summer activities, thoughts and stuff
finally! i actually have some time to aimlessly surf the net and get back to this blogging business for once. i'm sure it won't last long. summer seems like it's always a busy time, yet there's nothing really new to report. i'm still making jewelry, working, and helping my friends and family with their reunion/wedding/shower invitations. we have started filming on elegy, my hubby's new film project which has been really fun and a little exhausting, i'd say 85% fun and 15% exhausting.
i made my first batch of fresh, garden salsa a few days ago. this is the first year i've grown my own onions and salsa-ready peppers. i usually just grow some green bells, but these definitely make a difference. plus i threw some hot ones in there to give it a nice, fresh kick.
since i'm already all over the place with this post, i might as well keep going... one of my best friends has her masters in psychology and lately we've been discussing the myers-briggs type indicator and other similar personality assessments. i have always found the topics of behavior and psychology to be extremely fascinating, and the older i get the more i realize how truly useful and helpful it would be for everyone to really have an understanding of them.
growing up i think we all believe that deep down everyone processes information the same way, then as we get older and notice that people are different, a lot of communication barriers get built up. misunderstandings between different personality types become battles over who is right and who is wrong when instead they should be conversations that help explain what each person in the situation is thinking, feeling and needing. i've also started learning about a method of communication that helps people express their feelings objectively rather than accusingly. it's called the DEAR MAN method, and it makes so much sense. it's such a good tool to know, it really upset me that i hadn't even heard about it until now! i could have really used this about 15 years ago.
i'm not going to say that learning algebra was a complete waste of time, but i think we could substitute at least a semester of learning what "x" is for a mandatory class on personality types, behaviors and communication skills. i think everyone in the world would benefit from learning how to correspond more openly, understandingly and objectively.
*steps off soapbox*
i made my first batch of fresh, garden salsa a few days ago. this is the first year i've grown my own onions and salsa-ready peppers. i usually just grow some green bells, but these definitely make a difference. plus i threw some hot ones in there to give it a nice, fresh kick.
since i'm already all over the place with this post, i might as well keep going... one of my best friends has her masters in psychology and lately we've been discussing the myers-briggs type indicator and other similar personality assessments. i have always found the topics of behavior and psychology to be extremely fascinating, and the older i get the more i realize how truly useful and helpful it would be for everyone to really have an understanding of them.
growing up i think we all believe that deep down everyone processes information the same way, then as we get older and notice that people are different, a lot of communication barriers get built up. misunderstandings between different personality types become battles over who is right and who is wrong when instead they should be conversations that help explain what each person in the situation is thinking, feeling and needing. i've also started learning about a method of communication that helps people express their feelings objectively rather than accusingly. it's called the DEAR MAN method, and it makes so much sense. it's such a good tool to know, it really upset me that i hadn't even heard about it until now! i could have really used this about 15 years ago.
i'm not going to say that learning algebra was a complete waste of time, but i think we could substitute at least a semester of learning what "x" is for a mandatory class on personality types, behaviors and communication skills. i think everyone in the world would benefit from learning how to correspond more openly, understandingly and objectively.
*steps off soapbox*
posted by dub at 6:46 AM
1 Comments:
Hear, hear! I completely agree. It's so difficult to communicate with people who don't think like you do; it should definitely be compulsary to learn this stuff in school!
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