iExamen, White

 

Liam White

Dr. Ellis

EN 101

October 3, 2021

iExamen 1

              I believe that taking time to reflect is very important. Not only is it a skill that can help you be more mindful it can also help find a sense of peace in the craziness of life. Being that I believe that reflection is, and self-observation is very important, I went into this assignment thinking that it would not be too hard. I do not have that many people that I come in contact with, so I am more focused on the interactions with my girlfriend, the one person that I interact with all day long.

              I and my girlfriend have been together for four years, so there is a kind of ease that goes along with talking and interacting all day. The communication that we have is from all facets of the world. From body language to actual conversation, we are easily able to understand what the other is feeling and able to make conversation in a way that makes each other happy and productive and good happy day. Additionally, I find that when talking to her I am less to the point. When talking to strangers, specifically those with who I talk on the phone (apple support) or those who engage in a customer transaction ( buying something from a gas station) I tend to be very short and almost coming off as mean. I am not against talking to people that I do not know; I just tend to want to get those things out of the way. However, when talking to my girlfriend I tend to want to talk and develop conversations, to the point that I could talk with her for hours about nothing.

              Additionally, I notice that the forms that I talk to other people that I need to get in touch with, texting and phone calls, have two different tones.  When I communicate over text, I again am very short. I do not use full words and tend to have an almost angry or annoyed tone. Yet, When I am communicating over a phone call, I do not have that appearance, instead, I am happy to be talking and have a nice tone. I believe this is because I do find texting rather inconvenient, and like talking to strangers I view it as something that I would rather just get over with.

              Last, was this hour of no electronics. I did not see a change at all in how I communicated. I used to depend heavily on my phone, but over the past year, I have made a switch to not spending a lot of time on electronics or communicating with them that much. Instead, this hour was a time just like any other time that I spend with my girlfriend without being on the phone. My communication did not change and the way that I view the world did not change because I already do not spend that much time on the phone.

              I realized that everyone has a need to communicate. That is the whole reason so many people are attached to their phones. I also realized that being nice helps. Being on the phone with customer service makes sit easy for me to want to yell at someone for not helping, but I realized that if I was just nice they would be more willing to help. I also realized that everyone communicating is like how the cells of an organism communicate. Little spirits of electricity moving that organism to its completion. Everyone doing what they think is important, but playing part in the bigger picture.

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