So, this year, this whole 2019 thing? Yeah, it has NOT been kind.
To any of us.
At all.
And, when things don't go well, when we're sad, when we think the universe is conspiring to ruin our good times, we tend to do a few things.
We mope, or we complain, or we point fingers.
It's rare that when life hands you lemons, you give thought to the best lemonade recipe you know, even though that's what we try to do, and it might even be what we say we do.
It just does not always work out like that because it's hard to see our way out of things when we are stuck IN the thing...ya know?
What I want to be able to do, ideally, is look at a situation as an OPPORTUNITY.
Even those situations that are working my nerves--I wish I was able to be THANKFUL that I have a situation that can really test my problem-solving skills. What if I had NO situations? Worse--what if I had no skills???
I should consider myself lucky that my life is interesting enough to even HAVE situations, and the logical processes necessary to deal with them. Wouldn't that be awesome? If I could look at it that way?
Imagine how my perspectives would shift about everything. Nothing would be awful because everything would be a lesson in which I had a chance to learn something.
Arghhh. If it only it were that easy, right? I know!
So, bottom line, I wish I was thankful for ALL opportunity, not just the ones that may provide immediate, tangible benefits. If I were thankful for ALL opportunity, it is likely that my life would be better
So...your turn.
What do you WISH you could be thankful for? How would your life better if you were thankful for it? How come you're not? Can you see any way to change your own mind about it?
Something I wish I could be thankful for is my obsessive need to be perfect. If I believe I can do better then it will drive me insane until I make it better. If I have a low A but want an A then I will dedicate my entire life at that time to getting the grade I want. If I have a bad volleyball game I will not sleep until I play a game that makes up for the mistakes I made in the last one. My life would be so much better if I could just accept and be thankful for my craziness. The biggest reason is that I could accept myself. I could just deal with the fact that I’m not perfect and sometimes what I want isn’t what I can actually do. I expect myself to get all high A’s because I did at a time but my classes are harder now so that can’t be expected. Although I still sit here losing sleep because my grades aren’t as good as they were my freshman year. Another reason is that I could do more in life. I feel like I miss out on a lot of fun things because I spend so much time worrying about my life and the mistakes I made. Even when I’m with my friends I worry about the homework I have to finish and then I can’t really enjoy the time I am spending with them. Trying to be thankful for my craziness is harder than it looks. It causes me so much anxiety in my life. I try to do a thousand things all at once and also try to be the absolute best I can be at all of it. This was what caused the tipping point of my anxiety where I had four panic attacks in only a couple months. I was playing volleyball, doing drama, and panicking about my grades all at the same time. I can’t live with this constant stress. I spend hours sitting up at night against my wall thinking about the things I need to do. Whether it is confront a friend or talk to a teacher or just wake up the next morning it causes me stress because what if I do it wrong. There are so many possibilities for my brain to work through that it can’t even focus on the one that actually happened. There are very few things that actually come out of being so set on perfection but they are pretty important things to me. It sets me up well for the future because I know my college applications will be picture perfect because there won’t be a single thing wrong with anything on it. It also helps me get really good grades. Since I am always so concerned about my grades, they are constantly kept up to the best they can be. This also forces me to be the best I can be. No matter what I know that what I do will always come out the best because otherwise I will be heartbroken and torture myself forever. So it may seem awful but striving for unachievable perfection helps me a lot in life even with the terrible downsides.
ReplyDeleteEvery object I own, or a person I know I am thankful for, but the reason I am thankful for them people that are around me is the traits they have, that make me attracted to them. Now that I have started to think about that, what traits do I have that I make me, me that I’m not thankful for, and I would have to say my loyalty, but mostly my drive. In a way these two things interlock with each other in my sports life. First, loyalty in my everyday life is key to me, whether its friends, family, or in my relationship, it plays a key part in everything I do. All friends get in arguments, and talk about each other right? Well who doesn’t, but with me I don’t go back stabbing my friends and talking behind their back, if I have something to say to them, I’m going to say it right to there face, because I’ve never found going behind someone else's back, and talking about them was ever cool. The second part, is my drive, my drive comes to me in two ways life in general, and my sports. Many of the people in my life that I know, or are friends with have no drive to do anything. I’m not bashing them for it, it’s just a lot of people want to live the moment now, and I always like to look to the future, because I don’t want to wake up one day, and have regrets for the things I’m doing now that’s going to affect me down the line. Now were it hugely comes in at, is my sports. Ever since a “youngin”, I’ve always been athletic, and no matter what I’m doing, I'm very competitive, and it’s from sports, and just myself. I’ve played with many kids in my life who were great athletes, but just had no drive, and sadly they didn’t live to their expectations, because of that. I’ve never really thought about it like that, and I don’t know why I’ve never been thankful, it’s just always been like that. Now with me thinking about it, I’m not going to be able to slip up, and get in a bad streak with no motivation or drive, or start being fake to the people I love, the people around me are just like me, they have an attraction to my character, so too keep them in my life, I need to be thankful, and Keep being myself.
ReplyDeleteI wish I was thankful for everything that has happened in my life. All of the bad and the good, no matter what, it has led me to be the person I am today. In the moment, it may feel like my world is ending, or that things could not get any worse, but when I go and look back at certain situations, they do not seem that bad at all. When I look back at all the times my brother were with each other, I am thankful, but it’s hard to stay that way when I know that I will never get to spend more time with him again. Losing my brother has been so hard on my family and I, and especially with the upcoming holidays, it’s hard to find things that we are thankful for. How can we be thankful when we lost so much this year? My brother should be here celebrating with us, but he is not. If I was thankful for all the events that have occurred in my life, I think I would be able to grow more as a person and help others with their difficulties in life. However, with events, like losing my brother, I do not think I can ever be thankful for that. It’s just too messed up. I never get to see my brother again and I am very sad about that. Another thing I wish I was thankful for all of the stress in my life. I get so overwhelmed at times, especially during the volleyball season, that I often break down and worry over the littlest things. I always expect myself to do better and when I don’t, I get really upset with myself. If I was thankful for all of my stress, I think I would be less overwhelmed and realize that people make mistakes. It’s ok to not be perfect all of the time. It’s just hard to be thankful for stress when it just makes me feel like I am drowning sometimes. I feel like I can’t handle all of the things I have to do. I don’t know how I could be thankful for all of the stress in my life only because it just makes me sad and causes even more stress, if that makes any sense. Overall, I just wish I was thankful for everything in my life. I take so many things for granted and I need to realize how fortunate I really am. There are times when I feel like others have bigger or better things than I have, but some people do not even have some of the things needed for everyday life. I’m very lucky that I am provided with everything I have, so I just need to take a step back and think about that when I get jealous of something someone else has.
ReplyDeleteIn my life, I have various traits, people, opportunities, etc. to be thankful for. I try to prosper by being thankful for what I have, instead of obsessing over everything that I don’t. I know that I tell myself to be grateful for the roof over my head, but sometimes I just have the habit of hating my life, and acting unappreciative towards everything; I don’t do it on purpose, it just sort of happens. I often blame myself for every bump in the road, and focus on the pessimistic outlook of things, rather than being optimistic. However, I know that I’m one of the lucky ones on this earth, as I have a stable home, food to eat, a good education, supportive parents, etc. Some people out there have it so much worse, and I wish that I could be thankful for more of the negative things in my life. I wish that I could be thankful for my anxiety (even saying that sounds wrong, but that’s the point). For my entire life, anxiety has been a storm cloud hovering over my head, and I often hate myself for enduring it. However, I really wish that I could look at it on the brighter side. For example, even though I suffer through many hardships, anxiety has made me the person that I am today. Because of it, I care deeply about how I look, what I say, my stance among others, how my parents and teachers will perceive me, how my grades look, etc. Anxiety makes me truly think (overthink, really) about EVERYTHING in life, which makes me strive to be the best that I be, for myself and others. I panic over assignments and tests because I want to do them to the best of my ability, which allows me to try harder in achieving that goal. I panic over what to wear because I want the acceptance of my peers, which forces me to try to look decent everyday, even though sometimes I feel like crap and don’t feel like waking up. I panic over social events because I don’t want to say the wrong thing or be perceived the wrong way by others, which makes me put an intense amount of thought into what I say or do. There’s a lot more examples of what anxiety makes me do, but those are kind of a rough rundown. I wish that I could be thankful for all of that, but instead, I beat myself up over how much I overthink. I tell myself that I’m worthless if I can’t gather up the strength to go to a social outing or talk to others. I tell myself that everyone judges me for what I wear or look like, even when I honestly know that that’s not the case. Even when I’m with the people that I’m closest with, I still get this paranoia that they’re judging me for whatever reason. I get this paranoia over what I eat in front of others, for reasons that I don’t wish to disclose, and I often feel like I’m being criticized for it (probably from myself). I tell myself that my boyfriend hates me, and is just with me because we’ve been together since middle school. I tell myself that I have no friends because everyone thinks I’m weird for being quiet, which is my own fault to be honest. I could go on and on. If I was really thankful for my anxiety, I would eventually grow out of it, or from it. It would trick my brain into thinking positively, which, I hope, would cancel out the negative thoughts brought about by anxiety. I’m not thankful for it because I feel like it ruined my life. This honestly could sound hypocritical, but I tell myself that if I wasn’t surrounded by anxious thoughts, I would be a better person; I would be more sociable, outgoing, carefree, etc. At the same time, if I were all of those things, would I still strive to get good grades and look the best that I can? Would I be distracted by actually having friends and a social life? I really don’t know, and I don’t really want to. I feel as I won’t really grow out of this anxiety that’s encapsulating my life, and I don’t really want to. I’m already this far, and I’m still here. My grades are looking good, and that’s all that really matters for a decent future. Right?
ReplyDeleteGrowing up I was truly blessed to have such an amazing extended family to which I was so close. I could turn my head and no lie, have 40 uncles cousins aunts, YOU NAME IT. Whenever we would have thanksgiving or easter, christmas or halloween, etc, I was notorious for being overbearingly nice. I would always serve drinks, Help clean up, always give kisses to any family member around, anything to try and spread positivity, you name it. After years of doing that as a young lad, that grew more into a personality trait, rather than me being an annoying little kid. People ask me why I am so nice, or why I always put others first, but it is legit second nature to me. I truly wish I was more thankful for that trait. To have multiple people confide with you and say that you're the one thing that stood in between them and death, that is a feeling like no other. It seems that my ability to (try) and be a shinning orb of energy has impacted people in many different ways. When I hear people tell me things of that nature, I wish I felt some sort of pride or accomplishment, but I just feel as if I'm doing my share as a citizen. I love being there for people, in any form that they need. I will always put others before myself. I dont care if youre Donald Trump I dont care if youre a plebeian beggar in new york I dont care if youre an average Joe Shmoe. I will never be thankful for being a good friend, for being positive, for putting others before myself, because that is what every human should be doing. I just want everyone to be happy, so I do my part to try and help.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be thankful for my constant over thinking. Over the years I have come to the conclusion that I overthink everything because I don't want to mess up. Simple as that. I know it's good to mess up once in a while to "learn from your mistakes" and believe, I do just as the next person does. I overthink every project, lab, assignment, lab, and homework I turn in because I know that if I don't do good and I get a bad grade on it, the grade I was striving for will slip right out of hand. I can also assure I am re-reading this blog right now making sure it is long enough but also not trying to fill in with unneeded words that makes this blog sound dumb. I would say it is very stressful. Especially in times when I need to be calm and collected to just bang out all the work, but I can't help but think I'm doing horrible and how much I just want to get in my bed and go to sleep. If I was thankful for overthinking, I would have saved myself a lot of time re-checking anything I have to hand in knowing either way, over thinking or not, I will end up with the same grade. I know this because I spend so much time doing it in the first place, making sure to not mess up that it’s usually already right. However, I am not thankful for over thinking because all it does is add a lot of stress and doubt. I feel like I have it in my head that I need extremely good grades for colleges or they’re not going to want me. But in the big picture, colleges don’t look at every separate grade. They don't just look at your grade, they look at everything else you do also and your SAT scores (which I will be very much over thinking when that rolls around). I just wish I could be so much calmer with it, but when things pile up it is hard to not to get stressed and think you can’t do it.
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ReplyDeleteSomething in my life that I wish I was thankful for is my logical way of thinking. This way of thinking helped me avoid drama within my friend group, and allows me to take a neutral position in any situation between my friends. If I became thankful for my gift I could become a better friend. For being thankful for my logical thinking I could be able to help my friends from their struggles instead I stand on the sidelines thinking that they could figure it out themselves. Which definitely makes it sound selfish, but that was never my intention. But being thankful I would be more considerate towards people, and be able to consider any consequences of my actions. Therefore, I could find the most effective way to help anyone who needs me. But I am not thankful for my logical thinking because I think it hinders my ability to make emotional connections with others. Many people in school say I don't have a heart. This doesn't affect me significantly because I have been told this ever since people began getting boyfriends or girlfriends. Over this year particularly I see my friends become more emotional and more expressive. While I can't even relate separating me from the group. I feel like this as a negative effect on if I ever want to have a significant figure in my life because everytime I ever thought about it, I would talk myself out of the idea. I tell myself "it's not logical and you're just distracting yourself." The only way I could change my way of thinking is by viewing on how people react to me and see if I get a positive reaction from my friends or a negative reaction. Because if my logical thinking helps my friends I would be thinkful. Then viewing this mindset as a gift and not a burden.
ReplyDeleteAs of right now, my family is just my mom, my dad, my brother , my boyfriend, my dog, and I. My grandparents are still in the picture too luckily. My mom’s sister’s family we no longer speaker too. They caused a lot of heartbreak and endless crying. My dad’s side of the family is pretty stable except for a few of his cousins and his brother’s family. Not to sound like a child of God that goes to church every Sunday, because that isn’t me, but I pray to God every night before I go to school, especially if it was a rough day. I pray for a better tomorrow, sweet dreams, say goodnight to everyone in heaven I love and miss, and I thank him for everything he has given and blessed me with. The list goes on and on. I thank him for the food on my table, my parents jobs, clothes on my back, my abilities, my education, and more. My grand moms both told me since I was little that God will always be by my side when I need him. Something I am not thankful though is my forgiving personality. If my mom’s sister’s family apologized, I would forgive them in a heartbeat. I know i shouldn’t but if it makes everything back to the way it was before, I would. We are excluded on family parties, vacations, dinners, and other events we all used to do together. I know my parents wouldn’t forgive them though. They went through too much in their lives to forgive them on what happened. Both of my parents lost their dad during highschool, my brother and I weren’t the easiest kids growing up, they work hard for their money, and more. The last thing they would do is forgive them. I know my limits on who not to forgive though. These people I forgave over and over again. They left my sweet 16 2 hours because they were ‘bored’ when all they did was sit there, they ditched me because i’m sorry my lom doesn’t let us vape or drink, they throw me under the bus and act victim and i’m the one stuck in the bathroom crying having an anxiety attack over all of it. I forgave them one too many times and I finally started to drift myself away from that. I didn’t want or needed to be associated with their drama and petty arguments. I stopped forgiving them. Even though my Aunts situation was worse though, I would forgive them just to have everything the way it was before. Is that bad? Yes because the issue can happen again. But having one more dinner or party we are invited to and can sit down together without yelling. Maybe one day.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I constantly beat myself about things I wish I could do better, or things that I want to be better at, I never look a the things I am doing right. Staying on the cheer team throughout this tough season, constantly keeping a smile on my face, coaching powderpuff and helping those boys look great (pop out on Monday), and so many other things. I wish I was thankful for my sensitivity. I see it as such a flaw, because the tiniest joke can set me off and I'll be hysterically crying for the next hour. But, it has also taught me how to be nurturing, some people call me the "mom" friend. I constantly look out for others best interest and I give pretty good advice. So, maybe being such a baby isn't such a bad thing. It allows me to feel everything so intensely, and although sometimes it can be overwhelming, it can also be beautiful. If I wasn't so sensitive, I probably wouldn't fall so fast in relationships. I get attached very easily and it has made a lot of guys think I'm psycho, I mean they aren't necessarily wrong.. but it's just because I feel everything immediately. But, I've probably saved myself from a lot of heartbreak because of it. If I wasn't straight up about my feelings or intentions, I could've ended up getting played. Another thing I wish I was thankful for is my stubbornness. I am a strong believer of everything I believe in, so when that is challenged I never change my word. Although it can be positive, a lot of people can see it as negative and immature. But, it proves my strength and how I stick to my word.
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ReplyDeletei tend to be very thankful for everything I have in life. Of course there’s always that feeling of wanting more because that’s just how humans have been trained to think, but I often find myself sitting back and realizing how lucky I truly have it. Some people have it far worse than I do, some people have it far better, but that’s just life. I am greatful for everything I have now and push myself harder to work for the things I could have and want to have, but that is something I am not very proud of. My least greatful thing is stressing myself out and taking my grades a bit too seriously. I wish I was laid back and didn’t beat myself up for getting a B on an assignment or a low A on something others got D’s on. I wish I could be one of those people that didn’t think every graded assignment whether it be one test, one class work assignment , or one homework assignment was the one grade that would get me into college. I want to be happy and greatful for the grades I do get, I want to sit back and say I tried my best, because I always do it’s just that i’m never happy with my outcome even if I put everything I had into it. I’m not thankful for stressing myself out and taking things too seriously because i feel like it’s taking away from the fun things in high school, my friends, making memories, and getting involved in activity’s/clubs. I constantly have to tell my friends “I can’t hangout today i’m bombarded with work” or “sorry i can’t face time i’m doing homework” because I take a full day to do just two or three assignments that should take only a couple hours. My mom and doctor told me to take easier less work filled classes but I just can’t bring myself to step down lower. I would beat myself up even more because I feel as though i wouldn’t be forcing myself to try my hardest. Apparently I should be happy about this hard working trait of mine, at least that’s what my mom says, and maybe she's right. If I was more thankful for this trait of mine maybe I would be more accepting of my grades and able to realize I do try my best but no matter how hard I try I cannot think about the life I could have if I didn't let this stress effect my life. The people who don’t stress about these things aren’t as worried about their future is what I am told, but at least they get to live their teenage years instead of being cooped up in their room all day having no communication with anyone but a pen and paper.
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ReplyDeleteWhenever I accomplish something great, I get a feeling of joy, but still feel like it wasn’t enough. I wish I could be truly thankful for my accomplishments and others. When I was younger, I wasn’t always the nicest person and whenever I would do really good in my elementary school’s math and reading online programs, I would always feel the drive to do more, but when someone else did great for a change, I would steal their thunder and feeling instant regret after being scolded. I learned from these things and just tried to not talk all the time because I’ll start staying things without thinking. If I could be thankful for accomplishing things in general, I could feel content about it which would make my life happier in general. This current mindset isn’t all bad though as even if I can’t feel thankful I can at least appreciate the effort thoughtfully and strive for tireless determination. If I was more optimistic/cheerful about everything then this way of thinking wouldn’t have that much influence over me, but I know it is going to take a long time to even get to that point. For now I will continue to follow my passions and be thankful for the great people out there, including you guys.
ReplyDeleteSitting in a classroom surrounded by students who are as (or possibly even more) devoted to their school work as I am, I KNOW that we are all familiar with the feeling of being stressed out, losing sleep, and having our minds constantly racing. I wish I could appreciate, and be thankful for, anxiety but every single bone and organ in my body are beyond tired of being stressed. I understand that there could be a positive effect from stress, “it can make you meet daily challenges and motivate you to reach your goals”, but who’s to say that stressing too much does the complete opposite? I’ve been told by multiple people that it’ll all be worth it in the end and that it’ll all pay off, but will it? One day I am going to be a college student, and hopefully even a medical student. Then, I hope to become a successful doctor who can settle down and eventually start a family of her own. I am one hundred percent aware that I won’t ever get away from stress, I have accepted that it is apart of life. When complaining about these feelings I’m often told that “I don’t know the true feeling of stress”, because I’m only a child who wants to do well in school. Many grown ups don’t acknowledge that we deal with this dreadful feeling too. My mother was one of these grown ups, she would constantly push my anxiety to the side and tell me that I’m over reacting, or (my favorite) that I need to take a break.. you know I just needed to go lay down and take a nap. Unknowingly, she only made it become worse. By the time I moved out of her house freshman year, I was highly suggested from my previous therapist to be put on medication to deal with my anxiety issues (I refused). Now when I say anxiety, I don’t just mean stressing over a bad grade, I mean physically feeling weak in large crowds of people, having the need to feel like everything that is in my control is perfectly accomplished, constantly wanting to turn of a switch button so that my mind can go blank and not deal with constant, never ending thoughts. Being someone who has had a roller coaster of a childhood, I know how to be thankful. I am fully aware that I am a privileged female living in the 21 century, who has a decent life and a decent future awaiting. However, I can’t find any reason to agree with the fact that stress is a good thing when every minute of every day, I despise it.
ReplyDeleteI am so tired. I wish I wasn't. I wish people had bigger brains, to hold the concepts they can’t with their small ones. I wish I had a better family. It’s hard to find things to be thankful for when none are clearly visible. The reason this is late? I wanted to spend thanksgiving back home, in Runnemede and my mom couldn't comprehend it. She couldn’t understand why I didn’t want to spend it with family. And even with the explanation, she still couldn’t get it. This house, these people, they're suffocating me. I'm drowning, all of my hard work is slowly disintegrating with everyday I spend in oakcrest, in Mays Landing, New Jersey. But, oh, “I can’t force anyone to be with me on a family holiday, woe is me.” What is so special about this damned holiday anyway. We ended up slaughtering the Indians right after we all acted it was okay for a single dinner. I suppose Im thankful I have a big enough intellect to comprehend others pain. Im thankful for being well rested. However,I won’t forget the aftermath of Thanksgiving in history, tread lightly.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very hard blog for me because I was always raised to be thankful for everything God has blessed me with. But if I had to think, I wish I was thankful for is the school I got to. In the past two years in Oakcrest, I took advantage of and always talked bad about this school. What a lot of people don't realize is the amazing academics they offer. Some schools don't give the same opportunities this school has to offer. The early college program, Biomed, etc.. I need to appreciate this school a lot more. And don't get me started on the teachers. All the teachers I have are amazing since freshman year. The teachers are helpful and respectful. They give every student equal chances and help them throughout the process of learning, even if you feel behind on certain things. If I was more thankful for this, the school would be so much better and I probably wouldn't complain when I get up form school. My parents would always tell me how this school was better than the last, of course, I didn't believe them at the time. The main problem was due to the fact of how close I was to my friends at my old school and how good I was in my classes. I thought I wouldn't get that same experience but I was wrong, I was given beyond that experience. Slowly I'll become better at this and thank God for blessing me with a good school with amazing opportunities. I've noticed that I'm getting better and liking this school more and more each year.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be more thankful for me being gullible. I know, that might sound stupid, but it's true. Me being gullible actually helps me out in certain situations. Sometimes it can make my feelings not get as hurt. Some people sometimes want to know everything people say behind their back, etc, but me being gullible, that stuff doesn't really cross my mind. If I was more thankful for it, then maybe I would appriciate me having no common sense, more. I always grew up wanting to be smarter, wearing fake glasses to look like I'm smart, or anything along those lines. I learned that I need just need to actually try when it just comes easy to other people. But it's who I am, and my gullilbe silliness is a part of me.
ReplyDeleteSomething that I wish I was thankful for is my kind heart. I often find myself forgiving people and trying my hardest to forget things that maybe I shouldn't. I do believe in second chances, but after multiple times of something happening it's a different story. Sometimes I think that this quality is a good thing, but other times I'm not so sure. It's difficult for me to hold grudges because I tend to see the best in everyone, or at least I try to. In some cases, I think I'm taken advantage of because people think that I'm too nice and will not have any sort of rebuttal to something they say about me. And I believe that they are right about that. I don't enjoy conflict at all and am not one for arguing, I'd rather just pretend like something doesn't bother me and brush it off. I guess I've learned to deal with that sort of thing on my own. I think this is also a reason why I've had a lot of toxic friendships in the past. It's very hard for me to just cut people off and act like they never existed. Although it's hard though, that is something that I have been and will have to learn to do. I know who my real friends are and who the fake ones are. I know what's good for me and what isn't, and who really wants to see me succeed. Those are the people that I like to surround myself with. That's what my mind tells me, but my heart says otherwise. If I just avoid these people, then maybe I can avoid being talked about or judged. Then, I won't have to hurt anyone's feelings or end any friendships. I think if I was thankful for my kindness it would change me for the better overall and would just make my life way easier.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I wish I was thankful for was my job over the summer. It wasn’t the hardest job, however dealing with the people was the hardest part. There were so many drunks, strippers, potheads, and psychos walking the boards of AC. After almost every day of work, I complained because I didn’t like the weather. Trying to balance work and volleyball was also a very hard part. I was so occupied with work and volleyball that I had to squeeze hanging out with my friends into my schedule. Although handling work was very hard for me, there were also some pros. Since I dealt with some really rude and disturbing people, it made me grow a backbone. What I mean by this is that I now speak up when something is wrong or when something is bothering me instead of just letting it slide. It’s also made me stronger, and taught me what I can tolerate, and what I can’t. Furthermore, it’s also taught me a lot about how to talk to people. Before, I was a very awkward girl, and I still am, but work has made me more fluent and have more cadence. It’s also taught me to have manners when dealing with customers, even when they’re spawns of Satan. Overall, work has matured me for the better, and taught me a lot, and that’s on periodt.
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