Self Reflection Essay

I highly agree with this sentence, self-reflecting is difficult. I am working on self-reflecting and how understanding myself will help me understand others. Self-reflecting can affect people in a positive or in a negative way. I have to learn to pull and highlight all the positive aspects of what a self-reflection emerge, with out fixating on the fear or the negative. Most of us are thirsty individuals that want immediate ratification and reward. We seek a quick buzz without wanting to work hard and without the hangover. We all want the answers and we all want help, but we do not want to help others succeed. I say most and I say we, because it is hard to say I. We all want to fit

The areas of productiveness in this session for me included the paraphrasing and minimal encouragers. Throughout this session I felt that my paraphrasing was clear and concise. It allowed the client to think about what he had said, while being able to provide me with feedback and allowed for the conversation to flow naturally.

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It would be amazing to be accepted into EcoQuest, and I hope that after you read this you think it would be amazing to have me in EcoQuest too. In the application form you asked everyone applying to comment on these things: our relationship with nature; our relationship with other students; our ability to work independently and make responsible decisions; how we maintain a healthy & active lifestyle; and our academic effort. In the following paragraphs I will address these items.

I think it should be the goal of the teacher to improve the student in at least one way before they finish their class with them. I can say that I have seen improvements in myself while taking this writing course. It is interesting to analyze yourself because sometimes changes can be so gradual that you scarcely notice them happening; it is only when reflecting upon them that you notice a change has even been made. Throughout this class I have seen changes in my skill set, including my ability to research and communicate what is expected of me, while inserting personality and character into the subject matter. While this class isn’t actually over yet, it is apparent that it has proven that I am

On the first day of English class, I aspired that I was going to be a great writer. As Loren Eiseley says in her poem, “The Snout” “It began with a strangled gasping for air” (Eiseley). College English came at an unbelievable speed. The material I learned from high school didn’t match up to the information I was about to encounter. To me the class felt like a dream that I have to pass to move on into a better place. But, ever since the class, I have acquired knowledge and developed many new skills in English like how to transform my mediocre essay, into a proper use of accurate punctuations, great transitions and detailed paragraphs.

When I address groups, I know how to motivate them. I am a strong speaker who is both realistic and motivational. I understand what to say and when to say it and recognize that humor can be a powerful tool. Through my day to day life I strive to set a good example and to demonstrate how a person can be strong and influential though actions alone. I seek to make a difference in the world, to help others. I view a life without the chance to serve other and to make a positive difference in the world as a wasted life.

Once this course had commenced, I came up with the idea of painting a person’s reflection to represent the theme of self-image. Throughout the process of experimenting with different types of paint, I decided to work closely with watercolour as it was a media that I found enjoyable. I aimed for an experience where I developed the knowledge of working with watercolour, which became more realistic through researching the artists, John Lovett, Roisin Cure and David Stickel. Through investigating, it was explored how the use of different techniques such as; using bright colours, can cause the viewer to have an emotional response. These artists had a large impact on the

In setting an intention for my practice throughout the semester, I knew that for it to be impactful it had to challenge me to further develop my skills as a contemplative person both in and out of the classroom. I began the Fall 2017 semester without a particularly strong intention for anything. Perhaps a simple intention to excel and get high grades in my new courses. An intention to meet new people and make friends. However, soon enough, by the end of the 2nd week of the semester specifically, it was intuitively divined that I should set an intention to listen for my 49 day project. More specifically then to just listen was a desire to allow other people, things, and situations communicating to me to be allowed to express themselves authentically while feeling that they were genuinely being heard. I considered this to be a great intention for myself, because while it is true, that on more than one occasion, I have been told that I am a good listener, that people feel I give them my full attention and am not thinking of a response instead I’m attentively absorbing what they have to say. It is also true that many people consider me to be a very stubborn person that doesn’t allow feedback, criticism, or advice to change my course of actions. People feel that no matter they tell me, I don’t change. I don’t completely agree with such assessments, but I do realize this could be an important area for my growth. Being able to listen, understand, and make people feel that what they

When first coming across this course, from the title, I expected the course to discuss and educate us about aging women and the physical, mental, and emotional changes they go through as they age. For example, I thought we would be discussing health issues such as malnutrition, memory loss, and depression. Each of which are health concerns that have been found to be associated with older women. In addition, I also expected the course to go into details about the physical changes that women go through and how they affect them emotionally. However, after beginning the course I realized that my expectations of this course were very basic compared to what the course was about. In fact, I felt almost ashamed of my shallow expectations because the course covered more important, broad issues that women deal with as they age. Most of the issues discussed many people are unaware of and have no knowledge about. Women age 60 and up battle with inequality, lack of power, and how they are a less dominant group in our society.

The time was 7:15a.m. and the day was Wednesday, September 13th, 2017. Sitting at home on my old, worn out, brown reclining chair, I casually sipped my morning cup of coffee pondering my strange and unfamiliar dream from the night before.[Parallelism & Balance] It left me with a feeling of curiosity at its similarities with reality, but then I reminded myself it was just a dream and that no one really meets god for he doesn’t exist.[Self Reflection] As I sat reading The Washington Post from my apartment on the sixth floor of a highrise in New York City, New York, my mind slowly strayed towards work.[Where] After looking at my physics phd diploma, I began fretting the long day I have ahead of myself at a secret lab in New York, where the old manhattan project took place; which was being repurposed for my research.[Irony] To alleviate the dread and despair I now contained, I came upon the decision to go on a walk before work.[Balance]

If I could describe myself in a single word it would probably be restless. I’ve been restless and impulsive for as long as I can remember. This spontaneity has gotten me into many arguments with my parents over the years on whether or not some adventures are worth pursuing, but one benefit it has given is the drive to stay in shape. I work out quite frequently, with near daily bike rides, occasionally runs and weekly trips to the gym. Nearly all of my aerobic excursions are symptoms of a deep restlessness that tends to stir when I feel I’ve been prone for too long. Over the course of this self reflection I will be highlighting any positive risk factors I may have for CAD (Coronary Artery Disease), discussing whether or not it is possible for me to exercise without any problems, creating a workout plan for myself using the FITT principle, and elaborating on any difficulty I may face maintaining this plan.

My senior year I worked at a local yoga studio, developing a profound connection to the instructors. One day, in a conversation with my yoga instructor, we discussed the fact that if it weren’t for his job in retail and as an instructor, he would be homeless. I was moderately taken aback by this, but instead of shying away from the topic, I asked him how it felt and what his family thought. He further explained that his father’s expectations of him hadn’t matched what his desires were in life, fracturing their relationship.

For this semester, I wanted to steer away from my usual topic of sports for research and focus on other aspects of my life that impact me personally. I then began to think about all the other things in my life that I do on a dialy basis, and that’s when music came into mind. Listening to music is a part of my life that I use to help relieve my stress, stay focused while doing other tasks, or just to fill quiet space when I am by myself. I chose to focus on Alicia Keys because I have been listening to her music for as long as I can remember, and her very inspirational persona was always intruiging to me. I wanted to find out more about her advocational identity and compare it to the details behind her musical title and see which side was more beneifcial to our society as a whole. However, since she also is considered a celebrity figure, I was worried that the information I would be looking for would be invalid or biased. When it comes to my presentation skills, I believe I have improved greatly and my strengths are now starting to outweigh my weaknesses, especially regarding how I physically speak about my choice of a topic compared to the overall setup of my actual presentatiom.

The age 19 is a very strange time in my life. Technically, I am considered an adult, but in reality it is more of an awkward middle ground between teen hood and being a real life adult. Not yet feeling the full effect of 20 and the responsibilities that follow have not sunk in yet. Everyone around me says “live it up it’s our last year to be ignorant!”, and being in college it seems like all that matters is who can shotgun a beer the fastest at a party or how many people someone slept with. There seems to be a lack of morality in college. This topic morality and making ethical choices between right and wrong in college is the biggest personal struggle for me as I continue stumbling my way through college.