The Things They Carried

There are things a person carry, whether tangible or intangible, that shape who they are as a person. In Tim O' Brien's novel "The Things They Carry" , the soldiers in a platoon carry five things , a physical item, dreams/goals, relationships, personality, and their memories. The things they carry explain there motives, there identity, there struggle, the things that help you really define that person. We all carry these things as well and the weight varies from person to person. Here are a few things I carry.

My brain, it may seem obvious to say but I carry  my brain everywhere I go. If I'm not having interpersonal communication, I just think. I let all thoughts in my head flow whether with memories or my current surrounds. The glory in this is, as long as I'm alive I have a brain, as long as I have a brain I can think, as long as I can think, I can enjoy myself. The only down is I require silence. If I'm doing critical thinking or deep thinking, I'm most likely not speaking to anyone or paying attention to what others have to say.

I carry my dreams and goals, and they shape how work and what I work on. I love drawing and becoming great and known for what artwork is a dream that I dearly would love to reach. I currently explore different mediums and ways of drawing to expand my knowledge. I draw everywhere because I have a talent that I don't want to neglect and o to waist. My goals are to be successful in what whatever I plan to do in life. Because of that I don't settle for less , I try to reach for big things. Since I have artistic ability, I have art goals. Since I have business ability, I have corporate goals. Since these are two pretty different goal paths, its a heavy load I mentally carry and cant put down just yet. Because I carry my brain I'll think of how I would look like achieving my long and short term goals, and that's what motivates me to keep trying and see out goals still waiting to be reached.

We all carry our personalities in which I define mine as blue. It wasn't until I got an assignment from a new teacher I realized that my personality is blue. A paper with adjectives and traits we had to circle, describing who we are as a person for the teacher to know who we are as a person told me I was blue. I wouldn't have believed it but the personality description depicted me so well. Being blue you are conservative, reliable and trustworthy - you are quite trusting of others although you are very wary in the beginning until you are sure of the other person. At the same time, you also have a deep need to be trusted.You are not impulsive or spontaneous - you always think before you speak and act and do everything at your own pace in your own time. You take time to process and share your feelings.You are genuine and sincere, and you take your responsibilities seriously. Having a personality color blue means you have a deep need for peace and harmony in your everyday life - you don't like having your feathers ruffled.You appear to be confident and self-controlled, but may be hiding your vulnerable side. You need to have direction & order in your living and work spaces - untidiness and unpredictability overwhelm you. You don't like to draw attention to yourself - you prefer to be in the background.While you don't like to have discord or conflict in your life, you are often the cause of conflict with others; you can be quite manipulative but in a very subtle way.You compare the present to the past, looking to authority figures, parents, bosses or other leaders, to support your beliefs about the world. You have a thirst for knowledge in order to gain wisdom and appear knowledgeable in whatever area interests you. I want to link this to memories as well because once I realized my personality was blue from the paper I noticed myself doing blue traits in my everyday life present and past. It embraced my blue personality and live my life accordingly. This is a also a great load I carry because this is what really defines me and shapes who I am. I am blue.