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SELF-CARE PLAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Physical Health<\/strong><\/p>\n

To care for my physical health, I will exercise at least 4 times a week for 30 minutes at a time. During those 30 minutes I will either be jogging, jogging\/walking, or briskly walking. In addition, I will do stretching exercises at least 5 times a week, and weight-bearing exercises 3 times a week. I will also ensure that that I get at least 8 hours of sleep a night for 5 nights\/week, in order to be well rested and ready for the challenges in the new day.<\/p>\n

Social Health<\/strong><\/p>\n

To ensure that I am giving adequate attention to my social needs, I will reach out to church friends that I am seeking to care for at least once a week.\u00a0 The social interaction will be good for both of us.\u00a0 In addition, I will call my mother once a week, and call a friend once a week, as well.\u00a0 I will also give myself at least 10 minutes per day to debrief my day with my husband so that I have an outlet for letting out some of the pent-up tension of the day in broad terms without sharing anything confidential. He is my best friend, so that relationship is very important.<\/p>\n

Emotional\/Mental Health <\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to care for my emotional and mental health, I will practice an evaluation strategy in which I ask myself whether the thing that is causing me stress and anxiety is actually a problem or simply something that I think may be a problem.\u00a0 After that, I will assess whether it is anything that I can fix, and fix it, if possible.\u00a0 If it isn\u2019t, then I will write the problem on a piece of paper and burn the paper, symbolically illustrating that that problem cannot be something I worry about further as I can\u2019t help the process anyway. I will also seek to surround myself with encouraging, uplifting individuals when stress is greatest to alleviate some stress.<\/p>\n

CAREER PLANS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 Year:<\/strong> With my MSW I plan to pursue a position in Medical Social Work upon graduation. Within 6 months of graduation I plan to get my LSW within the state of Indiana and then work toward gaining clinical hours toward a future LCSW. I looked for a job that would provide supervision so that my clinical hours could be documented and achieved that goal. This represents my main directive for work following graduation, though I also have interests in policy advocacy, school social work, crisis management, and counseling. I’m not sure when\/if I integrate those directions into my career plans, but I remain interested in many facets of the social work field.<\/p>\n

5 Years:<\/strong> I plan to have achieved my LCSW and continue working within a medical social work environment.<\/p>\n

10 Years:\u00a0<\/strong>I plan to continue working within a medical social work setting, but I may explore doing some clinical counseling on the side in addition to my work in hospital settings in order to expand my clinical experience and pursue other interests, if I have an aptitude for it.<\/p>\n

My mission statement<\/strong> is to bring light and hope to those who are discouraged and in need of a helping hand, a smile, and a little love to spur them on along life’s journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SELF-CARE PLAN Physical Health To care for my physical health, I will exercise at least 4 times a week for 30 minutes at a time. During those 30 minutes I will either be jogging, jogging\/walking, or briskly walking. In addition, I will do stretching exercises at least 5 times a week, and weight-bearing exercises 3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":878,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/ametz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}