I considered myself to be in the planning/ preparation stage. Next I will look at and evaluate prior behaviors including what attempts have I made in the past the to increase self care and reduce stress. In the past I have tried going to yoga, running, drawing, and working out in attempts to decrease my stress. I learned that I do not enjoy running long distance and my mind is still focused on the things I am stressed about while running. Yoga I enjoyed but found that when in a yoga class I start to feel anxious. I learned I need to find something that takes enough concentration to take my mind off the cause of stress but not too much where I can’t refocus. Personal influences are the next thing to look at. First, what are personal benefits of improving self care. The greatest benefit to improving self care is reducing my stress levels and having alternative methods of handling stress in a more productive manner. When looking at benefits this model works to reinforce and or expand personal vision of advantages. Looking at what barriers I have to increasing self care and how can I work through those. Barriers for me include, having a hard time saying no to people, filling my plate with too many things at one time and not knowing when to take a step back. Then I evaluate self-efficacy by asking
I considered myself to be in the planning/ preparation stage. Next I will look at and evaluate prior behaviors including what attempts have I made in the past the to increase self care and reduce stress. In the past I have tried going to yoga, running, drawing, and working out in attempts to decrease my stress. I learned that I do not enjoy running long distance and my mind is still focused on the things I am stressed about while running. Yoga I enjoyed but found that when in a yoga class I start to feel anxious. I learned I need to find something that takes enough concentration to take my mind off the cause of stress but not too much where I can’t refocus. Personal influences are the next thing to look at. First, what are personal benefits of improving self care. The greatest benefit to improving self care is reducing my stress levels and having alternative methods of handling stress in a more productive manner. When looking at benefits this model works to reinforce and or expand personal vision of advantages. Looking at what barriers I have to increasing self care and how can I work through those. Barriers for me include, having a hard time saying no to people, filling my plate with too many things at one time and not knowing when to take a step back. Then I evaluate self-efficacy by asking