Introduction
This is my first journal entry and it will be about how well I am adjusting to life in terms of well-being, balancing your priorities, developing my identity, and coping with stress with what I have learned thus far in my psychology course.
Adjusting to life in terms of well-being
Life! I don’t think that no one person can truly say that they are truly happy and satisfied with their lives to the point of them not wanting to make any more changes or improvements. For me I’m trying to learn how to truly live and enjoy my life, not to just exist. I am learning to be happy with where I am, not compare my life to someone else’s life. I had a habit of comparing and wondering why my life was the way it was even though I felt like I did everything right; there was still things in my life that I felt like were not where I wanted them to be. I am learning to deal and love the life that I have which in term will lead to my all around happiness. In my learning, people reach their peak happiness when they surround themselves with genuinely happy people as well as when engaging in …show more content…
I sometimes go through life feeling like nothing is going right for me and my life is always in a frenzy. In my hardest times I try to find the good in every situation, pray about things asking for guidance, and speak with my mother as well because I value her opinion and insight. Coping is easier when you know that there is some out there that can relate to what you are going through or just to have someone out there that will listen and not judge. I try to steer clear of negative interactions, negative people, or things that may increase my stress levels; at least until I am at a point to where what someone else may say will bother me. My children have consistently played as a positive outlet for me as well. So in the midst of it all, to engage in activities with them can make any situation seem mediocre or less
This is my first journal entry and it will be about how well I am adjusting to life in terms of well-being, balancing your priorities, developing my identity, and coping with stress with what I have learned thus far in my psychology course.
Adjusting to life in terms of well-being
Life! I don’t think that no one person can truly say that they are truly happy and satisfied with their lives to the point of them not wanting to make any more changes or improvements. For me I’m trying to learn how to truly live and enjoy my life, not to just exist. I am learning to be happy with where I am, not compare my life to someone else’s life. I had a habit of comparing and wondering why my life was the way it was even though I felt like I did everything right; there was still things in my life that I felt like were not where I wanted them to be. I am learning to deal and love the life that I have which in term will lead to my all around happiness. In my learning, people reach their peak happiness when they surround themselves with genuinely happy people as well as when engaging in …show more content…
I sometimes go through life feeling like nothing is going right for me and my life is always in a frenzy. In my hardest times I try to find the good in every situation, pray about things asking for guidance, and speak with my mother as well because I value her opinion and insight. Coping is easier when you know that there is some out there that can relate to what you are going through or just to have someone out there that will listen and not judge. I try to steer clear of negative interactions, negative people, or things that may increase my stress levels; at least until I am at a point to where what someone else may say will bother me. My children have consistently played as a positive outlet for me as well. So in the midst of it all, to engage in activities with them can make any situation seem mediocre or less