Birth order influence

One of the things that can shape your personality at an early age is if you are the oldest sibling, the middle one, the youngest or an only child. Firstorns tend to be reliable, cautious, controlling, perfectionists and achivers. That's because they were born to a couple with no earlier experience that are raising them instinctively, by trying diffrent methods and often being strict and oversensitive. Those children were also in the center of attention and learning a lot from parents, which can make them smart and succesul. Later on they do more chores or watch over younger siblings, which puts a pressure on them with negative results of trying to be perfect. The middle child is often a people pleaser, peacemaker, thrives of friendship and is often left out due to having less attention than other siblings. Youngest of the siblings are mostly outgoing, free-spirited, fun-loving, but manipulative and attention-seekers. Those positive traits come from having more experienced parents and by probably not being the smartest, getting attention with their natural charm and social personality. The negative ones are results of being compared to older siblings. Being an only child comes with having all the attention and support of parents but having to meet their expectations. They are a great part like the oldest sibling, perfectionists, leaders and mature for their age. source : https://www.parents.com/baby/development/social/birth-order-and-personality/

Childhood influence on career

Our careers can be determined by survival strategies we developed as children and cultures we grew up in. As children we learned to search for a feedback on what we should or shouldn't do, especially for living. For example, being the child who had to cheer up a depressed parent might result in becoming a comedian, psychologist or a caregiver. Another thing that may be important in that aspect of our childhood are cultural messages we hear. Paople collectively think there that one job is more respected than the other, which can even be shamed. As children, we absorb that opinions and they often make us to give up our drem jobs. Even though we often forget those messages and our survival strategies, they still stick to us unconsciously when we try to figure out our career path. source : https://www.flourishsummit.com/2016/07/19/does-your-childhood-influence-your-career-choices/

My observation

At some evening last week I randomly decided to write about my day. I don't exactly know what caused this because it was just as mundane as any other. Still, when I started recalling everything and noting it down a lot of things came into my mind. They weren't just the things I did or happened to me, but also how some of them made me feel. While I was doing that I was really surprised. I didn't realize how much I could write about a supposedly boring, short day. I came to a conclusion that normally I'd just forget all that but by putting it down I probably won't. But even more importantly, I saw that this day was actually different from the ones that also just follow my routine. If I'd do the same with any other I'd likely have the same opinion opinion about it too, which would mean that every day is different to the contrary of how it sometimes seems to me.

My observation

Not a long time ago my friend sent me a link about a crime that happened in a village we live in. A man was brutally murdered, his head and genitalia were cut off when someone found him. It happened back in 2006 but until 11 years later the police hadn't found out what was possibly the real reason of it - mistake. When I watched a video of asking people about it, they weren't keen on talking about the topic. Somehow until now I hadn't heard about the situation. I know I couldn't really hear about it when it took place as I was very little, but the discovered explanation is not so old. I talked with some other people about it and most had no idea that happened but they were curious to know more. I think the reason why it's not a popular story is that for the society here it was too brutal. As mostly elder people live here they probably tried to convince themselves that nothing dangerous could reach them here and preferred to stay silent. This also made me realize that difference between our generations - while the elders try to ignore such things, younger people find it very interesting.

My observation

Recently when I was waiting for my bus I saw something I haven't noticed before. People who were standing there too were already lined up in an exact place their bus would arrive. There was no sign if it was going to show up at the start of the stop, the middle or the end. I just think that after a few times those people saw it appear there, they learned where to stand and wait for it. That's nothing strange - it's comfortable and makes perfect sense to just quickly get in instead of walking from afar first. This observation, even though it's very simple and not weird, made me think about how stiff we are as a society. It's enough that we do something a couple of times, we get used to it and it becomes normal for us. It actually makes us so easy to manipulate! We could just hear something a few times and then we would automatically do it.

From dust bowl to California drought: a climate scientist on the lessons we still haven’t learned

Recent interview with Peter Gleick, the co-founder of the Pacific Institute, a global thinktank that has become a leading voice on water issues in California and around the world, showed us the real issues with droughts in California. He stated that they weren't just a strange, accidental dry periods but due to climate change, they're increasingly the norm. During last drought there people learned a little about how to improve water efficiency yet they still seem to not realize the situations are not random. I think that, as Peter Gleick said, the first, biggest step in our fight with climate is to make everyone realize that it absoltely is changing and it's a serious problem. People should start caring more about how much they pollute the air and waste water. It's nowadays very cheap so people don't think much when they use it. But the reults of it in California are what they hate the most - droughts. They really should see that it's their fault and try to improve the situation. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/29/california-drought-climate-dust-bowl

Italian ‘king of absentees’ allegedly skipped work for 15 years

A hospital employee in Italy had been skipping work for 15 years until authorities noticed. He was still getting paid his monthly salary - €538,000 - even though he wasn't worrking at all. In an investigation police found out that in 2005 the man supposedly threatened the hospital director in order to keep her from filing a disciplinary report over his absenteeism. She was then retired and he continued his absence at work since it never was checked anyway. Now at the age of 67 he's finally facing charges: abuse of office, forgery and aggravated extortion. Six managers are also being investigated on suspicion of helping him. In my opinion this article only showed how unprofessional the hospital directors were. It took them too much time to acknowledge that they had been paying to someone who wasn't attending work. I'm able to understand the first director because she was threatened and scared to do anything about it, but people having the position after her definitely should've checked if everyone wass really working. The hospital should be managed better because it's a serious institution and having a wrong list of working doctors could cost some people a lot. I hope that the man will repay somehow for what he did because working there is very stressful for doctors and nurses since they are responsible for other lives. His absences could've caused serious issues. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/21/italian-king-of-absentees-allegedly-skipped-work-for-15-years