Emotions

Some emotions can be easily expressed while others may be difficult. I am a typical male who does not like to share or show certain emotions. A few emotions that are difficult for me to share are: Pain, Sadness, or Sickness. I feel that if the people around me see me like one of these things they will think of me as a weak male. When I have people who care and depend on me around me a lot the last thing I want them seeing is me hurt, sick or sad. I want to be in good health, strong, and always in a good mood. I think that society makes us feel this way. Society makes us as guys feel as though it is a bad thing to show our emotions. In some ways maybe I could be a little more open with them but as I stated earlier I don't want people looking at me and thinking that I am weak. I do have an emotion that I show quite easily, and that is frustration. I tend to get frustrated and upset quite often. I feel that this is because of the amount of stress I have in life. I work full time, go to school full time, and have a girlfriend that I live with. This doesn't sound too terrible. And its not... I make it more stressful than it needs to be and therefore get frustrated when I don't get enough time to myself. This is something that I need to work on. I need to create more time for myself so I do not get the feeling of overwhelming stress and frustration so much. I think having more time to myself will eliminate some of that stress and overall make it easier on those around me who have to deal with this frustration.

7 Core Competencies

I believe that I have two strong points in communication. The first is that I like to feel that I hold up my end of a conversation well. When I am talking to someone, I like to feel that they are listening to me and that they care about what I am talking about. If someone gets the feeling that I am not listening to them when they are talking to me, I would hope that they would let me know because I hate the feeling. The second strong point I feel I have is honesty in my communication. I tell it like it is. I do not like to lie and tell someone something that is not true or if it is not how I really feel.

I am only human and do feel that I have a couple of weak points. The first is tactfulness. I sometimes phrase things in the wrong way and they come off as blunt or disrespectful. I do not mean to be hurtful or disrespectful when I talk it just comes off that way. My second weak point is behavior flexibility. I find myself talking to my girlfriend the same way I would talk to one of my buddies or a person from work. This sometimes gets me in trouble because again I come off as a bit harsh.

1st Time

Well I've never blogged before or really paid any attention to it when I heard the word "blog." But now that it is required I thought I should try it out and see how it works?