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  1. Jul 2023
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    1. I often shrink away from the gracious recognition I have received for helping students or for launching a major initiative. Many times I downplay my many accomplishments because I simply do not want to be in the limelight. I work best in the background — sometimes, I strive to work in the shadows. I want to simply be regular.

      I feel like this is a very valid thing to worry about. Sometimes, it's great to be well-known by varieties of people for your accomplishments, however it may also be stressful when the thought of their expectations comes into play. Lots of people knowing you as a good person is nice, but then what if they expect you to continue being above others in other things as well? It's important to remember that while you do need to do well on your own in general, you don't always really need to go by someone else's expectations when it isn't necessary.

    1. Being accountable for yourself is difficult if you’ve never done it before. I had to ask for help and it made me feel as if I couldn’t achieve the success I was so desperate for. I was so wrong because asking for help really changed my college experience.

      This is something that I think can easily trip up people until they grow out of the mindset that they shouldn't ever try to ask for help or otherwise seek assistance. It used to be me at one point as well, even. Eventually, you realize there's really not much point in not asking for assistance when you need it, in most cases. School is a requirement but it isn't exactly a competition.

    1. Now, I don’t know if it was Mr. G’s master plan or just a happy little accident, but much of my shop class group also studied physics and chemistry. Mr. G used the concepts we learned about everyday life

      Sometimes, it's important to realize that life isn't always going to be predictable, and that random chance is going to be a factor as well. While it is still best to make an effort to connect with others either way, sometimes you just don't always get the kinds of people that you want to work with.

    1. The act of journaling allows me to move past the anxiety cycle about the interaction because it provides me with a tool to describe exactly what happened, how it made me feel, and what the conflict means within the larger context of my relationship to that person.

      I feel like this is the part I agree with the most, sometimes you really do just need to write something down or speak about it to others to really see what you should be trying to take away from any sort of situation, rather than keeping it bottled up.

    1. Olive Garden is “just a job” until you spend time reflecting on your experience, thinking about what you’ve learned and how you can apply that learning in the future.

      Reflection in particular is what I feel is most likely to make someone see something as more than "just a job." Whether positive or negative, it is more likely that you are focused on the task at hand, whereas later on you're more likely to have some sort of time where there is not anything else that demands your attention to the point you don't really have the focus to think about it very much.