My reactions to the finding a balance class was pretty minimal. I have always been extremely well at managing my time overall. I have a tendency of putting what’s important first so I am very good at getting all of my school work done and making sure that all of my responsibilities are completed before engaging in personal activities. My biggest issue is that I have to make sure that I’m done with everything before I will allow myself to relax and that can be a big problem in the more stressful weeks because I find myself caught up in my school work so I don’t have time to set aside for myself to relax. After discussing the productive times verses the non productive times in class today with our schedules, I have the goal of making sure
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For example, I spent over two hours making my bulletin board for the month of October and I was really proud of it but I was even more proud of it and of myself when Pam stopped me in the hallway and told me that she really liked it too. Getting recognition from someone higher up and knowing that they are appreciating the work that I did was really reassuring and made me feel really good. Another example would be that I put a lot of effort into making myself uncomfortable so that my residents could feel comfortable coming to me with any kind of issues that they might be having. It was a big weight off my shoulders when hat first resident finally came to me with her problems and I was able to recognize that everything that I had done to make her comfortable with me had paid off …show more content…
I have a relatively small staff so we are on duty very often. Even though that has been the most time consuming part of my job, it has been one of the most helpful too because I am able to sit in the office and really be consumed in my school work. I use my time on duty carefully and typically use it as designated study time. That’s something that I highly recommend other people do because it’s a time where you can ensure that you don’t mess around because you can opt to not bring the things down to the office that would normally be in your room and distract
For example, I spent over two hours making my bulletin board for the month of October and I was really proud of it but I was even more proud of it and of myself when Pam stopped me in the hallway and told me that she really liked it too. Getting recognition from someone higher up and knowing that they are appreciating the work that I did was really reassuring and made me feel really good. Another example would be that I put a lot of effort into making myself uncomfortable so that my residents could feel comfortable coming to me with any kind of issues that they might be having. It was a big weight off my shoulders when hat first resident finally came to me with her problems and I was able to recognize that everything that I had done to make her comfortable with me had paid off …show more content…
I have a relatively small staff so we are on duty very often. Even though that has been the most time consuming part of my job, it has been one of the most helpful too because I am able to sit in the office and really be consumed in my school work. I use my time on duty carefully and typically use it as designated study time. That’s something that I highly recommend other people do because it’s a time where you can ensure that you don’t mess around because you can opt to not bring the things down to the office that would normally be in your room and distract