Update 1: So I've finally gotten my glasses that I've been needing for a few months now. I wore them out and to school for the first time today and it was a lot less climatic than I anticipated. I'm not sure why I thought it would make my day any different or that people would have treated me any different. I think I've come to the conclusion that I accepted people to make as big a deal about them as I did. I felt different wearing them but no one else seemed to feel different seeing me wearing them (which of course they wouldn't when I think about it), although friends and acquaintances(?) commented on them and did the thing where they point out to me that I had glasses on. I could rant forever about this. Moving on!
Update 2: Rain. It has been unusually cold in Australia even in FNQ which has been ridiculous so the whether has been oddly cold and rainy. This makes school unbearable. Because Australian schools are very open so everywhere is wet when it rains. There is no where to go that is not windy or rainy except the over crowded library. Its been horrible. My boots have been ruined, I'm pretty much always having a bad hair day and makeup is defiantly not worth the effort because it'll be immediately washed away. Although at the same time, I really do love this whether.
Update 3: The big exam that decides 50% of my OP for school is coming up in about 6 weeks which is absolutely terrifying. The two practice exams I've done have been a complete bust which destroyed all my confidence and it is terrifying. Enough of that!
Update 4: Gotta take my cat to the vet. She probably has a weird fungi, skin, gross thing that I gotta sort out.
Update 5: Thinking of doing more internet things. Maybe putting more effort into this blog? Maybe doing a YouTube thing? A podcast? Idk, how I would go with that. But maybe it is just another way of me procrastinating from what I should really be focusing on in my life.
I'm not sure what has motivated me to make a stupid generic update post but I've found it very therapeutic to type it all out and evaluate everything to myself. I think its been good and I'm going to do more of these.
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Thursday, 2 July 2015
READING PEOPLE
I've always loved to read. Ever since I can remember I've been reading. Being able to become part of another world that is so incredibly different, or startling similar to the one I live in is something that I, and I'm sure many others, find very appealing. Stories can pull from you every emotion you have. They make you feel happiness, amusement, frustration or whatever else and harness it and use it to immerse you further. When I read a book I can get lost in its pages for hours and hours and sometime get trapped for days, unable to put it down until I've finished.
Last year however I found myself reading far less than I used to. I was always on the internet reading webpages and not opening a book. So at the start of this year, as a sort of new years resolution, I made a point to read more books. As a result I'm now rarely without one, even at school I'd have one in my hands to read on the bus journey or between classes. As a result of this a girl in one of my classes, a girl that I know only from the occasional few word conversations, said to me; "Wow, you read a lot. I bet you're great at reading and understanding people...". This comment got me completely off guard. I am not know for being an overly social person, this girl barely knew me except for my name, but her comment was delivered with such conviction that I found myself nodding and agreeing with her.
As a result I have been pondering her statement for over a couple of months now. Does reading help you better understand others? Why? Could it be because through reading you become countless other individuals and have experienced many different points of view? I myself am not sure that reading has improved my skill at understanding people. Perhaps reading does help you understand others, help you empathize and discover their motives. I'm still thinking about this, and I've not yet reached an answer. What do you think?
Last year however I found myself reading far less than I used to. I was always on the internet reading webpages and not opening a book. So at the start of this year, as a sort of new years resolution, I made a point to read more books. As a result I'm now rarely without one, even at school I'd have one in my hands to read on the bus journey or between classes. As a result of this a girl in one of my classes, a girl that I know only from the occasional few word conversations, said to me; "Wow, you read a lot. I bet you're great at reading and understanding people...". This comment got me completely off guard. I am not know for being an overly social person, this girl barely knew me except for my name, but her comment was delivered with such conviction that I found myself nodding and agreeing with her.
As a result I have been pondering her statement for over a couple of months now. Does reading help you better understand others? Why? Could it be because through reading you become countless other individuals and have experienced many different points of view? I myself am not sure that reading has improved my skill at understanding people. Perhaps reading does help you understand others, help you empathize and discover their motives. I'm still thinking about this, and I've not yet reached an answer. What do you think?
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