We all want to be happy but the definition to what we consider being “happy” varies within each person. In order for my level of happiness to increase I need to find ways in which I can express myself in my own unique way. As a child growing up and even now as a teenager I have come to realize that in order for me to be happy I need to be able to voice or illustrate my opinions. In elementary school my teachers would always call my house because they considered me to be too talkative. The fact that I am an artist helps me with expressing myself because it is a lot easier for me to illustrate my feelings, emotions and my point of view towards things. When I encounter a problem I like to voice my opinion and discuss the situation. I feel like conversing or drawing things out helps me overcome certain obstacles.
I know that I need to express myself mainly because whenever I get a chance to voice my opinion I take advantage of it and I make sure that my point gets across. I also make sure that whenever I have a problem I talk it out or write about it even if it’s only for my eyes to see. My body forces me to say how I feel and where I stand regarding my opinion. Being a person that expresses themselves as much as possible I am also a very good listener. I enjoy to hear what other people are thinking and how they feel. Hearing what others have to say has a great impact on the way I feel about the person and the way I portray their personality. Realizing that I like to express myself helped me learn a lot about the kind of person I am and what kind of things would make me happier in life. It is easy to know what would make you happier but the hard part, I would have to say, is taking action towards achieving your ultimate goal.
The first time I can recall ever noticing that I needed to express in order to be happier with education was in fifth grade. My teacher’s name was Mr. Guerero. He was very strict and all of the students were scared of him. None of my class mates ever tried breaking his rules. In his class I was considered the worst student mainly because he said I talked to my friends too much. He also would always call my house and tell my mother “Emely is very talkative. She just waits until I start lesson to start talking”. My mother would ground me and put me on punishment. The funny part is that every time I did speak it wasn’t in order to converse and interact with my friends, it was because I could not understand the lesson and I would ask one of my classmates hoping that they could explain the work to me clearer than how the teacher was. I always got penalized for something that I thought was helping me out and making me understand things a lot clearer. I always thought I was the kid until I got a little older and realized why I conversed so much.
I was very artistic even as a child growing up. In math whenever I made pie graphs or bar graphs I tried my best to incorporate some kind of my creativity into it. I would draw in the spaces that would have needed to be colored in. I also really enjoyed doing projects whether it was by myself or with others. I felt like researching the information was very interesting, then putting it onto paper was even better. In high school most of my teachers gave us a choice on whether we wanted to write an essay about our topic or do a presentation on it. I would always choose making a presentation because I know it would keep me interested and motivated. While doing anything artistic I feel like I’m in a state of flow. I focus on what I am doing and thoughts, information and ideas seem to come to mind a lot faster while I’m doing this. When I was younger I really disliked to take notes but as I grew up I really changed the way I felt about note taking. I taught myself how to look at writing as a form of art. I change my inc colors in order to make my notes look a little more interesting. Some words will be in one color while other words are in another color. I also capitalize some words that are important or put stars next to the points that I have to remember. I will also place hearts next to the things that I like or the things that I am interested in. By looking at note taking in this matter I tend to remember what is most important and what is most interesting in the passage.
By communicating with others I am happier and much more confident about my education. While communicating with others I get a chance to hear things from their point of views which makes the experience in or outside the classroom much more interesting. It helps me see things from another perspective other than mine. Sometimes the other person sees or hears things that you did not. And they always say “Two heads are better than one”
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