I spoke earlier in my postings about the fact that one of my personal fallacies in my life is that I am a perfectionist but not only am I that I am also the type of person who every analyzes (everything). I have caught myself many times throughout this course over analyzing everything and then I find myself on top of that thinking too critically and I feel like I just cannot figure out how to step back and look at things from a broader perspective and not such a narrow one. I feel like I have been trained for so many years to do exactly what someone tells me to do and if it isn’t laid out clearly in directions my mind starts to analyze what it is and then I start to assume something that isn’t. I don’t necessarily think this is a bad thing I just think it is a part of me and something I have learned about myself thus far. I think a part of this stems from the fact that I have always been surrounded by people who at first told me to “think outside of the box” but then gave me parameters to live within (this is coming from an educational standpoint my parents were both free spirited hippies who let me fall oh my face until high school and then they decided that I need more boundaries – it will worked out wonderfully in that sense).
When I started this course my thought process was to analyze and read between the lines but what I am learning is that I don’t have to do that; in critical thinking you have the freedom to see things from both a broad and narrow perspective. If you focus in on one thing or a thought/idea you really are not thinking about “it” as a whole but more so as one piece of the puzzle; critical thinking is much more than one part of the puzzle but of all of the pieces put together. The circle method is a prime example, you have to be able to “go around the circle” and use all elements instead of picking a one or two; think of the circle as the whole and in order to complete the whole all parts have to be together.
I do not think there is one thing or one way to leave a lasting impression on anyone, I believe the person has to want that impression to stick with them. With every assignment and course I take I think each element of critical thinking will get branded into the back of my brain. I will be able to utilize those skills through the course of my career. I may not realize how much I am retaining right this minute because there is so much going on but years down the road I will find myself using the tools I learned in this course to better not only myself but also my career.
Personal Note: Sometimes I like to think that with every book I read, course I take or life experience I have, each one makes a positive effect on my life and the way I think about things and situations. I have to speak freely about a situation I am currently going through in my personal life which is a really hard long term relationship break up. I feel that these changes are going to positively affect the way I think. Right now I hate what I am feeling but I am learning to think about the situation differently and I will use the tools I am learning now to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself. I know I over analyze and have for some time which is part of the reason we broke up but these types of “life events” truly alter a person’s mindset and usually for the good. My mother always said “learn from your mistakes.”
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