Doing our last day of class Professor Sabatino asked us to write down 10 things we have accomplished in his class. In this blog post I'm going to be expanding on some of my 10 answers to Sabatino’s question.
My 10 answers were 1) Completed a found poem. 2) Created my first research project using primary data. 3) Met all my assignment dates. 4) Created my first vlog. 5) Made my first website. 6) Made 15 blog posts in one semester. 7) Completed the three good things process. 8) Developed my ability to create a scene in my writings. 9) Composed my first scene with dialogue. 10) Completed the Proust questionnaire. I'm going to be expanding on my 1, 2, 5, and 6 answers. 1) Completed a found poem. Completing a found poem was a big accomplishment for me. When I first tried to start composing my found poem it was very difficult. I dove into my narrative project with a strong idea of how I wanted to pull my found poem out of it, but it just didn't work out. I actually ended up asking a friend who writes her own music to help me. My friend gave me a couple good ideas and a place to start from which I'm very thankful for. After about an hour of work I ended up with my found poem. 2) Created my first research project using primary data. I had to create research projects in a number of other classes but all of them didn't allow for the use of primary data. To me, there's something way more natural and respected about collecting your own primary data for your own research project. I really appreciated how we got to learn and develop that skill in this class. 5) Made my first website. Creating my first website in this class was very beneficial for me. I've been working on my own little company for a bit now, so getting the experience of making this website will really help me when it comes time to create one for my business. 6) Made 15 blog posts in one semester. Doing a blog post every week was something I was not looking forward at the beginning of the semester, but I'm very happy I accomplished all of them. To me creating these blogs was easily the biggest challenge in this course. I've never enjoyed writing and honestly I've always done my best to avoid it, but something about forcing myself to get through this every week was very beneficial.
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In this blog post I'm choosing to revise the findings section of my research project. During class on Tuesday we broke up into our teams and each read over our research and finding sections in our project. After going over my findings section I found that this section was lacking specific journal entries and wasn't showing how the three good things process impacted me. Here is my readvised findings section.
Findings Martin Seligman’s three good things process can positively affect one’s well-being throw affirming positive aspects of their life. From my findings after personally completing the three good things process for three weeks, I would confidently say that this process can positively affect one's well-being. After looking at my October 30th three good things journal entries: 1) I climbed 3000ft in two and a half hours. This went well because I convinced my friend Isaac to do with me, so we could motivate each other to finish the 3000ft. 2) I got a lot of homework done. This went well because I committed to doing at least 4 hours today. 3) I got a really good deal on some nice clothes at a thrift store. This went well because I decided to go to the far thrift store which is cheaper. We can see that Martin Seligman’s three good things process forces one to affirm gratitude in their lives through journaling each night. Which according to Kyeong, Sunghyon academic Journal, "Effects of Gratitude Meditation on Neural Network Functional Connectivity and Brain-Heart Coupling." Affirming gratitude can promote positive mindsets, reduce stress, and positively contribute to mental well-being. Kyeong also states that, “Gratitude has been associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders, higher life satisfaction, and wisdom.” Before starting the three good things process, I took the “General Happiness Scale” (Authentic Happiness). My results from the general happiness scale are: General Happiness: 5.5, Score Range: 1 to 7 on Oct 30, 2018. After completing the three good things process, I took the general happiness scale again scoring: General Happiness: 6, Score Range: 1 to 7 on Nov 19, 2018. As one can see from this data, my general happiness has gone up by .5 and I feel that I can see a noticeable difference in my well-being. We also can see this positive effect of the three good things process in Martin Seligman’s research. Seligman's data showing that the three good things process was able to improve overall happiness in patients with clinical depression by 2% and most patients that continued the three good things process seen a 5% improvement in happiness after one month, (Seligman 415-420). Seligman's data closely correlates with the improvements I saw in my happiness scale after doing the three good things process for 3 weeks. In this blog post I'm choosing to revise the introduction section of my research project. During class on Tuesday we broke up into our teams and each read over our research and finding sections in our project. After going over my introduction section I found that my thesis statement was a couple sentences too long, and it wasn't mentioning what actually affect the three good things process had. Here is my readvised Introduction section.
Introduction Is the feeling of well-being something a simple daily journal can help us obtain? Gratitude and well-being are two terms that we've all heard of, but most struggle to define. From my experience gratitude and well-being occur when I achieve a goal that feels difficult or impossible. An example of this is when I decided to climb 3000 feet. One day I went to my local climbing gym, I went there expecting to do my usual routine of bouldering only about 15 to 20 feet at a time, but this time something struck me I decided I wanted to be uncomfortable. I set a goal for myself, 3000 feet non-Stop. The wall I chose to climb was 35ft tall, so I had to climb it 86 times. I put on my harness, slept on my climbing shoes, and covered my hands in chalk. When I started up the wall, I was feeling confident and strong, but around my 20th time up my forearms were burning, and my legs were starting to shake. I was struggling to see any point in continuing. At around my 60th time up the wall my pump was gone, but my hands were bleeding, I was drenched in sweat, and I felt like I was going to throw up, but I wasn't going to stop now. On my 86th time up the wall I was shaking with excitement I've been on the wall for two and a half hours now, I feel like I just ran a marathon. I hit the last hold jump off the wall and scream with joy. I can hear a couple of my friends yelling and hollering in excitement. The feeling of excitement and accomplishment after completing these 3000 feet lasted for days, to me, this is what gratitude and well-being is. Martin Seligman’s idea of the “Three Good Things” gratitude process is designed to help a person gain the feeling of well-being by journaling about three good things that has happened to them that day. Martin Seligman’s three good things process can positively affect one’s well-being throw affirming positive aspects of their life. In this blog post I'm going to be defining some terms that I'm going to be using in my research project and summarizing two pieces of research I've found.
Defining terms I'm going to be using The first term I would like to define is gratitude. I'm going to be using Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence’s definition of gratitude which is: “Gratitude is a state of mind that arises when you affirm a good thing in your life that comes from outside yourself, or when you notice and relish little pleasures.” from the research I've done so far I feel that this definition is the most comprehensive and agreeable. The second term I would like define is well being. There does not seem to be a consensus around the definition of well-being so for this paper I'm going to be defining well-being as: a strong feeling of positive and long-lasting emotion with a positive mood an absence of negative emotion and a strong feeling of satisfaction, fulfillment, and positivity. The third term I would like to defined is positive psychology. The definition for positive psychology I'm choosing to use in this paper is from Positive Psychology Center. Positive Psychology Center defines positive psychology on their website as “the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive.” Summarizing two pieces of research I've found and a small segment of how it will help me. Work 1) Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health. The Influence of Gratitude in Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Well-Being M. Rosa Elosúa. Summary 1) In this work M. Rosa Elosúa, spend time defining gratitude and spiritual well-being. Elosúa then talks about gratitude and its health benefits. Elosúa also talks about seligman's theory of happiness and psychological well-being. Elosúa then asks the question “can we change physical well-being through gratitude?” she then finishes up the work by looking at how gratitude is embodied. Segment 1) This work is a great base for my research project and will definitely help me of/when I become off-topic. Work 2) The 5 Founding Fathers and A History of Positive Psychology Summary 2) In this work they talk about the four waves of psychology. The first wave of psychology is the disease model, the second wave is behaviorism, the third wave is humanistic Psychology, and the fourth wave is Positive psychology. In this work they then goes over the five founding fathers developing positive psychology. The first founding fathers of positive psychology is William James, the second being Abraham Maslow, the third being Martin Seligman, the fourth being Mihaly Czikszentmihi, And the fifth being Christopher Peterson. Segment 2) This work helps give me a better understanding of positive psychology and where it comes from and also helps me understand Martin Seligman. For this blog post Professor Sabatino has given us free range of our blog as long as it relates to our research project in some way. I have chosen to post an image of a letter I free wrote addressed to dr. Martin Seligman, about The Three Good Things Exercise. Writing this took about 5 minutes in class on Tuesday. Martin Seligman is often referred to as the “father of positive psychology“ and a strong advocate for the three good things exercise.
In this blog post I'm going to be journaling three good things that has happened to me each day from October 30 to November 5.Some sources I've looked over before starting this Blog are: What is Positive Pyschology & Why Is it Important? (Positive Psychology Program), Greater Good in Action: Science-Based Practices for a Meaningful Life (UC Berkeley's Project Home Page), and Three Good Things (Greater Good in Action). October 30 1) I climbed 3000ft in two and a half hours. This went well because I convinced my friend Isaac to do with me so we could motivate each other to finish the 3000ft. 2) I got a lot of homework done. This went well because I committed to doing at least 4 hours today. 3) I got a really good deal on some nice clothes at a thrift store. This went well because I decided to go to the fare thrift store because it is cheaper. October 31 1) I did well on my marketing case study. This went well because I set up my study guide early and the kid I was partnered with had a good understanding of the material. 2) I check my checking account and there was more money in there than I expected. This went well because I've been trying my budgeting more serious recently. 3) I met up with a good friend doing a short break In-between classes. This was good because we got to catch up a little and discuss a future climbing trip. November 1 1) I managed to get most of my homework done for this weekend. This one will because I went to Haverford College to study and limit my distractions 2) I found some time to start make some climbing training holds. I've been wanting to make something holds for a while now but i haven't come up with a good design or find the time so I'm happy to get it started. 3) Registered for classes and got into all the ones I wanted. This went well because I decide to register early. November 2 1) Feel confident that I got a good grade on my marketing test. This went will because I took the time to study a lot the day of. 2) Got to climb at Tufas and realize that gravity vault roots are pretty sand bag so I felt pretty damn strong lol. 3) Went to see Venom with an old friend and a couple new friends. November 3 1) Found some time to practice my lead clipping, I've always struggled with clipping while the carabiner is facing out so I worked on that lot today and I feel pretty confident with my technique now. 2) Got to sleep in. I stand up pretty late last night so I decided to turn my alarm off and just sleep. 3) Got a lot of work down early today so feeling pretty relax coming this next school week. November 4 1) I clean my room and got a lot of close ready for donating. 2) Had a really good talk with my mom before she left for a wedding. 3) I figured out what my accounting project is going to be about and have a pretty good understanding of how I want to lay it out. November 5 1) I had a nice dinner with some good friends. This went well because I took the time to plan Instead of just winging it. 2) I study for my math test and I'm feeling pretty confident. 3) I got to see Kate who is one of my best friends that I usually never get to see during the semester. I'm also going to be using the PERMA analyze on my "three good things" to analyze my journal entries. PERMA stands for P-Positive Emotion E-Engagement R-Relationships M-Meaning A-Accomplishments P: 10 E: 4 R: 6 M: 0 A: 13 In this blog post I'm going to be vlogging my answers to 7 questions about revising my narrative project. Some materials I looked over before making this post are What is Fan Fiction -- and why is it making people nervous? (Stephen Downes), and Rewinding and Rewriting: The Alternate Universes in Our Head (Hidden Brain Podcast). Here is also a link to my Narrative project web page
YouTube video vlog answers Here are the seven questions I'm answering In the vlog. 1) How did revising this draft impact the way you critiqued the product? Did the process lead to a closer reading? 2) When you revised the story's point-of-view, tense, and choice, did you make other revisions that weren't required? 3) How did rewriting the story in third person impact your interpretation of the real-life event? 4) How did rewriting the story in present tense impact your interpretation of the real-life event? 5) How did rewriting the decision impact your interpretation of the real-life event? 6) How did it feel to revise this story "during, after, and since." 7) For draft #3, will you return to the original story or continue with the counterfactual story? Why? In this blog post, I'm going to be posting a 5 to 10 minutes long YouTube video reflecting on either an experience in this class, specific assignments, specific readings/films, specific conversations, or specific processes that helped you learn and grow. After meeting with professor Mangini, I have decided to use this video to talk about what the writing process looks like for me being Dyslexic and more specifically what the editing process looks like because I feel it has the most contrast to what others do when editing. I'm also going to be listing my three primary intrinsic goals for this English composition class.
YouTube video reflections link My three primary intrinsic goals for this English composition class are, 1) To be more confident with my writing, this is something I've always struggled with being Dyslexic. 2) To try to bring out more of my creative side through writing. 3) To increase my general knowledge of grammar and sentence structure. In the blog post section I I'm going to be making a found poem in the sub genre free-form excerpting and remixing. The work I'm making this found poem out of is my narrative project draft 1. My goal for this found poem is for it to be at least 100 words and to follow the same storyline as my narrative project. In the section II of this blog post I'm going to be answering some questions related to my narrative project and this found poem.
Section I found poem I don't have the patience An option, a small window and lack of light to breath to call, to tell, to keep that promise ding, ding, ding my heart beats excruciating, don't get too concerned there was nothing there were options what options to wait, to shift, to pressure on your lungs beware no I’ll have it, I'll do it, the surgery I don't have the patience I should have waited I should have the patience waiting was overwhelming the feeling of blood this feeling some patients have how was I supposed to concentrate work, school, boss, advisor I should have waited. I should have waited till the summer. Section II Do you think the narrative provides enough descriptive language to create a compelling found poem? Yes I feel that my narrative project had enough description language to create a found poem but more description would not have hurt. Do you think the descriptive language more so creates a setting or delivers the subtext of a theme? I think for the first scene in my narrative project the descriptive language delivered more of a theme but in the second scene of my narrative project the descriptive language created more of a setting In revision, will you focus on using description to develop more of the setting or more of a theme? In revising I'll probably focus on using description to develop more of the setting In this blog post, I'm going to be revising my scene from blog post five. I'm hoping to add at least 200 more words and I'm going to be adding dialogue to help show more action in my scene.
Seen From My Life It was a cold early January day, my mom and I were heading to chop (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) we arrived at the woods center, it's a big old four-story brick building connected to the main wings of chop. We drove into the basement found a parking spot and get a slip from the attendant. I'm starting to feel pretty nervous wondering what options I'm going to have. We take the elevator up to the 4th floor, sign-in and were told to take a seat in the waiting room. It's a bright room, paintings of elephants, zebras, and giraffes cover the walls. There's little kids all around some coughing and crying as their parents try to console them, another's running around without a care in the world. I heard my name be called and the young nurse escorts my mom and I to room 6. We wait for surgent Adzick to arrive. After waiting about 30 minutes surgeon Adzick arrives, he knocks twice on the door and then proceeds to enter. He's a tall man probably 6 foot 3 with short gray combed over hair. He walks up to me shakes my hand and introduce himself. “Hello Seth, my name is dr. Adzick and I'm the head surgeon here at CHOP for all pectus surgeries.” I can tell by the way he carries himself that he is a very confident man. He then proceeded to say, “So Seth, after spending some time looking over your x-rays, I've come to the conclusion that your severe pectus excavatum is causing your heart to shift to the left and it seems to be putting pressure on your lungs. The pressure it's putting on your lungs could be the cause of your asthma. Do to your severe condition I would highly recommend surgery as soon as possible.” I was expecting him to say this but even still hearing it out loud made it almost too real. He then said, “This is a big surgery, so I highly recommend you taking the time to weigh your options. If you decide to do the surgery, beware that you could be out of school and work for some time.” Adzick then said, “Another one of my patients was going to have the surgery in about three weeks so if you would like, I can get yours down then also or you can wait till school ends?” The idea of waiting months was overwhelming; I don't have the patience for that. I responded almost immediately saying, “I'll do the surgery in three weeks, that works way better for me." Little did I know that this surgery and the time that I picked would end up causing me my job and months of school work, I should have waited. I should have waited till the summer. |
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