I like to think that I am a spontaneous fun person. I like being on the go and having places to be, things to do, and people to see. I like living adventurously. I do things somewhat impulsively at times but so far nothing too bad has happened as a result of that. My idea of communicating with friends and family is by doing things with them. I go out with my friends to parties or to a friend’s house to hang out because that’s how I communicate that they are important to me. I go shopping with my mom or help her cook and that’s how we bond. My father and I like to go out to eat and travel to different parts of the world. As you can see, I do different things with different people depending on what it is we have in common. The point, however, is that they know I want to spend time with them.
I communicate how much I love people with how much time I spend with them. How I see it, if I didn’t care for you why would I spend a vast majority of my time with you? I have a limited amount of free time and there are lots of things I need to get around to in any given week. Relationships need to be nurtured and require real effort from both parties in order to maintain it, I know that. I have to spend my time wisely in order to balance my social life with school. But, I always make sure I spend even just a couple of hours with those that are important to me.
There are many different ways that people communicate, like through sports or music. Like Mr. Dara said, "When we get together, there's no words thrown away, no idle talk. We'll sit down, play drums, and just conversate musically". I have lots of friends who play instruments. When I hang out with these friends they usually all have their guitars in tow and end up “jamming” at least once before the end of the night. Other people like playing basketball, baseball, or hockey with their friends and bond over their common interest in the sport they play. If you don’t have any hobbies or talents like sports or music, you can do what I do. I use my personal/social life to communicate with others. I like to get friends together and go out to eat, to the movies, to a party, to the beach, wherever! The possibilities are endless! A good thing to remember is that there is no “right” way to communicate.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed reading my blog. I really like the points that you made about how you communicate. Like you stated it is a different interpretation of how people can communicate depending on what feels comfortable with them. When you stated that you communicate by how much time you spend with a person, that to me really nailed how important communication is. Like you said you only spend as much time with someone on how much you like that person and I think that can be said for almost anyone in the most part, some might not be aware of it but I do think that that is common thing we all do. I also like the point you made about how the friends that we chose to be around kind of reflect who we are. I have noticed, now that I think about, that I chose to be around people who are either musically incline or adventurous which I can kind of say describes me lol. And lastly, I love how you said that there is no right way of communicating, I completely agree with this! I like how you emphasized that people are unique and hence their communication will be as well. I’m like you I do not really have many hobbies, I just mostly love being near the ocean and music which comes from my musical background. My form of communication would defiantly be my piano; I do not know where I would be today if it was not for my piano it basically defines who I am.
ReplyDeleteI could not agree more that there is no right way to communicate with the ones that you care about. As someone that plays guitar, I am 100% guilty of being the guy that takes the guitar everywhere. I love to jam with the guys and it helps us release a lot of stress and basically “talk” with each other without ever saying a word. It is so easy to lose time and blow off the time that you want to spend with friends and family, but if we lose that, then we lose that connection that is so dear to us. Nowadays it is common for people to forget those who used to be near and dear to them, but there are still some that make a positive effort to keep everyone close, and keep them knowing how important they really are. It is interesting how you bond with your parents, it really is the small things that can help show how much you care and what they really mean to you. It seems as if the worth of the personal relationship has somehow been lost in recent years. I’m glad to see that some people are really trying to keep it strong and help it thrive.
ReplyDeleteHello there Alexis. I have just finished reading your blog and I quite enjoyed it. You chose a different prop than I did. As I read your blog, I further understood what the other prop was asking. I was so confused on what was being asked or said, so I chose the other. I’m glad you chose this one. I greatly enjoyed it simply by how you put it. You showed all of the ways on how you communicate and greatly backed it up with enthusiasm, and reasoning.
ReplyDeleteYou have put yourself in much of this blog by bringing in your personal life to explain your point. I like that because I often do it myself. It shows that you don’t care how other try to perceive your life. You just put yourself out there and if they like it, then they do, if not then oh well.
Regardless of what I have said, your point on how we communicate was extremely thoughtful. I’m with you 100% on this topic. You’re right on the many ways us, as a people, communicate. No matter what ethnicity you are, age, race, or sex we all communicate with each other in more ways than one. Words are not the only means of communication. I don’t think many people would have thought about this topic in the way you did. I know I sure didn’t. I was pretty close, but I there was still a different aspect that I didn’t consider as a result, or answer.