More About Me

Here you can see my parents B.C. ?before children?

I am a mash up of my very different parents. My Mom and Dad have been together since my mom was 16. My Dad was a teacher at my Mom?s high school; keep in mind this was the ?70s, people. Despite their 17-year age gap they have never separated or divorced. They have almost nothing in common, except their love for me of course.

My Mom has an English-Irish background. Her side of the family is all about having fun. I grew up more with these people around. My Father?s side of the family lives on the east coast, making the bonding family experience more difficult. He has a very interesting background. He was born in Lithuania (a small Eastern European country that used to be part of the Soviet Union). He was born right in the middle of WWII and has memories of being shuffled through concentration camps before making it to Canada by the age of 4. His traditions are more about hard work and education. He finds no need for frivolous activities like having fun.

Having these two separate parenting styles would make you think I might have lost my mind a long time ago, which could be very possible. Instead, I feel that these two opposing views on life have made me into a well-rounded individual. I believe in working hard, and partying about as hard, ha-ha (I can ?ha-ha? in my own blog, right?) I make sure to get all my homework finished before I start doing anything remotely related to fun. Yet sometimes I end up doing not-so-fun things like cleaning to postpone having to do homework, which works out fairly well for my boyfriend, who does not enjoy the cleaning aspect of living on your own. But once all my work is finished for the day, I really enjoy being around my friends and family.

We really enjoy playing games, any kind of game really. I have an extensive collection of board games, as well as almost every video game system that?s come out. My Dad has a big love for electronics, so he?s always hooking me up with the latest and greatest. One of the favorite games more recently would have to be BUZZtrivia on the PS3. It?s an interactive trivia game that I usually win. Ha ha ha, well?? I?m a winner. I am just a smidge competitive; well if I?m going to keep it real I?m a lot competitive. It?s something I?ve actually had to work on over the years. I realized if I always win and act like I really care about the outcome of a game then no one wants to play with me.

Self Reflection: Learning from my mistakes

I?ve had some pretty big falling outs with really close friends regarding issues with my character. Some faults I have that I am constantly working on include:

Control

I have a tendency to try and tell people what to do all the time. It?s my way of caring; if I care enough about you to tell you what I think is best then that means, at least in my head, that I love you. This has not worked out so well for me to say the least.

Over Analyzing

My mind is always going a mile a minute. I have to stop my brain from going down certain ?thought paths? as I think of them. It takes a lot of willpower to control what you think about.

Always being ?right?

It?s so hard for me to think I?m wrong about something. It happens so rarely that when it does happen, I have a hard time accepting it. Crazy, right?

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Source: http://blogs.csusb.edu/coyotecalling/2012/10/more-about-me/

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