Communication

I still like to keep in touch with many of my friends back home. There is only so much a person can do to keep in touch, without making the 2 hour drive to go and see them.  I have grown immensely, personality-wise, in the last couple of years. What this has done (and I am not afraid to admit it) has wholly changed the person that people see today. (Many of you who are reading this now, know exactly what I am talking about). I used to be the quiet  at the back of the class; however, now I am the one talking and making everyone laugh whenever I am around my friends or peers.

What I am getting at, is that by living so far away from my old friends, it is so hard to keep our friendship as strong as it would have been, back when I lived there.It is so hard to convey my emotions and personality through text messaging and Facebook! Don't get my wrong, these are extremely convenient ways of talking to people long distance (and even more so wasting countless hours of time, normally when I need to get something important done). Although these forms of communication are very, very convenient, they are often destructive to a person's personality that should be seen.

Back home, I could talk to someone for hours and still have them as interested in what I was saying as the minute I started; however, if I try messaging someone on Facebook or texting them, very crucial elements of communication are lost and their attention can only be held so long. I bet if you really thought about it, you didn't realize how often you actually use your hands, tone, volume and many other things to define your personality.

I believe that face-to-face communication, defines the person that I am today. I have learned some very good communication skills from both of my parents. My mom is a teacher and my dad is a manager of a big company. I really couldn't imagine my mother trying to teach her kindergartners through text messaging, or my dad trying to tell his employee how to do something through Facebook, because it's overly absurd.

Just something to think about!