New year

Tomorrow is going to be the 18th day of 2014! That is craziness! Already this year I have celebrated two birthdays, gone through a week of finals with A's in both of my classes, and applied to be a tutor. Soon to come, I will be heading to Nebraska to spend a week with my best friend and then starting my fourth term in this journey to become a nurse. So much is happening already this year and it feels great! 

At the moment I am reading a book entitled "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...And it's All Small Stuff." I am working through it slowly and am currently stuck on the chapter about not interrupting people. Now, this one obviously seems like a no brainer, right? It is rude to interrupt someone when they are talking, right? But, honestly, until I read that chapter and then was consciously aware of my conversations, I had no idea how many times I interrupt people when talking to someone. 

You might be thinking "oh, well, she's rude and should learn some manners," but that's not the whole picture. I'm not interrupting someone on purpose! I'm trying to contribute to the conversation! 

My book told me that interrupting while someone is speaking is ourselves either consciously or subconsciously trying to speed the conversation along. But, if we were to take the time to let someone get their thoughts out, the conversation would flow so much better. 

Still working on this one...