Though with the strengths of a �Leave it to Beaver� life, I am also burdened with its weaknesses. My weakest areas are in those of miscommunication with others, an overused theme in the sitcom, and the inability to multitask goals, apparent in the half hour show only able to deal with one issue at a time. Miscommunications tend to arise with me because I tend to get impatient when I am stressed. The more impatient I get I will become increasingly short with people and will get so busied as to not fully explain myself. The reason for this is stemmed from my other iniquity, a one track mind. I am a person of great conviction and perseverance and will wrap myself up so fully in a subject as to neglect other things. It has become so bad that I have neglected basic needs like food and drink, sleep, certain school assignments. My feeling about it is that I must complete it and that I will not do anything else until I can assure myself of its completion. A solution for this problem, and thus the other, too, has been set into implementation and is in the course of being neutralized. I am attempting to rid myself of it by taking on tasks and projects at the same time so that it will force me to learn the traits I need to remedy the situation. Time management, patience, balancing resources and effective communication are all attributes that I will gain from the proceedings.
The greatest wisdom that I have learned is the importance of family in any pursuit; I do not mean family in the sense of family relations but rather in the close knit sense of fellowship. Everyone advocates the necessity of team work and mutual respect, but they never go into the importance of the depth that is needed. A group of people who work together can work okay because they have mutual respect and synonymous goals. But a small family will be able to do the work better because they not only share what just people do, but they also possess a genuine care and deep seeded trust in their fellows. This intimacy allows them to better comfort and support one another more also does it more effectively. With this advantage, it is no doubt that the family group will always prevail over and succeed more then just a group working together. I have seen this in all things I have been a part of whether it is drama, or Key Club, or NHS, or the wrestling team. The ones that develop a family sense always accomplish more and does it better.
Because of the lesson learned from being a part of family organizations, I truly want to become a person in an equal partnership in them. I do not want to be in a group with a hierarchy per say, but I want to be person who could function in place where everyone is equal with one another. There is not one person whose opinion is valued or weighted more, but that the group moves together and acts as one with the same thoughts, mind and convictions. And I want to be a person that can function in that situation.