One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
A couple of months ago my mother got a handgun carry permit. She and a friend of ours have spent a considerable amount of time trying to find just the right sized weapon for my mother. A few weeks ago they found one. Since then mom has been going to an indoor shooting range and practicing her sharpshooting skills. I have to admit she is quite good. For a short little lady, with a teeny tiny gun, she has good aim.
Wednesday she went to the shooting range again to get a little more practice in. The little paper man did not stand a chance against her. He is now taped to our front door.
One of the many things I have learned in the last two and half years, while learning how to manage depression, is that it is vital to my mental health to daily take stock of the good things in my life. This does not have to be big things, some of the things that blessed me the most a rather small and inconsequential to most people. However, they help keep me focused on all the wonderful things that are in my life.
It’s over! It’s done! IT’S FINISHED!
I am talking about my first semester of college.
Friday night I had to take two finals. One was in English/grammar review, and the other was in math review. I did well. I did really, really well. My score for the English/grammar final was 98%, and my score for the math final was 97%.
I was nervous about taking the math final. I had a lot riding on it. Even though my grade in the class was in A, if I did not do well on the final I technically would not have passed the class. So I studied, and I studied, and then I studied some more. When it came time to take the final it was still nervous; however, I managed to get through the test without having to struggle. It took me about 40 min. to complete the 30 problems on it. I was able to see my score soon as I finished. I cannot tell you how relieved and excited I was to see that I only missed one problem.
After I finished the math final, it was time for me to take the English/grammar final. There was one section that I was slightly nervous about. It had to do with identifying simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Even though I could tell you what those types of sentences were, I struggled to identify them in the lessons. In the end, I decided that I probably knew as much is I could absorb when it came to the English/grammar class, so I decided to go ahead and take the final. Out of 55 questions I only missed one, and I scored 100% on the section that I thought I would have problems with.
I am really proud of the final grades I ended up with in each class:
English/grammar review – 98.15%
Math review – 96.56%
Those grades combined with the 100% I made in the Skills for Success class that I had to take in the first session of the semester mean that so far my GPA is excellent.
One of the things that surprised me about the math class is that I found myself actually looking forward to the discussion math questions every week. I enjoyed figuring out the answer to the equations given in formulating a response. I think maybe I am better at math than I ever gave myself credit for. Certainly, I am not proficient at it, nor is it my favorite subject; however, I think my own negative attitude about it probably got in the way of me being able to do well in past math classes.
I think there is a lesson in that revelation. It makes me wonder how many other times my past negative attitude got in the way of me being able to be successful. I think it is a lesson I need to pay attention to.