Assignment Case

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Through out my twenty-one years of life I have seemed to developed many different sorts of habits that I do on a day-to-day basis without even realizing it. For example to relieve my stress during finals I enjoy running and exercising. I tend to run at least three times a week and never really thought about what that does for my mental state. When reflecting on this activity I can see clearly that being alone on an empty trail truly helps lower my stress levels and gives me a chance to be alone with all my thoughts. I really enjoy forgetting about everything and just being alone with my future plans, goals, problems, and working on ways to make the best decisions. This habit of mine is a very positive one in my opinion because it does not just help my physical state and confidence, but also my mental state. Another habit I participate in regularly is listening to extremely loud music. I really like to be alone with my thoughts while listening to music and it gives my body a rest because I am just sitting down. The music helps me calm down in times of furry and intense sadness. This is a very proactive habit of mine. I am thankful for this habit because it prevents me from interacting with other people in mental states that would cause me to say or do things that would be regrettable. Another one of my many daily habits is reading extremely simple books.

I have accepted that I am not a person who enjoys reading extremely difficult mind blowing novels because they honestly bore me. On the other hand I found out in high school that I truly enjoy reading very simple worded teen novels that don't have the ambitions to confuse the reader. When I read these books I feel very smart and I try and relate to these younger characters situations because it reminds me of a simpler time in my life that I really enjoyed. My last habit that I am going to evaluate deals with my interactions with other people. Unfortunately when I am around my close friends I tend to be extremely critical on their actions and sometimes am even mean. I am not sure why but I always tend to bully my friends and make fun of them for the most pointless things. I am not proud of this habit it is one that does happen and I am realistic about.

A few steps I am taking to gain more from these habits and diminish the harmful ones are called are renewal activities. I'll first start on how I will gain more from my habit of running alone. A lot of times I tend to lose my train of thought while running and begin thinking about things that stress me out more or are a complete waste of time. To prevent this and get even more out of this stress reliever I plan to write down current important topics in my life that I would enjoy thinking about on my own. By engaging in this renewal activity my physical condition will be improved leading to my emotional level being much more stable making my mental health very stable and stress at good levels. I will next evaluate my habit of streaming loud music to blow off steam. By relaxing physically on my couch I am handling that area and by calming my emotions