1. I must admit that I failed at being a good big. Within my organization of the Asian American Student Union we are assigned bigs and littles. The purpose of a big is to show their little the ropes around campus and hang out with them and get them acclimated to the college life. Well all that basically happens fall semester, by the time spring rolls around your little is pretty much your friend. I failed at being a good big and making contact with my littles. It's honestly my fault because all I really do is stay at home.
2. I learned that as a big I should really reach out to my littles more because college can be a tough time for any one and I wasn't there in their times of need. I don't even have to hang out with them, I learned that a little catch up messaging is really all they need to let things off their chest.
3. Failure I think is needed in order to succeed. I'm a firm believer in one step back two steps forward. You have to learn from failure in order to succeed further in life. I think this class helped me cope with failure because the assignments made me go out into the world and talk to people. Sometimes you'll get rejected but you can't let that stop you from continuing to talk to other people. I personally handle failure by giving myself a pep talk which really helps me emotionally. The pep talk helps me tweak myself in a way so I am in a better position to succeed. I am definitely more willing to take a risk now than I was 4 months ago.
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ReplyDeleteThis assignment is helpful, because it helps you look at yourself and know where to go next. I actually have a very similar experience to you that occurred a couple semesters ago - I was a big for a student at my business club, and we barely met up throughout the semester and I definitely should have been better at that.
Check out my blog here: http://ent3003sinon.blogspot.ie/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html
I appreciate that you were able to talk about an experience such as this one. It can be easy to place blame on other things and it's really cool you acknowledged what you could have done better. I think your littles understand more than you would expect though but it's good to reflect on situations like that! Here's the link to my post if you're interested. http://rachelcmead.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure-rachel-mead.html
ReplyDeleteIts hard to admit when you have made a wrong decision related to others. I think it took a lot of courage to own up to the fact that you could have been a better Big. It is important to remember that we are often given second chances. Just because you may have not been the best Big in college doesn't mean you could be a good Big for the rest of life. I wish you the best of luck in your venture!
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