Going from a senior in high school being on top of the social chain, involved in multiple organizations, being an athlete, and being a leader to being a lowly college freshman shook my world up. The noise from outer accomplishment and praised distracted me from focusing on who I am. Getting into college took all that noise away and left me alone with myself, allowing me to become more in touch with myself. The process of learning who I was all throughout the first semester of college has increased my level of emotional intelligence and ability to control my emotions. I have learned how to more accurately determine what emotion I am feeling and for what reason, along with recognizing others emotions. By being able to do this, I am more properly able to handle the emotions I feel and more decisively communicate with others by controlling my response based on their emotions. Being more emotionally intelligent helps me in any social situation, but will undoubtedly come in handy in a different
Going from a senior in high school being on top of the social chain, involved in multiple organizations, being an athlete, and being a leader to being a lowly college freshman shook my world up. The noise from outer accomplishment and praised distracted me from focusing on who I am. Getting into college took all that noise away and left me alone with myself, allowing me to become more in touch with myself. The process of learning who I was all throughout the first semester of college has increased my level of emotional intelligence and ability to control my emotions. I have learned how to more accurately determine what emotion I am feeling and for what reason, along with recognizing others emotions. By being able to do this, I am more properly able to handle the emotions I feel and more decisively communicate with others by controlling my response based on their emotions. Being more emotionally intelligent helps me in any social situation, but will undoubtedly come in handy in a different