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.
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