From Mayhem to Peace of Mind

My teammates seem to all be willing to do what it takes to get the assignments done with the least amount of friction. When the assignment to pick readings and such came about, I couldn’t make it due to a concert that I had bought tickets to a long time ago (Mayhem Festival was amazing by the way!) and I felt I could trust them to leave me a semi-set of instructions and let me know what readings were up for grabs, which is exactly what they did. That feeling of relief knowing that I wouldn’t suffer for my day of music and beer guzzling is something that cannot have a value attached to it. The idea of the “tug of war” when creating dialogue is clearly visible in my situation. The first night of grouping, I stepped forward to help lead the discussion and to also help my teammates through the technical aspect of this course. Then I needed to step back and allow them to essentially control my fate and decide what readings I should do, and trust that they’d leave me sufficient information to complete the task. Finally, when I was confused about an assignment, Grant2u stepped up to bat and provided an explanation that our professor used to explain to the whole class about the assignment, the metaphorical equivalent of a grand slam.

Outerbodyboi seemed to take a forward role also during these times and posted a concise explanation for myself and singer12 to use when deciding what readings to select.
I think something interesting that happened was the natural flow of how the group fell together. I don’t feel that there’s one leader or another, but that everyone looks to everyone else to be the foundation that the house (our work) is built upon, which is an overplayed cliché but in this case I can definitely see it. Every person in this group seems to want to make it as easy for themselves as well as their group mates to produce the best work that we can.
It’s a bit gratifying that finally my nerdiness is becoming accepted (thanks Outerbodyboi) , but as for problem solver I don’t know so much! I’m good with computers, but sometimes those assignments just make it so hard for me to interpret them! And Grant2u you’re a lifesaver!