My SMART Goal
I would like to improve my mental health. I would like to do this by asking for help in frustrating situations. My goal is instead of sitting and getting frustrated with my geometry homework I can ask for help from either my parents or my geometry teacher. By getting this help I can stop getting frustrated and will hopefully feel more comfortable with getting help. I will track my SMART goal through my grades if my grades get better than I know that I am getting a better understanding of the topics and that getting help from the teacher can help me more then I think it will help me. This is important to me because this is the class that I am struggling with the most and I need to push myself to get help. I don't like to get help it makes
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If I ever get into a bad situations being comfortable with asking for help will do so much for me. In an article on inc.com, the author Lorie Corcuera talks about 5 assumptions made about asking for help. I relate to Assumption 1 the most. "Assumption 1: It's a sign of weakness. If I can't do it on my own, I must not know how to do it or I don't have the skills or resources to do it." I feel the same way and I have to change my ways now because over the years it will be harder to ask for help. At this time in my life I have multiple people I can go to when I need help people like my guidance counselor, my teachers, my family, and my friends. "When you don’t ask for help when you need it, you assume all of a burden that might easily (and gladly) be shared. But you also deprive those who’d love to assist you of the opportunity to do so. Everyone is worse off." - Margie Warrell, author of Asking For Help Reveals Strength, Not Weakness. This quote is trying to say that when people offer to help they mean it. Working on my mental health and learning to ask help can affect other dimensions of my health in positive ways. Asking for help can help all dimensions of health asking for help is a universal topic. Being able to ask for help can get me out of many bad situations including a abusive relationship which can hurt my physical, mental, and emotional health. If I ever get into a abusive relationship and I must remember that I can always ask for help. Whether I get help from a parent or a friend or a neighbor I have to remember help is always there and that asking for help does not make me weak. Like the speakers said on the 15th of December ‘Help is always
If I ever get into a bad situations being comfortable with asking for help will do so much for me. In an article on inc.com, the author Lorie Corcuera talks about 5 assumptions made about asking for help. I relate to Assumption 1 the most. "Assumption 1: It's a sign of weakness. If I can't do it on my own, I must not know how to do it or I don't have the skills or resources to do it." I feel the same way and I have to change my ways now because over the years it will be harder to ask for help. At this time in my life I have multiple people I can go to when I need help people like my guidance counselor, my teachers, my family, and my friends. "When you don’t ask for help when you need it, you assume all of a burden that might easily (and gladly) be shared. But you also deprive those who’d love to assist you of the opportunity to do so. Everyone is worse off." - Margie Warrell, author of Asking For Help Reveals Strength, Not Weakness. This quote is trying to say that when people offer to help they mean it. Working on my mental health and learning to ask help can affect other dimensions of my health in positive ways. Asking for help can help all dimensions of health asking for help is a universal topic. Being able to ask for help can get me out of many bad situations including a abusive relationship which can hurt my physical, mental, and emotional health. If I ever get into a abusive relationship and I must remember that I can always ask for help. Whether I get help from a parent or a friend or a neighbor I have to remember help is always there and that asking for help does not make me weak. Like the speakers said on the 15th of December ‘Help is always