Tracking my progress on positive thinking and maintaining this health blog has been a challenging experience, but overall an educational one. I struggled with the morning compliments the most, but that just means I need to work on my self confidence. The nightly reflections were my favorite part. I think it’s one step in the right direction of training my mind to focus on the positives, rather than the negatives, of each passing day. It also helped me go to bed with a lot less stress. The stress tends to come back in the morning, so I still need to find ways on how to control that.
I don’t think I’ll continue my health blog after this competency is over, but I do think I’ll stick my nose into that mindfulness course I talked about in my last post. Maybe I’ll revisit this blog and start tracking my progress again when I find a different mental strategy to try, since my morning routine wasn’t working, and my nightly routine only temporarily reduced my stress.
I believe that positive thinking is a vital part of being a successful health care professional. This is because patients are constantly coming to us with health problems. We need to keep up a positive demeanor, so that patients can be more positive about their care.
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