Karl Weick's model on Retrospective Sense Making was interesting to me and complex at the same time. I always believed that many of my outcomes were from careful planning and organization, but after reading the short caption on "Making Sense of Your Equivocal Past," I began to understand that perhaps my actions later explained their meaning or result. Humans are the only living beings, as far as I can tell, that reflect back on their actions to gather meaning. I have yet to see my cat act and then ponder on her actions after knocking over her food dish. I believe Steve Jobs says it best, "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect your future." (117)
In reflecting back on my life's journey I can see where my actions have taken me. Originally, I wanted to be a film major. However, my passion for helping people and my desire to promote positive change has lead me to a career in public service, and an education in Public Administration. Where has your journey taken you? Do the dots connect?
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Wow, that was a thought provoking post you made. I am reminded of all of the choices you've made in life being equally important; going back in time and changing things isnt an option because those things shaped who you are. In reflection, I can say that as much as some of the things I have done in life sucked, I dont want to change them, they made me who I am and I happen to like the person I see in the mirror every day. I always feel that there is some inner driving force to the things we do. To answer the question you posed I too have changed majors. Originally I was a graphic design major, switched to behavioral science and psychology and now I am a communications studies student with a minor in humanities. I think I want to do HR as that seems like what most of my training has been for and I like helping people. The dots connect, but it isnt exactly the image I would have come up with ahead of time.
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