To the class of English 112. It has been a pleasure learning, and growing as writers by your side. When we first began this journey, all I wanted to do was go to class and straight to sleep. But as time passed I noticed that you are all wonderful people, and most of the time we were all laughing, joking, and having a good time. I will miss each and everyone of you. This class is by far one of the most memorable classes I have ever completed at DCCC. If only we had more time.
Sincerely your, Rainer Cabance aka Ray PS: I told you this class was like dating a crazy bitch. You want to leave but she's got HBO. Now I'm going to miss you all. Love Ray
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This is blog 15. Here is my top ten list about what I enjoyed in the class. I will write this in third person to achieve better clarity and seeing the myself detach from work.
1. Student was laughing his ass off the whole time. Having fun but the class has many challenges. So many students dropped out and the strong group with grit remains standing. 2. The atmosphere of the class was always welcoming. It felt that everyone had an open mind. 3. Sharing content was a breeze. Everyone was suffering and learning together as a team. 4. When teams were create student was lucky to find like-minded students that were also enjoying and laughing their ass off. 5. Creating a website for the first time was a challenge and new skills had to be developed. 6. Blogging for the first time was a challenge but new skills had to be developed. 7. Sharing and giving feed back is a must. For the first time students had access to see what others have been doing. 8. Class sometimes would get very inspirational. (Tony Robbin's style) Times were student did not want to be at school but felt great after class. 9. Class gave a different attitude when shown obstacle. The obstacle really became the way. 10. Teacher/Doctor was very passionate and enjoyed his craft. This by far is the best college class this student has taken and this student has been avoiding taking this class because of my previous teacher. This is some of my research findings along with some TED videos. I love TED videos the brightest minds in the would share their ideas on stage and back then the power elite and Fortune 500 companies will barely share info and now they are available for steaming.
Findings In this section I will prove that three good things did improve my well-being. But first, how I conducted the three good things. Let’s start by having a time frame. For a whole week and at least ten minutes a day, I needed to write down three good things that have happened during the day. I chose the last ten minutes of my day to start and end this process. This is the time where I summed up what had happened during the day and focused on the good side. In a journal or piece of paper I wrote the date, followed by the three good things that made it better or showing gratitude to what happened, and why I felt gratitude. I did this every day for a week and noticed that I felt better and focused more and expected more good things to come as the days went by. But why did I start feeling better? According to Dr. Bryan Sexton PhD., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ4aT_RVHCs “We are hardwired as human being to find the negative things as a learning curve for survival.” So, looking in a biological standpoint, we throw out and forget the good things that comes from the day such as free food because of Veterans day, a flat tire but an auto-repair just a few blocks away, or getting a good night sleep in a warm bed, etc. Instead we remember our boss telling us that you need to stay longer for work, arguing with your ex fiancé because your son is being raised wrong, or remember to bring fire so the animals at night will not go near the camp. This are some example of somethings that have happened to me during the three good things project. Except for the fire, animals, and camp. Although practicing the three good things is good, Dr. Seligman also added that his PERMA model is also needed for well-being. After conducting the three good things, I have also noticed that yes, I felt good, however, most of what I was thankful for was mostly on pleasure. Something else was still missing. So, what is PERMA? PERMA is an acronym for Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning, Accomplishment. The PERMA model was designed by Dr. Seligman and is believed help people reach happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/perma-model/#engagement Dr. Seligman believed that you need to engage in all parts of PERMA in order to fulfill a happier life. After conducting PERMA, I noticed that the three good things were good, however, I needed to add the things that were still missing in my life. Such as adding more relationship contacts, engaging to find fulfillment, and meaning. For most of what I was doing was just for pleasure. PERMA made me noticed what I was least engaging in and need to become well balanced instead of just constantly looking for pleasure. In order to balance and amplify my well-being even more I also stumbled on flow. What is flow? Have you done something or saw someone that was so engage in what they were doing. People engage in flow will lose track of time, will not eat, lose sleep, engage in anything else because they are so focus in what they are doing, and they love it and are in bliss. After the destruction caused by World War II, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wanted to know why some people that were affected by the war seem to be happier and unaffected even with all the trauma and aftermath. According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi flow is the answer. https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow?language=en#t-338666 In his study he found that our nervous system is incapable of processing more than 110 bits of information per second, 60 bits is the average. That’s why most people cannot understand more than one person talking. Csikszentmihalyi found that when people are in flow, their body does not have time to process how they feel, problems at home, how tired, or even hungry they are. That’s why Dr. Seligman incorporate flow into his PERMA model. This is the introduction to my Research Project. If you are a part of the group that I'm assigned to please leave a comment on how I can improve this. I'm open to any ideas.
It’s almost the weekend and I just managed to pick up my son from his mother’s house. While driving back home, suddenly, I heard a loud noise and I had lost steering for a brief period of time. Worried with confusion because my son was in the car, I then pulled over and noticed that my tire popped and lost air. Usually, when things like this happen, I would moan and groan for a couple of minutes until I could get my composure. However, today was different and I was thankful. My thought patterns were being re-written because I’m trying to find something good of this. I could not believe this, but I was glad this happened while the weather was nice and warm. Weird, right? I have felt this sense of gratitude recently because my professor has told us to practice the “three good things,” or gratitude for our class where we wrote three good things by the end of the day. Although, I might have changed the way I feel that day, what about tomorrow, next week, months? I then concluded at that time that if I continued to practice “the three good things” tomorrow, next week, and months to come, that maybe I can be rewrite life in a positive light. The three good things gratitude process did have a positive impact on my well-being as I continued to practice and apply it for the days to come. However, can this gratitude process “three good things,” impact and have a positive role for my well-being? |
Ray CabanceI'm a student at Delaware County Community College and I major in Criminal Justice. Currently working for the State of Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Archives
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