Hello! In case I missed the opportunity to introduce myself to you, or in case you are simply reading this blog I have posted, my name is Chase Austin. My full name is Chase Austin Dziagwa. I prefer being called by either title, and I encourage people to address me in whatever flows most naturally but for the sake of this blog’s fluidityI have chosen Austin. I am a Senior at Roosevelt University and am scheduled to graduate in May 2014, despite only being a college student for about three years now. I am a Communications major, more specifically in the Integrated Marketing Communications program. I transferred into Roosevelt University after studying at St. Norbert College in Green Bay, Wisconsin and completing my Associate’s degree through Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. I am currently unsure of what career path I intend to pursue after graduation, but I have figured out that I love nearly everything about travel: new sights, new sounds, new experiences, choosing from a variety of drink, foods, flavors, and beds to make your own - slipping off of maps, chasing waterfalls, blazing trails, listening to the music and breathing in the unique atmospheres. I will likely take photography back into heavy consideration, or perhaps journalism, travel reviews, or even marketing consultation (which uses the word marketing but apparently involves fun and travel). I constantly think about the beaches of Florida, one of my homes away from home, and I am convinced that I will attempt to move somewhere a little more free-spirited, exotic and/or tropical.
I expect this to be an interesting class. I expect the semester ahead to present its own set of challenges and assignments and though it does not seem too difficult at the moment, I will bear in mind that it is a college course required for graduation and will surely have a fair share of work for us all to be mindful of. It seems like an interesting way to possibly connect with other students in class and maybe gain a better understanding of who people are and what lessons and values I can learn from them.
I consider myself a sufficient writer. I think I am especially talented at making the right word choices and using powerful descriptors, but I often have a hard time coming up with a significant message to actually have built out of the words I have chosen. However, I am generally a bit sluggish on actually putting the words together and having them published. I feel that time constraints or context can often cause my responses to be forced and insincere. I am the type of person who likes to be confident in what they are saying and feel that it is coming forth organically, and it is often uncomfortable searching for something appropriate to announce when “put on the spot”.
I do not especially enjoy writing. My current degree is an Associates of Arts in English, and I therefore feel I have done a notable amount of writing. As mentioned before, I rarely feel I have something I actually want to write, and don’t even get me started on the number of works I have written that I want people to read. Okay, now since you got me started: here’s a hint - zero. And reading is for nerds. Reading is a luxury. I do not read very often and it is a special challenge to hold my attention.
I would like to change my tendency to be overly descriptive in writing. I often let the form of my words convolute the function that they were intended to have. Often I know that if I use imperfect wording, I can send a more effective and direct message.. but through my own selfishness, I choose what I would rather literally say and let the meaning get skewed than to be heard for what I a actually mean to figuratively say. I would like to be a more accessible, relatable, and appreciated communicator.
Out of this class I hope to learn how to read the words others are publishing and to be able to empathize with the author; understanding their headspace and what they are feeling and trying to voice to those listening. To be a more relatable writer. To learn how to think the way other people think and to communicate with them in the way they think.
I hope that this class will help me to determine who I am, what I want, how to let others know what I want. I hope this class will help me to determine who others are, what they want, and how they let others know. I hope this class will enlighten me as to a few ways which people learn to function better, to feel better, to do better and to be better.
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