I'm hoping this will not be the last Talking to Strangers. Some people seem to find this easy, others not... Obviously, I fit well and truly in the latter.
Now, I tend to take people as they are. I don't tend to notice if they are looking particularly gorgeous, although I might if they look exceptionally trashy. If someone asks if I notice anything different, I usually have to guess (haircut/pierced ears etc) until I get it right. But I do feel great when someone sees me and says, "Nice dress". So I've started looking for potential compliments *before* it's a return compliment. Then, at summer school in the first week, a lady was wearing a dress in one of my favourite blue shades and I said, without thinking, "Love your dress".
Of course, once started, this is an easy one to continue, and I've since found several options for initial compliments.
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Monday, 16 January 2012
Monday, 2 January 2012
Summer School
Yesterday's registration didn't really make me feel any better, especially as I found myself put in a class 2 levels higher than I wanted. It's been a long time since I've made myself work this much. This morning, I found I was still in Level 6 instead of the compromised Level 5 but our director was unflinching. He thought he was being nice to me, letting me be in Level 6 instead of Level 7 or even 8. But - he was right. I didn't drown. A lot of the material was revision and I could tell I wasn't at the bottom of the class.
The string teaching programme is such a good environment, only 9 of us, supportive and useful materials. Plus I already knew 3 other people so the 'bunch of strangers' doesn't really apply. So far, everyone seems pretty friendly and it is such a good feeling to have neurons firing in my brain again.
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