Rachael Davis
SNHU
5-2 Reflection on self
As a Marine, people are taught how to walk, talk, utilize eye contact and think logically
One of the most important things we are taught is how to critically think for ourselves.
Observing people means that we observe how they react, how they talk, their likes, dislikes and
even their body language. This is how people in the military service make friends, they start to
mirror the person before that person tells them what they like. This builds the framework for how
service members are. Those people soon become our friends and they aren't sure of how we
became friends. The true reality is military members have no idea what we actually like, we start
to like things because others like it eventually get caught in a binde where you either cut the
friendship or continue doing what that person doesn't like.
I mirror people myself to make friends too. The problem that I come across is I have no
idea who I actually am. It's because Ive let other people's opinions become my own because
that's how I was taught. The same way for my professional aspect, I only did the job certain ways
because that's what people wanted. Its almost like I never had a voice and I was just the puppet
that did everything possible.
Working in the business industry, you want your name to be out but in a good way. Not
too demeaning but just enough that people know who you are. Almost how someone looks in the
mirror to check their makeup, self reflection is the same way just in a professional tone. For me,
I know I need to focus on my mental health because I worked in a male industry for a long time
and eventually the mean comments, the degrading and the constant looks will eat away and leave
with nothing but bones.