It was 12:30 am and I was sitting on my computer chair, looking at my computer Rereading through my first draft of my Research Project, I was on the fence about how I felt after completing it and posting it to my blog. I had 1200 words so I had completed my main goal, a thousand words. My second goal was to stay on task and to keep it relevant to the story. I thought I had done pretty well staying on task throughout my paper.
I woke up the next morning and went to school. I go through my only other class, Intro to Business, and continue on with my day until I get to my english classroom. We get to choose between getting into groups or individually presenting to the class. We chose to get into groups and my group only had two so I was put into a different group so we had more people to share with. He had also printed out a helpful questionnaire sheet to help us know what we needed to fix throughout the project. While sharing my story with my group Mr. Mangini stopped by our group to hear and help get the real answers. When he had stopped by I had just started sharing my project with my group and I had a very strong introduction but I needed to specify if the three good things gratitude process did or didn’t work. Other than that I was good for the other three questions that asked if the introduction had a hook?, did the project mention the three good things gratitude process? And if the intro included the TPS thesis statement? Knowing this actually really helped me on the revision part of the research project. But, it also gave me a better sense of what Mr. Mangini would want me to fix since he was in my group at the time that I was presenting and he was helping us get to the right answer so we didn’t sugarcoat anything. Unfortunately my findings section of my paper wasn’t as good as my introduction but, at least I have a good portion of my project done and something to build off of for my findings. I just had to fix some of the things that I was missing or didn’t give enough details such as a topic sentence that transitioned into the argument, I didn’t argue one point at a time, as well as not referencing specific journal entries and using them to help strengthen my research project. There is another part that I could add more information too and that’s explaining the specific ways that the three good things had changed my day, along with my thought process. I wanted to use this blog to reiterate the things that I would like to critique in my research project before I upload my final piece.
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Ok so for this blog I’m going to be talking about my research and what I did wrong. In my Literary Review section of my project I had written about definitions that were from a online dictionary. We weren’t supposed to get it from a dictionary site so I went and did more research. I researched 2 definitions and got better results from a more credible source.
My first source came from a blog that was posted on Stephen Joseph’s website. In the bog it says “Looking for similarities and differences across the six theoretical perspectives in how they defined well-being, he identified fourteen distinct and recurring constructs that are used to describe well-being: happiness means feeling happy and cheerful, vitality means feeling energetic/full of energy, calmness means feeling calm/relaxed, optimism means being optimistic and hopeful, involvement means feeling completely involved and engaged in what you do, self-awareness means being in touch with how you feel, self-acceptance means accepting yourself the way you are, self-worth means liking yourself, competence means feeling highly effective at what you do, development means feeling you are improving, developing, advancing, purpose means having a purpose and a mission in life, significance means feeling that what you do is worthwhile, congruence means feeling that what you do is consistent with how you see yourself, and connection means feeling close and connected to the people around you.” My second source came from a blog and video of Robert Emmons speaking posted on his website. In the post, he highlights 4 of the many reason gratitude is good for you. They were gratitude allows us to celebrate the present, it blocks toxic, negative emotions and grateful people are more stress resistant. Another topic he talks about is the effects that gratitude can have on someone. The first out of the three is physically it’s proven to improve the immune system, less bothered by aches and pains, lower blood pressure, people tend to exercise more and care about their health, sleep longer and feel more refreshed when awakening. The second is psychologically people have a better sense of positive emotion, they are more alert, alive and awake, experience more joy and pleasure, along with a more optimistic outlook and happiness. The third and final is the social part of people’s lives helping them feel more helpful, generous and compassionate, more forgiving and outgoing. This really helped me get the information that I needed to prove that the three good things gratitude process did help me. |
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