Unit 10 A Final Look Back

·  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?

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

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

 February 17, 2012 and the answers I gave that day are: My optimal well being for physical would be an 8 because I feel I am pretty balanced and I do not think I am overly stressed by my lifestyle. My spiritual well being would be a 5 because I do not practice faith like others, I do not go to church every Sunday, but I do go for major spiritual holidays like Christmas and Easter. Could I be better at going, yes, and I am working on that. Now my psychological well being is a high 8, simply because there is room for improvement on distressing, but by walking and exercising I feel that this is a great way to distress. 

The answers I give today are my physical aspect would be an 8 still simply because I am getting better but I am not at a level higher than that. It will take me being excepted into the YMCA and actively going daily to see this rating go up, other than that as far as the stressful nature of my lifestyle I still do not see me as being overly stressed but since I am more aware of it, this rating may change in the near future. My spiritual rate is a 6 just because I talk to God more frequently. I still have not starting going to church to worship, I do make an effort to talk to him at least four times a week now. As for the psychological rating, I would still say I am a high 8. I still have not mastered the distressing part of it, but I am working on it. I have taken up Krav Maga which has taught me a lot, because in the beginning of each class the instructor makes us meditate for 20 minutes before the beginning of the lesson as to free us of all distractions and have us start with an open mind so we can fully take in everything from that day’s lesson.  There will always be room for improvement on these ratings because there is never a perfect trend.

·  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 do believe that I have developed and improved well being, and it has been very rewarding and it has only been 10 weeks, I eagerly await the future to see in 6 months to a year when I review this where I will be then. It has not been easy but I cannot say that it has been hard either, I would say it has been more of an adjustment. I feel that I will be more in tune toward others and take their feelings into consideration. I will come at others with soft hands so to speak.