Review your unit 3 personal assessment of your psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. Reflect on these areas . How did you score yourself on a scale from 1 to 10 in unit 3? How do you score yourself now? Has the score changed? Why or why not?
In my initial assessment of my psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being I was completely honest with myself which ultimately led me to a lower score in almost all areas, I did this intentionally simply because I was acknowledging that there was plenty of room for change. Fast forward to the end of the term and my scores did go up in all areas however I did not rate myself a 10 in any of the areas of well-being, this is because although I felt I have grown tremendously throughout the course of this term I still feel like I am a work in progress, I don't believe in perfection so in all honesty I don't think that a 10 is achievable, there should always be room for improvement.
Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.
My goals were to learn more about who I am and lead myself to a life which is more fulfilling while learning to simply let the small stuff in life roll off my shoulders, all of this taking place so that I can better serve those I love, and have a better appreciation for who I am as a person and human being. I absolutely feel like I have made progress, I can't necessarily say that I am a changed person, but I am "changing" as we speak. I have a new found love for life, and I now have the ability to look at life in a completely different life, and release thoughts of unhappiness or stress in an effortless manner which is great. I continue to work on my goals and accomplish them over time.
Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.
I have implemented the activities I chose however I would like to increase the frequency of the activities especially the loving-kindness activity, I see the most value in this one and I really enjoy it.
Summarize your personal experience throughout this course. Have you developed improved well-being? What has been rewarding? What has been difficult? How will this experience improve your ability to assist others?
I actually took this course as an elective simply because it was different from
anything I have ever taken in the past, I also took it because I had an interest
in helping identify and grow my inner self in an effort that I can better help
and guide others. My entire life since I was a small child I have had the
overwhelming passion to help others and make a difference in this world,
although I have spent most of my life trying to identify how exactly this will
take place, I have finally found that place in my life where I have the
opportunity to forever change the lives of children and families that are
affected by physical and sexual abuse, and ultimately change the way our
community views and deals with this grim topic, so I'm living my dream but I
still had a void, how could I give more to these people in need? This course
allowed me to take a step back and identify who I am deep down inside, what
ailments in my life are troublesome, how I can better deal with stress, and
ultimately how I can accomplish optimal health so that I can give 100% of myself
to these people in need. This course has been a learning curve for me, I have
had ups and Downs there are concepts that I easily understood and ones that I
failed to understand, but I pushed myself towards that end goal, and I can
honestly say that ten weeks later I truly feel like a new person, I really look
at life in an entirely new light, things are different, the small stuff in life
seems to roll off my shoulders, and not only am I happier as a person, I am
noticing those around are happier as well. I would recommend this course to just
about anybody who is willing and open to make a change in their life.
I wish you all the very best in your future endeavors...
Michelle
I agree with your statement that there should always be room for improvement. I mean if you reach a goal what does an individual normally do? They set another goal! There is no way that we can achieve everything that we which to achieve and be content with what we have. There is always that longing for more and something new, its human nature. In order for us to continue to flourish we have to continue to set higher goals and expand our horizon. Of course everyone has their own opinion about perfection but I think that if you always push yourself to be better you are never going to have the chance to be stagnate and fall back down the slope of human flourishing.
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad you said that a 10 is not really achievable because there is always room for improvement. I think anyone who honestly rates themselves as a 10 is only lying to themselves because like you said nobody is perfect. When I was a child I also had a really deep desire to help others. I think everyone has that innate feeling of helping out their fellow mankind but only some of us choose to listen to it? It's great to hear that you have grown and are planning on continuing to grow even once this course is over. I really like the loving kindness exercise as well. I think it just teaches me so much about myself, about others, and helps with the way I feel about situations and people throughout the day. Good luck in everything you do after this course! :)
Jerrica