One way in which the outside world
has influenced me, is when I started learning Spanish. When I went to college
and started taking classes I decided that it made perfect sense to learn the
language and I started getting interested. This interest was brought on by the
many Spanish speakers in this country. I thought to myself that it would make
me smarter, better rounded, and a better communicator. Just the thought of
being able to speak another language and to be able to speak to others that you
normally can’t, opened up the world.
Something that happened as my own choice of
creativity was becoming an eagle scout. When I was a cub scout my parents kind
of forced me to do it, but over the years I really enjoyed it and chose to keep
with it out of my own decisions. I chose what merit badges to do and I was
determined to get eagle. I guess this event in my life stemmed from my love for
the outdoors. I like camping and being outside so I influenced myself to stay
with it.
When it comes to influence over our
lives I think about 65% is determined by society and 35% is determined by
personal desire. Most decisions are influenced by “what’s this person going to
think” or “does this look good”. People take the opinions of other people very seriously
and let it mold the good majority of everyday actions. Now when your home or in
private or just on occasion everybody forgets and doesn’t care what others
think and just do what they want. Although everybody does wish that they
influenced themselves 100% that’s not the case.
Living in a society as most Humans
do is something we’ve done in order to help each other out in our lives. We
depend on each other for support in life. Weather its help in farming, building
shelter, hunting, or any other things in life we need support from others to do
it effectively. On our own it would be difficult to get everything that one needs
to survive done on time. Yes our social identity does increase our
responsibility of others. We need to be more responsible so that we don’t put
others in danger. We need to help others out of danger so that we can continue
to benefit from their help. Being part of a community helps us feel safe and
somewhat secure from the outside elements of the natural world. You can depend
on those around you if you really need to and you’re less likely to die.
Society also gives people a sense of belonging by giving them a position that
they can help the community benefit with. If you help the community survive
longer than it gives you a sense of worth. Also it allows for people to
concentrate fully on one job instead of minimally on multiple jobs. There is a
reason why people don’t like camping or going out into the wilderness and this
is because of the lack of civilization. This scares people and makes them want
to leave.
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