I can’t really
say I have experienced a lot of things since I’m usually just at home playing
online games, talking to people online, writing, or drawing. I do occasionally
go to parties, but not that much anymore considering I’ve been very busy with
school stuff. I also have just turned eighteen last December. Now eighteen is
already considered an adult, and, with that being said, I haven’t really
experienced many things ever since “becoming” an adult. However, if I have to
pick an experience that is meaningful to me, I will pick my work experience on
the summer of 2014.
Being a guy who
rarely goes out into the public, working for the first time was a very
meaningful experience to me. I got to earn money, bought myself a new phone,
and most importantly, get some source of physical labor. However, earning money
and buying things I have wanted is not as important as the things I have
learned while working. One of them is teamwork.
I was working as
a mover (someone who moves things from one place to another) and it was a very
exhausting and physically consuming. Thankfully, I wasn’t moving stuff alone. I
was in a team. At first, I didn’t really know what to do in the job because I
was new. My co-workers kindly showed me the ropes and treated me like one of
their own. They taught me how to effectively use space to fit cargo in a way
that saves space. I was taught how to hold certain things a way that won’t hurt
any part of my body if they are heavy. They also taught me not to work alone if
the job is too hard for a single person, such as transferring heavy equipment
from one building to another. After a month, I was trusted enough to do some small
and simple jobs on my own, and I have practically memorized which building was
which. For two months during my summer break, I worked hard until I kind of
hurt my back, which made me stop working.
This experience
has taught me valuable lessons that I wouldn’t have learned just by attending
school. Sure, school may have taught me how to work in a team, but teamwork in
a job environment is different than working together on a school project. In a
work environment, there has to be trust and I have to learn quickly to be able
to adapt to certain situations. I’ve learned how to work in a team more
efficiently, and ask for clarifications if I’m not sure what to do. I admit I’m
still kind of shy with asking questions, but I’m slowly starting to open up a
bit.
Real world experience does indeed offer a lot to us in terms of learning, and there is nothing quite like that first job to show us a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteDaryl, you are indeed shy but you are the kindest person I have ever met. I never knew that working would lead someone to appreciate the teamwork that was being done but you are right. Teamwork helps a lot, some of us are very independent but sometimes we will somebody else’s help if not physically then mentally. You have such a big heart and I hope you are always opened to learning new things even though you are not a fan of going out. It’s good to take a break and experience what’s out there.
ReplyDeleteI too wrote my final blog about my experience with my first job. However, my blog was a little more about the difficulties of trying to actually get a job (It was with fast food, you can imagine how that was). I also know that team work is a big deal when it comes to any job, and for someone who spends most of their time alone (like myself) it can be very difficult trying to work with different kinds of people who have very different attitudes and work ethics. Overall I know that I was proud of myself when I was working my first job, so I’m sure that you were very proud as well.
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