The most insightful activity I think i may have ever done in school is "Do you mind?!". There are many things i like about this activity, and probably a few I don't like too. I like hearing other people's responses. I enjoy when somebody says something funny. I love it when somebody says something I can relate to and I have a moment of clarity in that, "that is so me!" way. I also love it when somebody says something which i dont understand, or something that is a new idea to me. Even though I love what people say, I don't always feel comfortable sharing. I think its because I've taken the questions very seriously, and often I write answers that are very personal for me. Alot of the time the questions make me reevaluate certain parts of my life. When the questions are something that I take very seriously and personally, I dont always want people knowing or judging my response.
At the same time, those questions are what I love about Do you mind so much. It helps me reflect on my life in a setting I didn't think would bring that for me. I said one day in class that writing is my way of expressing myself. Do you mind has helped me use that even more. Right before spring break some events happened that caused me to have trouble knowing how to express myself or even if I should. That is when I wrote my first letter to somebody who I needed to express my emotions to. I didn't write any other letters though. Then Do you mind came along and I realized how much that was helping me and that I should keep writing those letters. They aren't a fix for anything. Not by a long shot. But they do help ease it almost as much as talking to somebody does. One of the hardest parts is just getting the emotions out, and once you do that, the problems are so much easier to face, or even talk about.
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