Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Unit 4 exercises


Prof and class, wow this has been a crazy week. Sorry for my tardiness, I have started a new undertaking this week called employment. It is much different then what I am used to; I am now currently working in the dietary department at my local County hospital. The goal is to change the institutional outlook of the department and innovate a new one that has the purpose of great tasting, nutritional food that enhances the experience of the hospital stay. Never less, it has been like literally pulling teeth. I have used the exercise that was discussed during the loving-kindness exercise and I can say at the beginning I thought it was not for real but as I look at the week, I feel that it was a great success. It had helped me stay calm in the face of hostility and fear. It has made me more excited and I believe a better person for it. The mental workout is used to make a person sharper, more focused and much more attentive. These workouts not only increase the capacity of the mind but also has been shown to improve the short and long term memory while decreasing the chances of developing a mental related disease like Alzheimer’s and dementia. I have been using a training method like memory matching but not, it involves words, phrases and or quotes that have meaning increase the mental capacity and are uplifting to me. Thanks Sam.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Sam,

    Wow, Great post! And congratulations on the new job, it's sound really interesting, and that you'll be able to make a difference.

    Prof Betty

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  2. Sam!
    Congrats on the new job!! I can only imagine the tasks that you have in front of you with turning the service to an enhanced stay at the hospital while still providing nutritional foods the patients, employees and visitors. Hats of to you!!

    I have really enjoyed the last two exercises that we have had...the others were more difficult for me to accomplish...the talking...the lights (felt like rainbow brite)...it was much easier to connect to these...maybe because of the connection with my family and those that I care for...but it can mentally, physically, and very emotionally draining...

    Thanks for giving me a smile with your post!!

    Jeni S.

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  3. Sam!
    Congrats on the new job!! I can only imagine the tasks that you have in front of you with turning the service to an enhanced stay at the hospital while still providing nutritional foods the patients, employees and visitors. Hats of to you!!

    I have really enjoyed the last two exercises that we have had...the others were more difficult for me to accomplish...the talking...the lights (felt like rainbow brite)...it was much easier to connect to these...maybe because of the connection with my family and those that I care for...but it can mentally, physically, and very emotionally draining...

    Thanks for giving me a smile with your post!!

    Jeni S.

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