Oops, this blog post was never posted on Wednesday for reasons I don't know, but it's here now!
I can roller-blade and snowboard, but apparently I cannot ice skate. Last Sunday a few of my friends were home and I went ice-skating with them.
I've never gone before so it was something new and exciting. When I was lacing up my skates I watched others slide over the ice with ease and it made me want to hurry up and try.
As I stepped out onto the cold ice I realized this was going to be a lot harder to stand up straight than it looked. Of course all of my friends left me behind and started off without me. As I was struggling to skate by myself I stayed close to the wall of the rink just in case I felt as if I was going to fall.
I envyed my friends as they kept passing me by and I just wanted to leave. I hated ice-skating already. I kept trying to get the hang of it even though I couldn't figure out how to stop.I still wanted to leave the majority of the time I was there.
I started to think about it; why was I getting so frustrated and angry. I knew I was going to have some trouble learning but I didn't expect no one to help teach me, I was all by myself on the rink. There was people all around me of course, but I was on my own trying to figure out how to skate.
Just like college, there will be people all around you most of the time but that doesn't mean they will help you when you need it. Trying to ice-skate all by myself was just an example, a taste, of what i'm going to run into in college, learning how to problem solve without any help.
In addition I was looking up articles about comfort zones for people at jobs and at college. I came across this interesting one for personal and professional growth at http://www.cdnbizwomen.com/articles/lockwood4.html. It had some very good points and made me wonder how I can be more open minded about many different aspects of my life that I always keep the same.
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