It's just natural

I think that I have the opposite problem that many people have.  I'm going to make the assumption that a lot of people expect too much of others.  They expect people to want to call or text them, and not the other way around.  They expect that people are concerned when they are sick or when they are sad or when they are overwhelmed.  I am, to some extent, the opposite.  Now that I am actually typing this out, I am slightly worried that this is going to sound too "oh woe is me" but I shall continue anyways.  For some reason I am always just a little bit surprised when someone texts me first, even it is just my sister, my mom or a good friend.  

I feel like I tweet about being overwhelmed or having too much work to do way too often, yet I keep doing it.  When you really think about it though, social networks have an inevitable self-centered aspect to them.  You have your own page that is completely about yourself.  You have your albums with pictures of you at various activities, with other people too of course.  People are by nature self centered. However, this is also our natural instinct, and therefore it is totally and completely normal.  I just read a personal essay for one of my English classes that actually addressed this type of issue.  The author referred to this phonephone as our "natural default setting." 

We like to believe that we are the only ones who are having a terrible day or who has three 10 page papers to write (like I do).  In reality, there are many, many people who have it a whole lot worse than we do.  I have strayed from the original topic, but I like this direction better.  

It's hard not to let the hard, bad, and stressful things in our life overshadow all of the good, happy and positive ones.  I am going to make a conscience effort to keep things into perspective though, especially with final fast approaching.  All I need to do is look at this adorable picture and my mood will be lightened.