Sociological Thinking

This week in sociology we learned about about sociological mindfulness and sociological imagination. Sociological mindfulness is being aware of how people and your environment have an effect on you as a person and shape what you are. It's weird to think that so many of the different things that I am interested in formed because of interests of my family and people around me. Take for example my interest in tap dancing wasn't formed though my own mind. I was the younger sibling of two sisters who both danced (One of which is a professional dancer). I was actually forced into going to my first tap class sending me to a dance class was easier then leaving me at home. I then started enjoying tap classes and keep with it to this day. Being a tap dancer provided me with a ton of amazing experiences including, performing in china and at millennium park with Chicago symphony orchestra. All of these experiences would have never had happened if my family life was different and it's crazy to think that I could be a completely different person then who I am now if maybe I had one sister instead of two. So many things have big effects on who and what we are and a lot of the time we don't really think about it. But when you do take the time and think about why you are what you are it's mind blowing to see how others can shape you.