Blog 2: Cali Ruth Hays
The biggest question that kept popping in my head while I read these chapters was: will I be satisfied with the way my life turns out if I continue the path I'm on right at this moment. A large fear of mine is that I will graduate with a psychology degree, go to graduate school, and then either not be able to find a job or not be happy with what I do. As I said in Blog 1, I am currently planning on being a child life specialist once I graduate. I definitely want to work with kids and this job is something that really appeals to me. Child life is a hard and emotional occupation, but it is also extremely rewarding. I also know it is very competitive and not the highest paying job out there. In Designing Your Life, one of the key aspects was having a balanced work, play, love, and health dashboard. The authors emphasized the importance of being happy and satisfied with each of these categories in your life, which is a different situation for everyone. One thing that really stuck out to me was when they talked about creating the compass for MY life. Not my parents, not my teachers, not my friends, not my mentors, but MINE. Too often, people choose careers or degrees that their parents want them in, they think they will make the most money in, or ones that are the most popular. This is one of the worst things to do because making this mistake leads to unhappiness where you are trapped doing something you hate. It is crucial to find what you are passionate about, no matter how much money comes from it, and pursue it.
In The Surprising Master Key to Happiness and Satisfaction, Lawrence Krieger perfectly connects to the ideas of pursuing what you love and being satisfied in who you are/what you're doing. He emphasizes the importance of taking the time to ask questions like: am I connected with myself and my beliefs, do I feel a purpose and joy in what I am doing, etc. The Psychology Major's Companion mentioned a section about interviews and what to do if you don't get the job. The most important piece of advice I obtained from that section was to not be discouraged and use the interview as a learning tool. Ask yourself what you could've done better or differently and think of ways to make yourself better. The worst thing to do is get down on yourself and create negative thoughts. In an article titled, How to Bounce Back from Anything, Jancee Dunn talks about how failure does not define who we are. Instead of seeing failure as a weakness, look at it as an opportunity for something even greater. We can't control what happens to us, but we can control how we react and that ultimately defines who we are.
Dunn, Jancee. (2017). How to bounce back from anything. Live Healthy. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=16&sid=3648ff86-8099-473d-8c00-2ddc199bda98%40sessionmgr4009
Krieger. Lawrence. (2018). The surprising master key to happiness and satisfaction. Florida Bar Journal, pp. 18. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=3648ff86-8099-473d-8c00-2ddc199bda98%40sessionmgr4009
In The Surprising Master Key to Happiness and Satisfaction, Lawrence Krieger perfectly connects to the ideas of pursuing what you love and being satisfied in who you are/what you're doing. He emphasizes the importance of taking the time to ask questions like: am I connected with myself and my beliefs, do I feel a purpose and joy in what I am doing, etc. The Psychology Major's Companion mentioned a section about interviews and what to do if you don't get the job. The most important piece of advice I obtained from that section was to not be discouraged and use the interview as a learning tool. Ask yourself what you could've done better or differently and think of ways to make yourself better. The worst thing to do is get down on yourself and create negative thoughts. In an article titled, How to Bounce Back from Anything, Jancee Dunn talks about how failure does not define who we are. Instead of seeing failure as a weakness, look at it as an opportunity for something even greater. We can't control what happens to us, but we can control how we react and that ultimately defines who we are.
Dunn, Jancee. (2017). How to bounce back from anything. Live Healthy. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=16&sid=3648ff86-8099-473d-8c00-2ddc199bda98%40sessionmgr4009
Krieger. Lawrence. (2018). The surprising master key to happiness and satisfaction. Florida Bar Journal, pp. 18. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=3648ff86-8099-473d-8c00-2ddc199bda98%40sessionmgr4009
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