My conversation with Grace last night had me thinking a lot about what it means to be a well-rounded individual. I don’t really have a clean definition of what “well-rounded” means in its entirety because I am always reforming my idea of the “individual” and pushing the envelope in looking at to what degree experience plays a part in shaping who I am and what I think of myself.
For myself I’d like to focus on the developing the following:
1. The curiosity to continuously learn, explore and experience
2. The ability to see from multiple perspectives but hold close to my own values
3. The courage and confidence to act on my passions, in favor of my values and without fear of age, inexperience or failure.
Getting involved and getting experience has a lot to do with the way I understand “well-rounded.” I’m excited because I have noticed that a lot of what I’d like to start doing is appearing to me in opportunities I stumble upon randomly.
For example, I’ve been dying to go to India and I’m also super interested in studying Holistic Practice and other alternative methods of healing. Global College at Long Island City University has recently announced a program that encompasses them both. Also, my intro to Journalism class has me thinking about how I can travel and write for a cause I care about and that is basically what the Seattle based organization Common Language Project does, and I found out that they hold workshops. Randome discoveries as these make me feel like I am headed in the right direction.
Phelicia - I really like your musings at the beginning. I bet there are link you could have found to people who are also thinking about these things. Remember, you want to take advantage of the medium in which you're working - and as this is blogging, one of the big tools you have is being able to link to other writing or images to expand on your ideas. Also, when ever you mention an institution, you should always link on it (Global College at Long Island, Common Language Program.) And i think your links are in sort of weird places, like "both" instead of "programs." Also, you're short links.
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