Jefferson College Deliberate and Intentional Act of Self Care Response
Jefferson College Deliberate and Intentional Act of Self Care Response
Hi, I have 2 of my classmates’ posts. I need you to respond to each one separately. Also, one source at least for each one of them. Don’t write about how good their posts or how bad. All you need to do is to choose one point of the post and explore it a little bit with one source support for each response
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The question was:
I want you to actively think about the value and importance of self-care and share with the class about it. I personally cannot stress how meaningful it is to identify and utilize self-care when necessary, so I want you to begin to look within yourselves and start to catalog what helps you wind down, relax, and be in a more positive mental/emotional space. I believe that we don’t spend much time on our own thinking about this, so my hope is that this may begin a shift and allow us to do it more regularly.
For this assignment, I would like you to identify at least one deliberate and intentional act of self-care between today and next Thursday. Like I mentioned in class, if you normally take a nap, watch movies, or go to the beach for self-care, please continue to do so. I would, however, like you to think beyond the basic ones and really do something meaningful for yourself (again, my contribution is that I am going away for a few days to see a friend because I’ve missed seeing them and it will be a nice change of scenery for me and hopefully help me to recharge). Also, please respond to at least 2 person’s post – maybe to congratulate them for doing it, aligning with them because you realize that you would also do something similar, or just to share any supportive or encouraging thoughts.
This the first post from my classmate MOLLY need for response
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I have pretty much always been really bad at self-care, and sometimes it feels as though I haven’t taken a break
since
full-time EMT
This past month or two have been rough, and the stress probably weakened my immune system. I woke up on Thursday feeling like my body had been hit by a small car and like my head was going to explode, so I decided to tune into class in my PJs on my couch. Although Professor Young said that I could count that act for this assignment, I really can’t. My decision wasn’t truly an act of self-care because it was mainly to ensure that I didn’t get anyone else sick.
Upon reflection, I noted that I have been eating adequately, limiting my caffeine intake, drinking enough water, sleeping enough, and doing daily hygiene tasks/chores (I actually made my own ‘hierarchy of needs’ in undergrad). I realized that the best thing for me to do in the short term was
exercise
results
summer
This the second post from my classmate MIKE need for response
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Well it’s summer time and I am enrolled in two classes that are moving extremely fast. I work 40-50 hours a week as a salaried employee at three hospitals. Recently involved in training two different hospitals 200 miles away in sepsis training. In the
meantime I
am teaching
Did I say I have a family too? A wife of soon to be 31 years, a daughter 29 and married, a son 26 and married, another son 21
junior
it
I have used the Catholic faith to try and relax my inner spirit. I sing in the church choir and am able to project that calming music to many others in our congregation. I read the lessons during the summer
months which
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power but
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zuchinni
I recently began getting a body deep tissue massage every two months and it does relax and increase circulation and possibly take some aches and pains away. As I grow older, my body does send signals telling me to “take a break”. I believe we all get those and sometimes get wrapped up in life so much we forget. I enjoy going to see Marvel or DC movies with my children. Even though they are older now, it brings back memories of when they were small and were very much helpless without me and my wife.
I encourage every now and then to participate in a Happy Hour (probably around the Holidays), Good book to read for me was the Unthinkable. Exercise regularly, see a Real doctor once or twice a year. Try praying once in
awhile