As I ventured into this class I really didn’t know what to
expect, I didn’t know if I what kind of personal growth I could expect and what
type of experience I would have. Overall, I must say that I had a very positive
experience with this course. I came in afraid to share my personal thoughts and
experiences and I am now leaving as a person who has learned to disclose
information in groups. I have also learned the importance of solitude. I
started out my school out here as a very lonely individual I hated being alone,
and I hated the fact that I had no social group here in Lancaster. Now, that I have
started to develop friends and connections, I can now appreciate time alone. I
actually seek solitude, I value the peace that I get from being alone, and
those moments to process my own thoughts. I also, have realized that I need to
work on letting go and forgiving people. I really hold grudges and stew on
things too long and this is not good for my health. I need to find a way to let
things going and become more mindful. I think I should really start trying to
incorporate mindfulness techniques into my life every day. I think this can
help with my stress levels and help me to better manage my life and anxiety
levels.
In this
week’s reading I was really intrigued by the portion about dreams (Corey &
Corey, 2010), I think that dreams can really tell us a lot about our conscious life.
I know that when I am really stressed about something my dreams are always
restless and cause me to sometimes wake up feeling more tired than when I went
to bed. Like for example, I am planning my wedding right now, taking three
courses, and working 30 hours a week. My life is a little stressed at the moment,
I have been having multiple dreams lately where I forget that it’s the day of
my wedding, or my dress doesn’t fit. These dreams just kept popping up, then I
got some things done for school and a couple of wedding checklist items done
and my dream finally became a happy one. I had a good dream about my wedding,
and I think that was the best sleep I have gotten in a while. I just think that
in our society we are taught that our dreams have no connection to our conscious
life. We are told from ma young age that are dreams are simply nothing but
dreams. I would really like to start keeping a dream journal. I think this
would be a great bit of reflection for me and it would probably really help me
as well. I want to be able to start remembering my dreams and being able to
apply some meaning to my life from my dreams. This may be something else I add
to my life besides the mindfulness techniques.
Corey, G. & Corey, M. S. (2010). Pathways to Personal Growth. In
Brooks/Cole (9th edition), I
Never Knew I Had a Choice (406-419). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage
Learning
No comments:
Post a Comment