Wednesday, January 16, 2019
# HiremeSC
People who have disablities deserve equal opportunities in finding
a career. We are just as capable at pursuing meaningful careers and
accomplishing our dreams. My dreams are to use my experience of adapting
physically and mentally to Cerebral Palsy to inspire other children who
have disabilities to reach their full potential. I was a Registered
Behavioral Technician for a year and then went to Morocco to be a part
of a month long parent teaching program for children who have autism. I
am a host and subsitute special ed teacher assistant right now, while
exploring my other opportunities. I look forward to all of the
possibilities in careers i have in my future to fight for the rights and
well being of those who have disabilities. This may even include the
peace corps or other work away programs. To anyone else who has a
disability and is struggling to find the career that they deserve, don't
give up. All we need to do is advocate for ourselves and each other. #hiremesc #notbroken
Communication and Responsibility Of Your Own Emotions
Sensitivity and taking things personal are common themes through out my life, it has been on my mind a lot lately. Recently I have realized the importance of taking responsibility for your own emotions and of not taking things so personal. Everyone has so much they are dealing with at one time and sometimes people take their emotions out on people who have nothing to do with their problems. I am guilty of this too. Sometimes the flaws you see in others are actually the flaws you want to work on in yourself. Everyone can contradict themselves at times and do things that others have done to them, even though they did not like the way it felt when it happened to them. This can even happen unintentionally. It can also be harder to relate to or understand things that you have not gone through yourself.
I have a love/hate relationship with people. I love spending time with people...(maybe to a fault sometimes). People are so fascinating to me. I often come on too strong and open up too easily because of how much I enjoy meeting new people and making new friends, as well as deep conversations. But being vulnerable and open is not always a bad thing, you build deeper connections with people that way. As long as you don't become dependent on them. I learn so much from everyone I meet and try to find good in everyone. Sometimes I feel like people should even show their emotions more, it can be human nature to care too much what others think though. Vulnerability is not a weakness.
But people can also be so draining to me, so much so that I feel like I'm meant to be alone at times. It can even cause me to have insomnia. I am a strange mix of introversion and extroversion. I'm often too aware and analytical of why people do the things they do. My coping mechanism of humor, sarcasm, and making fun of myself can come off the wrong way. I tend to go through moods where I either do not take myself seriously with anything or take everything too seriously. When I am not serious and alone I often sing or dance but when I am serious, my thoughts are non stop. I also have a habit of talking to myself lol. But I love spending time with people who I can be goofy around and who remind me not to take things so seriously. I feel what others are feeling and easily pick up on other people's vibes, especially if something is wrong. Conflict can be overwhelming to me but I always try to become better at dealing with it, while remaining calm. Although I still have my initial emotional reactions, I over analyze things until I can be logical about the situation and understand everyone's perspective. At times I even get anxious being around conflict that doesn't involve me. Luckily I have found meditation and yoga that has helped me a lot.
Communication is hard in this modern world where texting is often the main source of communicating with people quickly. It can be easy to text too much when you are emotional. So much can be misunderstood through text. Texting is so hard because you can not read tone and body language. Other things that are hard about communication is that I feel like it is easy to assume what you want about a conversation even if the other person is being honest. Or other times it is hard to be honest because you are trying to be nice too. To me honesty is the best policy even if it comes off a little blunt. Bluntness can be needed for a person to truly understand at times because so much can be misinterpreted or taken the wrong way. Bluntness is better than things building up and blowing up. But i think there can be a balance between honesty and kindness. People don't always mean to come off the way they sound. It is human nature to not always realize how you come off and be more focused on your own feelings than how others feel in situations. That is why it is best to not take things personal, other people's reactions have a lot to do with themselves too. The power you have when you can't control a situation is to control how you react to it. But it is a lot easier said than done. We also have the power of our own emotions, life, and happiness. Life becomes a lot less stable if that power is given to anyone else. Not to be cliche but when this happens, you become the victim rather than the hero of your life. Being the hero, instead of the victim in my story is my current work in progress.
Here is a link to a video of Will Smith that inspired this post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USsqkd-E9ag
I have a love/hate relationship with people. I love spending time with people...(maybe to a fault sometimes). People are so fascinating to me. I often come on too strong and open up too easily because of how much I enjoy meeting new people and making new friends, as well as deep conversations. But being vulnerable and open is not always a bad thing, you build deeper connections with people that way. As long as you don't become dependent on them. I learn so much from everyone I meet and try to find good in everyone. Sometimes I feel like people should even show their emotions more, it can be human nature to care too much what others think though. Vulnerability is not a weakness.
But people can also be so draining to me, so much so that I feel like I'm meant to be alone at times. It can even cause me to have insomnia. I am a strange mix of introversion and extroversion. I'm often too aware and analytical of why people do the things they do. My coping mechanism of humor, sarcasm, and making fun of myself can come off the wrong way. I tend to go through moods where I either do not take myself seriously with anything or take everything too seriously. When I am not serious and alone I often sing or dance but when I am serious, my thoughts are non stop. I also have a habit of talking to myself lol. But I love spending time with people who I can be goofy around and who remind me not to take things so seriously. I feel what others are feeling and easily pick up on other people's vibes, especially if something is wrong. Conflict can be overwhelming to me but I always try to become better at dealing with it, while remaining calm. Although I still have my initial emotional reactions, I over analyze things until I can be logical about the situation and understand everyone's perspective. At times I even get anxious being around conflict that doesn't involve me. Luckily I have found meditation and yoga that has helped me a lot.
Communication is hard in this modern world where texting is often the main source of communicating with people quickly. It can be easy to text too much when you are emotional. So much can be misunderstood through text. Texting is so hard because you can not read tone and body language. Other things that are hard about communication is that I feel like it is easy to assume what you want about a conversation even if the other person is being honest. Or other times it is hard to be honest because you are trying to be nice too. To me honesty is the best policy even if it comes off a little blunt. Bluntness can be needed for a person to truly understand at times because so much can be misinterpreted or taken the wrong way. Bluntness is better than things building up and blowing up. But i think there can be a balance between honesty and kindness. People don't always mean to come off the way they sound. It is human nature to not always realize how you come off and be more focused on your own feelings than how others feel in situations. That is why it is best to not take things personal, other people's reactions have a lot to do with themselves too. The power you have when you can't control a situation is to control how you react to it. But it is a lot easier said than done. We also have the power of our own emotions, life, and happiness. Life becomes a lot less stable if that power is given to anyone else. Not to be cliche but when this happens, you become the victim rather than the hero of your life. Being the hero, instead of the victim in my story is my current work in progress.
Here is a link to a video of Will Smith that inspired this post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USsqkd-E9ag
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