On advocating for yourself and your needs:
This expedition in particular I felt like I should have advocated for some more time to talk. I also feel that even though I did advocate, we were so busy getting scuba certified that it was tricky fitting it in even at the end of the day. I had a lot of stuff to talk about and I did not get enough time to talk about all the issues that I was having. I think that I just needed a good talk to vent and get everything off of my chest.
Next time I should probably advocate more specifically for what I need, when I would need it, and how someone can help me. I wanted to talk however everything sorta started building up and everything just ended up exploding at the end of the expedition. Next time I need to talk to someone I will, and I will not push away my feelings, meaning bottling them up.
I think that I will try and practice that both this base phase and next expedition. It is an important skill to learn and by talking to people the stress does not build up in me.
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