Brianna Catania
EN 101 16
Professor Ellis
22 October 2013
My
Self Observation
My
alarm sounded at 9:45 this morning. Getting out of my comfy bed was extremely
difficult. The blinds were down, so I wasn’t able to see what kind of day it
was outside, but for some reason I knew it wasn’t a beautiful one. I opened my
blinds to see if I was correct, I was. It was drizzling a bit and very dark. I
dragged my tired body to the bathroom and began to wash up and get ready for
class. My roommates and I are extremely close and every morning we say “good
morning” to one another, but this morning was different. I noticed one of my
roommates had gotten up and called someone over the phone right away. She had
gotten very bad news and was very upset. My roommates and I all gave her a
group hug until she said it was okay for us to let go. I know when I’m upset I
want to be hugged by a friend or family member. It makes me feel so much better
and I’m sure others feel the same way. I told her everything was going to be okay
and if she needed me to text me throughout the day.
I
used to use twitter often, but lately I haven’t found the time. Last night I
couldn’t fall asleep, so I decided to go on twitter. It’s been about a week
since I’ve posted anything. I began to laugh out loud as I read some of my friends
tweets. Most of them were about being hung over and others were about not
wanting to go to class. I could tell which of my friends really took college
seriously just by reading their tweets. I often find myself checking instagram,
but today, it seemed like I was checking it even more. My boyfriend yelled at
me for being on “social media” while we were having lunch earlier. “It’s just
addicting,” I said. Usually I would reply with a nasty comment, but today I
didn’t. I replied without an attitude
and a calm tone. I remembered that today, as well as every day, I should
communicate under three conditions, kindly, usefully, and truly. Although this
weather makes me feel down, it wasn’t going to affect my mood. I know it is rude
to check instagram while I’m in the middle of a conversation, but sometimes I
just have the urge to stalk my instagram friends. I need to learn how to limit checking
my social media. And you would think after the amount of times I’ve tripped and
walked into poles that I would learn to distance myself from my cell phone.
Yesterday
while I was on the phone with my mom, I told her about this assignment and that
I am allowed to add humor and express myself in my writing. Her reply was, “You
better not use any curse words.” Yes, I have to admit, curse words do slip out
of my mouth at times, but am I the only one? Definitely not. I really enjoyed
this assignment as well as the first iExamen assignment. This iExamen has
allowed me to self-observe my actions and how I communicate with others. I vow
to try and always be kind, useful, and true, not matter what the circumstance.
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