Homework 7

1. My plan to do good work is simply do something I like, make money off of it, and provide entertainment or a solid response from those who come across it. Ideally, I would like to be a sports broadcaster when I'm done at Mason, and there will be an inherent amount of creativity that must go into that if I want to be any sort of success. You have to create your own identity, your own voice. You have to resonate with your audience and know who you are. And that would be good spot to display my inner-voice.

2. I suppose I always wonder at how seemingly so many people have such a determinant drive within that allows them to reach high levels of success. There's a reason I'll be an undergrad here until next year when I'm 24. I often lack that ambition and determination about so many things about life that I need to do, I guess I wonder how those people constantly buck the desire to not go all-out.

3. This is a Reddit post from last month that really helped me gain a new perspective on the stress I often applied to myself in life and how to gain a new perspective from it. It really helped me mentally calm down.

4. Since my goal is to be a broadcaster, there's no real right or wrong place for me to be. Having said that, I love this area. If I'm able to achieve my life goals while remaining in the area I've grown to love, then I'll consider that to be a success.

5. I'll actually give an example of someone I've unfollowed recently on Twitter, and why I felt the need to do it. He's one of my best friends but he's an incredibly, deliberately, rough around the edges kind of guy. His online presence in particular I often found to be loathsome and tiring, acting like a troll, or just generally an asshole. So I unfollowed him because I found it unnecessary to put so much wasted creative energy into getting mad at someone when I'm trying to get to a more positive outlook on life. And I'm definitely not the first person to complain about this to him, and I don't regret it for once second.

6. If I want to disagree with someone or something online, I do so in a relatively cordial manner. I find that adding caveats, emphasizing that something is my opinion and why it might not be right just because I think it is, and providing a well-written out reason as to why is better for everyone involved. People are less defensive, and even if they don't agree with what you say, it's much more likely to be productive than simply responding to a comment with "lol u suk". Or make it humorous. Someone once responded to a seemingly obvious tongue-in-cheek post on Reddit about something music related, I just responded "To be fair, my post was dripping in sarcasm." To me, it didn't insult him or escalate, but I was able to fairly address it.