Chapter 7 question 1

1). After reading Chapter 7 in its entirety, answer the following question:  Look at your work and school commitments.  How might you apply each of the "three solutions" to improve how you feel about your job and school?

The three solutions:
1. The first solution is making a balance between work and play. Working is something that we do for another purpose but play is something that we do for ourselves. We have to realize that even though work can be very serious at times, that we still need to make some time for ourselves and do things that we really enjoy. APPLY: I feel as if though this solution can apply to both work and school! I feel as if a large amount of my time is either taken up for work or school. I feel like there is always SOMETHING I can be doing which will help either one of my commitments. I need to be able to plan my work, school, and homework accordingly so that I have an activity I can do for myself. This can include going for a run or doing an activity like spending quality time with my parents, that really makes me happy. 

2. The second solution is actually changing your mind set on what you do. Its not always about what you but the mind set that you have doing it. If you have a positive mind set then your whole experience, doing whatever it is, will be a good one. If your mindset is negative then you will hate every aspect of what you are doing. I believe this to absolutely true and something that I can really benefit from. APPLY: For work I believe that this mindset can really change how I am. Right now work is really crazy and especially with holiday coming up it is going to become even busier. I am loosing the mindset that I began work with, which was positive and really fun. I am starting to become really negative about it and it is totally changing all the customer experiences that I am having. If I change my mindset then I bet it will change my overall attitude of life. This also applies with school because sometimes when I get down about assignments it truly affects the quality of work that I do. Changing my mindset will make me become a better student all together. 

3. The third solution is realizing that joy and pain are integrated, meaning that they come together. It a lot of situations you are not able to find joy without pain. I have learned this lesson a lot in my life and believe it to be very true. APPLY: In work I can take the pain that I am going through with all the stress and realize that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. That there is a reward when I am doing whether it be the joy from customers that I help or acknowledgment from management. In school I need to realize that even though I am going through a lot of stress and work now my light at the end of the tunnel is graduation and getting a job in the position of my dreams.