Conflict--to avoid or not to avoid?
I try to avoid conflict if possible. Sometimes I'll get worked up about something, but I unhealthily tend to stew about it and vent to unsuspecting people who ask me how I'm doing (only close friends of course!). I've learned that that's how us introverts roll, though. We vent, extroverts stew. Usually. I'm sure there are exceptions to that, there are usually exceptions to every rule.
But overall, if there is conflict that I cannot avoid, I will face it. I am very thankful that I have very rarely had to deal with conflict, or when I have, I did not have to deal with it alone. Having somebody with you, a support system, especially when it is a fairly serious conflict, is very helpful (at least in my experience).
I don't think I really want to get into gory details about the kinds of conflicts that I have encountered, but like most things in life, many of them stemmed from miscommunication or misunderstandings. How much simpler life would be if nothing was ever misunderstood!
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On a different note--this weeks was our last full week here in Hawaii. I'm very sad. I would love to stay even just one more week. Three weeks is just enough time to love it here, and want to stay longer. It is also enough time for me to realize, yet again, that I would not want to live here permanently. It's great as a vacation spot, but Oahu at least is so congested with traffic that I think I would go crazy. It's also expensive.
Since this coming week is our last, we did school on Saturday and Sunday, so we will have Wednesday and Thursday free, no school to worry about. That will be wonderful! I plan on spending as much time as possible at the beach. We are also planning on going to this park to hike around on Monday, and the Intercultural Communication class will hopefully be going to Chinatown this week as well.
I'm loving every minute, and probably should be taking more pictures than I have been. I think that is something I am going to regret--not capturing more moments from this trip.
But overall, if there is conflict that I cannot avoid, I will face it. I am very thankful that I have very rarely had to deal with conflict, or when I have, I did not have to deal with it alone. Having somebody with you, a support system, especially when it is a fairly serious conflict, is very helpful (at least in my experience).
I don't think I really want to get into gory details about the kinds of conflicts that I have encountered, but like most things in life, many of them stemmed from miscommunication or misunderstandings. How much simpler life would be if nothing was ever misunderstood!
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On a different note--this weeks was our last full week here in Hawaii. I'm very sad. I would love to stay even just one more week. Three weeks is just enough time to love it here, and want to stay longer. It is also enough time for me to realize, yet again, that I would not want to live here permanently. It's great as a vacation spot, but Oahu at least is so congested with traffic that I think I would go crazy. It's also expensive.
Since this coming week is our last, we did school on Saturday and Sunday, so we will have Wednesday and Thursday free, no school to worry about. That will be wonderful! I plan on spending as much time as possible at the beach. We are also planning on going to this park to hike around on Monday, and the Intercultural Communication class will hopefully be going to Chinatown this week as well.
I'm loving every minute, and probably should be taking more pictures than I have been. I think that is something I am going to regret--not capturing more moments from this trip.
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| Just a little somethin' we saw on the North Shore on our way back to Pu'u Kahea |
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