Reflective Essay On Disorganized Experience

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One of my greatest downfalls is that I am very disorganized both at home and work. I find that when I have a lot going on in my life, and I am facing times of chaos my disorganized tendencies worsen. I find that when I am in a disorganized state of mind the rest of my world is just as disorganized. I have had this weakness for my entire life, and I have struggled to grow past it. Some ways that I try to keep it under control is to reorganize once a week. I try to clean my car, my desk and my room at least once a week to get rid of unnecessary things, and reorganize the necessities. I find my desk at work is more manageable because I have a spot for everything. New work gets put in a designated tray, completed work gets filed in the necessary …show more content…

I didn’t always have this skill, however my experience at the West Detention Centre exposed me to far more conflict than I ever thought I would be exposed to. I feel that working in an institution contributes to people attitudes, and I am a strong believer that one’s situation is only what you make of it. I was fortunate enough to used my conflict resolution skills to defuse the conflict that I was approached with. I was able to take the conflict and channel my energy into my work, not only benefiting my work ethic, but also aided in defusing the conflict. I have also come to realize that not al conflict in the work place is personal and needs to be dealt with appropriately. In my personal life, I deal with conflict by having a discussion with the person with the conflicting views. I like to put myself in the perspective of the other person and I will often ask myself, how I would feel if I were on the other side. That then gives me an opportunity to see the perspective of the other person, and I can better understand why they are feeling the way they are, and compare to how I’m feeling. Usually I am able to calm down work together with the person to work through the

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