Again ?

One major thing that I picked up during our class lecture which was about "Adaptive Structuration Theory" is that the things we do make up one big cycle which we call "life". How often have you heard of people telling you "You'll get used to it" or in Filipino "Masasanay ka rin" and "Sanayan lang yan"? One instance is when something new arrives in our daily lives. Obviously we're not used to in encountering that something but as it is going to become a regular thing for us, we just have to incorporate it into our lifestyle or our daily routines.

I believe that having a daily routine is essential because the routine itself is a system which we follow. When we miss out on one thing that we regularly do it bugs us the whole day. It's kind of like a map in our daily life. For example, when we go to school the first thing we do is go to class then take our break go to class again then go home. It’s that simple. Eventually we get tired or we sometimes feel that it’s eating us, that we’re stuck in a rut in our daily lives that’s why we sometimes do things that lets us get away from it all. Like hanging out or having dinner with friends, going on a date with that special someone, partying, etc. But some people merge these “escapes” with their lifestyle adding yet another thing to their routines.

These routines will sooner or later change, when a certain person experiences a transition in his/her life such as going to college, getting a job, or being a new parent. It’s just a matter of adapting to the changes and slowly being comfortable with them.

I remember back in highschool, we go to class at 7:30am and we end at 5:30pm, every single day. All of us had the same 1 hour lunch break and the 20 minutes recess break. When we get dismissed, we hang out in the school corridors or in the school grounds. It was the same thing over and over again. No one complained, because it was the system (The 7:30am-5:30pm), you have no choice but to follow or else there will be consequences. At first, it was very uncomfortable and very irritable to be seated the whole day in class. But sooner or later, we got used to it --- we adapted to it.

Before I end my blog I’m going to share my daily schedule. ;)

MWF                                                                                      

7:30 am – 11:30 am: School                        

11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Gym

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Time w/her

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: HWs

7:00 pm – 8: 00 pm: Dinner and Shower

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm: Studying

11:00pm – 5:30 am: Sleep

TTh

7:30 am – 10:00 am: School

10:00 am – 11:00 am: Jogging

11:00 am – 6:00 pm: Rest/Reading/Studying

6:00pm – 9:00 pm: Night Class (Thursdays)

9:00pm – 10:00pm: Dinner and Shower

10:00pm – 11:00pm: Read

11:00pm – 7:30am: Sleep

… and that’s my daily schedule. Repetitive right ? But I like it that way. It gives me direction, and it tells me what should I do next.

Yes ! Group Work!

Groupthink for me is a collaboration of multiple minds in one particular subject. It's like the group works or group projects we have in school. I for one, personally enjoy having this kinds of experiences because I learn from my group mates, I acquire new ideas from them, and more. It's not simply of pitching in idea after idea after idea, but it's also a matter of learning from others. Sometimes, it's difficult for someone to share their own idea because of two things :

1.) He/she is afraid of being judged by his/her peers. Therefore he/she remains silent and just nods along. Knowing deep inside that his/her idea is tenfolds better than the group agreed on.
2.) So we can finish quickly and go home.

There's more, another reason that I enjoy working in groups is, you gain friends. People that had been randomly grouped with you, you get to know them. There's also the opportunity to practice leadership and people skilsl while in a group.

On a kind of a negative note, one thing I like about groups is, you can sometimes just rely on others to do the work and then you still get a good grade come submission. Haha. Kidding aside, these things for me are just some that I take notice in when I experience groupthink. :)