Organizational Behavior Journal: Personal Reflections on Conflict

This assignment features two journal entries reflecting on personal conflict scenarios. The first entry discusses the conflict between the author's desire for independence and their parents' concern, highlighting the challenges of balancing personal life and family expectations. The second entry explores an internal conflict related to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, detailing the author's struggle with motivation and consistency in exercise. Both entries provide introspective analyses of the emotional and behavioral aspects of conflict, offering insights into self-awareness and potential strategies for resolution. Desklib provides students access to similar assignments and study tools.

Organizational Behavior
Journal entries regarding conflict

Journal entry 1:
I have always been very close to my family. My parents have always laid emphasis on valuing family.
Since I stay away from my parents, it often get difficult for me to find time for them. I try to call them
once in day. Recently, my studies and class activities have kept me really busy and I am unable to find
the time to call my parents. Also, I often go out till late with my friends and if I call my parents while I am
out, it worries them more. I keep asking them not to worry but if I don’t call them by evening, my mom
calls my friend. This creates an embarrassing situation for me. Recently, I indulged in a massive
argument with my mother regarding the same.
I feel angry and frustrated in this situation because I wish my parents would understand that I am an
adult who can take care of self. I wish they could trust me and not worry. I also feel sad for them and I
genuinely try to stay in active contact with them. However, at times, it becomes very difficult especially
when I am out with my friends till late. And now this has been happening very frequently which is
making me agitated.
I believe the situation can be controlled with communication but I don’t feel I am entirely ready to have
that conversation with my parents yet. I do not want them to get hurt but I want them to understand
my plight as well.
Journal entry 2:
Since many last years, I had been gaining weight. This is predominantly because of an unhealthy
lifestyle. I promise myself to work out every day but unfortunately, I am never able to manage the time
for it. I wake up early in the morning and go for a run for a week and then I again go back to the same
lazy schedule. Every month end, I decide to start working out from the next month and every weekend, I
decide again to work out from the next week. Unfortunately, if I fail on a Monday, I feel demotivated the
entire week.
This is a recurring conflict which I am facing with myself. It makes me feel agitated and angry with my
own self and my lack of determination. I have genuinely tried a number of times to start a work out
regime and follow a healthy diet. However, it has been such a long time now that I find myself out of
control and lazy. I have tried to take external help by asking my friends to motivate me or wake me up
but it has been of no help.

I also feel angry because my gym membership is going to waste and I have renewed it twice but have
been unable to utilize it. Now, while writing this, I am considering adopting another workout regime like
Yoga or Zumba which might be more interesting. I hope to resolve this conflict of my life at the earliest.