adjusting it’s happening as I speak
I bet each one of you have shifted in
your seat at least once before I started
my talk and if you think this whole
discussion is going to be on the single
word you are completely correct but
after reading this out
I’ve noticed that adjusting is way more
complex what is it Justin exactly if I
were to give you a shallow example it
would be something like a meaningless
action brushing an eyelash off your face
the kind of adjusting I’m going to be
talking about is more on the mental side
of things adjusting can range from
breakups to moving comparing jesting to
a simple object would be comparing
adjusting to a cup of water with an ice
cube in it let’s say if the ice cube is
you you with all the lessons that you’ve
learned from previous experiences and
pieces of personality that you’ve gained
during those experiences let’s say that
the water around the ice cube is the new
atmosphere you’re entering including all
the lessons of people in that atmosphere
of learned and pieces of personality
that they have gained both the ice cube
and the water have lessons to teach now
I’m going to leave this here and come
back to it later adjusting what has
occurred in my life has been moving
I’ve only moved once and already I can
tell you that it isn’t as simple as
shifting your seat ico de CES the
American Community School of Abu Dhabi
it was the only other school I’d gone to
not counting preschool or azar I thought
it was a big school at the time moving
to a sour hadn’t we changed my mind but
the point is I know my way around it
anywhere to stock up on Aaronson
Gatorade where to spin around in circles
when it was raining and we’re the best
ramps were to ride your friend’s scooter
down you could say it was my home away
from home my group of friends grew as I
did some intelligent some kind all of
them unbelievably funny I’ve known them
for as long as I can recall and for how
long that was they’ve supported and
cared for me as for my teachers they’ve
all taught me the basic school stuff and
to go along with it
lessons I’ll remember for life they
taught me that success comes from time
and effort and that reaching success
isn’t always easy one of my teachers is
mentioned that when it comes to moving
from a place you love there’s going to
be a point in time where you break down
completely a point in time where you
realize that you may never see this
place these people ever again for some
it may come early the night before your
last day of school or during your last
day of school for others it may take
longer like on the plane right there
I assume now that I realized later on
because I’d never moved before on my
last day of school it had never happened
when I landed it had never happened but
on the night before my first day of azar
it did I was up late that night I broke
down crying over the sink in my bathroom
while I was doing so I was thinking to
myself it happened I was also thinking
that I might never tell anyone but Here
I am
Thank You TEDx for exposing me my first
day here at azar it went better than
expected I made some friends
wasn’t as intimidated by the size of the
school as it was before I met some
amazing teachers I found it strange
having to introduce myself to so many
people or the only other time I’d
introduce myself was when new kids came
to my school but in the end I survived
getting to this new atmosphere we
ourselves feel the need to change with
it
what we don’t realize is that people are
going to want to talk to someone
different and to be different you need
the lessons that you’ve learned from the
past to shape you so in truth you don’t
have to change you could stay exactly
the same as you were before but are you
really going to with the pressure of
fitting in and representing our new
school we tend to steer off the idea of
being ourselves and in the beginning
it’s okay if you do because we all do in
fact we may never find ourselves all we
really need to make sure of is that
we’re on the right track on this track
right now
I’ve got teachers and a group of friends
that are just as incredible
as my old ones in a learning environment
that I’m more than comfortable in but
even so I think about Abu Dhabi I think
about my home I realized that I was
happy with the way I was living but if I
had the choice to go back I wouldn’t
know how to choose I was happy there but
now I can easily find that same
happiness here and I’m sure most of you
guys can right now – moving is different
but this difference has has given me the
understanding of multiple perspectives
if we get back to my cup of water the
ice cube eventually melt into the water
and the water will eventually become
cooler than it was before
and when it does that’s when the new
atmosphere is adjusted to you and you
have adjusted to the new atmosphere the
ice cube didn’t melt any faster and the
water didn’t get any warmer they both
adjusted to each other the new kid isn’t
the only person who’s adjusting we all
are all the time you don’t have to feel
the need to change and the environment
doesn’t have to either we just need to
let both the ice cube and the water
settle into each other letting this
happen just makes this a cooler community Cheers
I bet each one of you have shifted in
your seat at least once before I started
my talk and if you think this whole
discussion is going to be on the single
word you are completely correct but
after reading this out
I’ve noticed that adjusting is way more
complex what is it Justin exactly if I
were to give you a shallow example it
would be something like a meaningless
action brushing an eyelash off your face
the kind of adjusting I’m going to be
talking about is more on the mental side
of things adjusting can range from
breakups to moving comparing jesting to
a simple object would be comparing
adjusting to a cup of water with an ice
cube in it let’s say if the ice cube is
you you with all the lessons that you’ve
learned from previous experiences and
pieces of personality that you’ve gained
during those experiences let’s say that
the water around the ice cube is the new
atmosphere you’re entering including all
the lessons of people in that atmosphere
of learned and pieces of personality
that they have gained both the ice cube
and the water have lessons to teach now
I’m going to leave this here and come
back to it later adjusting what has
occurred in my life has been moving
I’ve only moved once and already I can
tell you that it isn’t as simple as
shifting your seat ico de CES the
American Community School of Abu Dhabi
it was the only other school I’d gone to
not counting preschool or azar I thought
it was a big school at the time moving
to a sour hadn’t we changed my mind but
the point is I know my way around it
anywhere to stock up on Aaronson
Gatorade where to spin around in circles
when it was raining and we’re the best
ramps were to ride your friend’s scooter
down you could say it was my home away
from home my group of friends grew as I
did some intelligent some kind all of
them unbelievably funny I’ve known them
for as long as I can recall and for how
long that was they’ve supported and
cared for me as for my teachers they’ve
all taught me the basic school stuff and
to go along with it
lessons I’ll remember for life they
taught me that success comes from time
and effort and that reaching success
isn’t always easy one of my teachers is
mentioned that when it comes to moving
from a place you love there’s going to
be a point in time where you break down
completely a point in time where you
realize that you may never see this
place these people ever again for some
it may come early the night before your
last day of school or during your last
day of school for others it may take
longer like on the plane right there
I assume now that I realized later on
because I’d never moved before on my
last day of school it had never happened
when I landed it had never happened but
on the night before my first day of azar
it did I was up late that night I broke
down crying over the sink in my bathroom
while I was doing so I was thinking to
myself it happened I was also thinking
that I might never tell anyone but Here
I am
Thank You TEDx for exposing me my first
day here at azar it went better than
expected I made some friends
wasn’t as intimidated by the size of the
school as it was before I met some
amazing teachers I found it strange
having to introduce myself to so many
people or the only other time I’d
introduce myself was when new kids came
to my school but in the end I survived
getting to this new atmosphere we
ourselves feel the need to change with
it
what we don’t realize is that people are
going to want to talk to someone
different and to be different you need
the lessons that you’ve learned from the
past to shape you so in truth you don’t
have to change you could stay exactly
the same as you were before but are you
really going to with the pressure of
fitting in and representing our new
school we tend to steer off the idea of
being ourselves and in the beginning
it’s okay if you do because we all do in
fact we may never find ourselves all we
really need to make sure of is that
we’re on the right track on this track
right now
I’ve got teachers and a group of friends
that are just as incredible
as my old ones in a learning environment
that I’m more than comfortable in but
even so I think about Abu Dhabi I think
about my home I realized that I was
happy with the way I was living but if I
had the choice to go back I wouldn’t
know how to choose I was happy there but
now I can easily find that same
happiness here and I’m sure most of you
guys can right now – moving is different
but this difference has has given me the
understanding of multiple perspectives
if we get back to my cup of water the
ice cube eventually melt into the water
and the water will eventually become
cooler than it was before
and when it does that’s when the new
atmosphere is adjusted to you and you
have adjusted to the new atmosphere the
ice cube didn’t melt any faster and the
water didn’t get any warmer they both
adjusted to each other the new kid isn’t
the only person who’s adjusting we all
are all the time you don’t have to feel
the need to change and the environment
doesn’t have to either we just need to
let both the ice cube and the water
settle into each other letting this
happen just makes this a cooler community Cheers
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