Learning the Basics: Change
Jan. 15th, 2019 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fuzzyredWelcome to my first weekly post about Learning the Basics! Thanks for joining me on my journey to pick up skills that I'm lacking that I really probably should learn. Based on excellent earlier advice, I'm going to stick to picking one thing at a time so I don't get overwhelmed; I have a lot of helpful links to look through.
Today's topic was the Stages of Change. I had three links fromysabetwordsmith about this.
Stages of Change pictures
Stages of Change
Worksheet on Change
I found the second link most helpful because it described the stages as well as naming them. I think I am currently hovering between the Contemplation stage and the Preparation/Determination stage. I know I need to change things but it still seems like a LOT of work and I'm not entirely sure how to go about changing. I also need to think a little more about specifically what I'd like to change, instead of just "I need to change".
To continue on from today, I may do some research and see if I can find sheets on how to plan things. Then again, I may not commit to that and instead continue muddling through it as I go. I do have a plan for next week's post though; Coping Skills. Mine are seriously lacking and I believe I will need them for the rest of my journey. The end goal of all of this is to have better social skills, better awareness of other people and their needs, and how to assert/keep in mind my own needs. No being a martyr.
In between now and next week I am going to endeavour to read the link about Goal Setting. I forgot I had a link on that and it will probably come in handy for planning the rest of the things. Yay for making change and yay for baby steps! I will get there. Eventually. :p
(Links for goal setting and following through on things: Goal Setting Follow Through)
Today's topic was the Stages of Change. I had three links from
ysabetwordsmith about this.Stages of Change pictures
Stages of Change
Worksheet on Change
I found the second link most helpful because it described the stages as well as naming them. I think I am currently hovering between the Contemplation stage and the Preparation/Determination stage. I know I need to change things but it still seems like a LOT of work and I'm not entirely sure how to go about changing. I also need to think a little more about specifically what I'd like to change, instead of just "I need to change".
To continue on from today, I may do some research and see if I can find sheets on how to plan things. Then again, I may not commit to that and instead continue muddling through it as I go. I do have a plan for next week's post though; Coping Skills. Mine are seriously lacking and I believe I will need them for the rest of my journey. The end goal of all of this is to have better social skills, better awareness of other people and their needs, and how to assert/keep in mind my own needs. No being a martyr.
In between now and next week I am going to endeavour to read the link about Goal Setting. I forgot I had a link on that and it will probably come in handy for planning the rest of the things. Yay for making change and yay for baby steps! I will get there. Eventually. :p
(Links for goal setting and following through on things: Goal Setting Follow Through)
