Unit 10- How Far Have I Come?

1. 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?

Previously, I rated my physical as a 3, spiritual as a 1, and psychological as a 7.   The only rating that I would change is spiritual.  I would now rate my spirituality as a 5.  I previously thought spirituality had to include religion, but now realize that it can be just being at peace or finding your inner self.  I have made progress with loving myself and making peace with myself, so therefore my spirituality score goes up.  The other two domains remain the same.

2. Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.

I did not have a goal set for spirituality, but made progress in that domain anyways.  Unfortunately, even with a goal in the physical domain, I have not even attempted to make an effort toward this goal.  Psychologically, my goal was to exercise to reduce my stress.  I have found meditative practice to help me with this, so I am currently working toward this goal and it is going well. 

3. Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.

I am not currently implementing any activities toward my physical goals.  This does not mean it will not happen, but it is not currently happening.  Amazingly, although no goal was chosen for my spiritual domain because I thought I didn’t need it, I am currently implementing meditative practices to become more connected to my inner self.  I am also implementing these practices to clear my mind and thoughts to help reduce my stress which promotes well-being toward my psychological domain.

4. 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?

As I stated in my discussion, this course really surprised me.  I dreaded taking this class thinking it was going to be boring and ended up really finding myself here.  I was able to really take a good, deep look at who I am in all three domains, see what things are great about me, and things that need work.  Most importantly, I found out that before anything, I needed to love myself.  And I have learned to do that.  It is an amazing feeling and it really wasn’t that difficult.  That probably has been the most rewarding thing through all of this.  Losing so many feelings of negativity and feeling happy and positive for a change.  What I am finding is most difficult is letting go of grudges and negative feelings toward others who have hurt me very badly.  Forgiveness is very hard for me.  Loving-kindness isn’t as easy as it should be.  I will continue to work on this.  Smiles and happiness are contagious and I want that to radiate from me.  I am very thankful that I had the opportunity to take this course so that I can continue to work on my happiness and improve my well-being.

5. Participate in the blogs of at least two classmates.

Blog posted and I have participated in two other blogs.