Reflective Essay On Change

Change. That simple word can mean a million different things to different people. Change for me is taking that one step in a direction that may make me feel uncomfortable, but it may be the beginning of the biggest step of my life. Change is everywhere we look. At other times, change can seem slow, and almost nonexistence. But change is always there, whether we realize it or not. It is the small and simple things that change with the new day. As we learned in class, there are several mechanisms of change.
For this challenge I decided to focus on changing the relationship I have with my sisters. I am the youngest of 4 girls. We are all 2 years apart from one another so age never was a factor, it was our personalities that really drifted up apart. My 3 older sisters …show more content…
I felt like I was trying and putting in a lot of effort, but no response back. It was hard for me to change if the other people were not willing to put in any effort to text me back and try to gain a stronger relationship with one another. Therefore, I decided I needed to use all 4 mechanisms of change.
I had to change my emotion. I used the emotion portion of my model and change my perspective on the situation. I first needed to change my attitude from a negative one, who just wanted to get the task over with, to a positive attitude. If I was happy and excited to text my sisters, then I would be more ready to accept a friendship with my sisters, instead of feeling like I need to do it.
Next, I needed to change my behavior mechanism of change. I decided that texting them once and going to get ice cream was simply not enough. Therefore, if I were to call all 3 of them weekly, and then going and getting ice cream, it would be more meaningful to my sisters and I would see ice cream as a greater reward. I also decided that if I were to visit one of them then I could treat myself to dinner and a