The Other Wes Moore- Week of April 10th

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 Have you ever made a decision that you believe could have altered your life path?

    I think one of the decisions I have made in my life that I believe altered my life path was my decision to stay in my hometown for high school. I had the opportunity to transfer to another school when I had completed middle school, my grandmother said I could live with her in North Bergen to go to high school in that town, I decided against it because I did not want to leave my friends or my younger siblings. Even though it could have been a good opportunity for me, I felt the things I had built up, the few things I had in school, was too precious to me at that time. If I had gone to high school in North Bergen I'm sure my career choices and ideas would have been different, with a different circle of friends to back me up. However I could not stand the thought of being separated from my brother and sister.


What advice do you give your siblings based on your mistakes in life?

    Some advice I like to give to my siblings based on my own mistakes in life is to not idolize the people you love or agree with. Be humble with your perception of others because humans are morally complicated, you cannot be purely good or bad; we make bad decisions for the right reasons and vice versa. This was something I had problems with when it came to making friends, since I struggled with social skills the few friends I did make as a kid I latched to heavily and sometimes was blind-sided by their actions and intentions. Kids in general, social problems or not, have done this and are capable of making this mistake, so I would want my brother and sister to understand this idea early in life so that they can better judge whop they want to associate with. Any other advice that I could give to my siblings I do not think would apply to them since they are more tailored to my own experiences with being neuro-divergent, things that just would not translate into more generalized advice. Especially, my siblings are much more self-sufficient than I was at their ages, so I am confident by being an active influence in their life, being a good role model, is all the advice they will need.


What activities do you enjoy doing while trying to cope with difficult situations?

    Some of the activities I enjoy doing while trying to cope with difficult situations is listening to music, practicing my art, fishing (when its the summertime) and recently I have taken up an interest with sports like archery and wanting to learn kick boxing. I also would really like to go on walks more often in the wilderness, sort of like easy hiking trails. Essentially, I like to distract myself from whatever is troubling me but in a productive manner, whether that be training my hobbies, healthy ways of relieving stress or taking up interests that physically benefit my body and mind. I try my best not to just hide away and sulk, sure there are times where sometimes it is necessary to stew in your feelings and process certain situations, but for me personally the struggles I face tend to be more internal struggles and I process them by doing positive things that will brighten my mood. Sometimes keeping an active mind is the best thing for me, I tend to get a bit overwhelmed if I feel I have too many hobbies but I take it as a learning experience to figure out what hobbies didn't work out for me and what ones will stick with me for the long haul.

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