Big 5 Personality – Openness to new experience

This is no revelation to me. I belong to the openness to new experiences trait, as I know first-hand that I am an adventurer type of a person. Always a yes to new journey. 

I used to be timid and shy, with lots of reservations to people around me. Apprehended to try out new things and afraid to engage outside the ordinary. In short, my shell has not yet crack sort of thing.

Then life happens.

I was introduced to trials, failures, losses, betrayals, heartaches, etc. I finally realized that I need to distance myself to bad vibrations. I have realized that a happy perspective is far better than lingering in the past. I have embraced a culture of positivity in all aspect of my life; instead of seeing the negative side of failure, I see to it to always check the good side it brings. And finally, my shell cracked open that introduced me to a new wonderful me.

My life was on a reset, and everything was colourful after that. As separation leads to reset initiating new experiences. (Körner, A., Strack, F., 2021). I am on a journey right now to inspire anyone that have experience what I have had experience. I understand the pain they are suffering and would want to help in any way I can. I want to inspire the uninspired.

Having a personality of openness can sometimes be an avenue for disaster. I have had some episodes that tested my character. Being eager to meet new people and start an adventure with them sometimes you ignore obvious red flags along the way. You failed to see that you are just being used and abused. I understand the feeling of being duped, having a tamed heart, it’s a shocker of an experience. But as painful as it seems, one should learn to just charge it to experience and move on. It is still an experience to cherish, and a lesson to ponder. Eventually your maturity will settle in, and you will learn to see the positive side of the negativity you have had experienced.

 

Reference

Körner, A., & Strack, F. (2021). Specifying separation: avoidance, abstraction, openness to new experiences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20000497