Just filled out a questionaire on a careers advice website, to find out what strengths and weaknesses I have and which careers I'd be good at.
After looking at the results it says that my strengths are:
Learning and Technology
Learning and Technology is a skill area that you feel you are most able to do. This is about being able to learn new information easily and learn how to use new technologies quickly.
And my weaknesses or areas for development are:
Taking Responsibility
Taking Responsibility is a skill area that you feel you can do less well. This is about being able to take responsibility for your own actions, take control of situations and lead others.
If you would like to improve this skill, the following development suggestion might be useful.
So I've got no idea why it then gave me job suggestions which involve, adapting to challenges, working well with others, and convincing others, taking responsibility and leading others.
All of those things are my weaknesses, not my strengths. Wtf?
What an odd outcome.
Have you tried mynextmove dot org?
They have an interest profiler and it's free.
Give it a whirl.
Hey Ross, do you know how self conscious you are and how you feel? Well, other people feel the same stuff you do. They don't think about YOU. They worry about THEMSELVES. You have to try to keep telling yourself that you are not under any one's microscope. Everyone is under their own microscope. When you understand this entirely, you will achieve freedom that will empower you more than most folks. Repeat after me: everyone worries about themselves--I am not the subject of scrutiny. Now you try: everyone worries about themselves--I am not the subject of scrutiny... repeat and repeat.
I swear, this man is a sage. I try so hard to follow with this mindset, but my body reacts differently to stress than my mind does.. My body USED to shut down, twitch and shake a bit, and I had to close my eyes or look at the ground. Well, I still have problems with my eyes, but I can't see well with 'em anyway, so I'll always have trouble. lol
A great girl who's close to me suggested that whenever I push myself to do something I'm not comfortable with, that I should buy myself a treat afterwards. So that's what I'm going to do from now on.
A great girl who's close to me suggested that whenever I push myself to do something I'm not comfortable with, that I should buy myself a treat afterwards. So that's what I'm going to do from now on.
Yes, self rewarding is a great technique. Let us know how it works out for you!
As for the two counselors, yes, meet w them both and then find your happy medium. In the beginning it might be neat, though, to see the differing views. Each counselor is different so they'll have different perspectives to draw from - even if much of what they say follows the same lines of thinking or similar.
I'm wondering, maybe I should only self reward when I go through a bad experience?
The problem with that is the message you receive. You can come up with different systems to lift yourself up - but more than rewarding yourself for the bad experience, you should reward yourself when you come out ahead from the bad experience....does that make sense? Positive reinforcement is huge...but if you reward the negative positively then you're encouraging the negative as well.
The problem with that is the message you receive. You can come up with different systems to lift yourself up - but more than rewarding yourself for the bad experience, you should reward yourself when you come out ahead from the bad experience....does that make sense? Positive reinforcement is huge...but if you reward the negative positively then you're encouraging the negative as well.
First one was an asessment at some religous place, crosses everywhere, kinda felt like I was in a cult. The woman told me that when a councellor will be able to see me they'll let me know, and that he would be able to help me with housing/getting me onto a waiting list. Which I'm not sure about because anything that you'd get from being on a waiting list would probably be in a horrible area.
Saw the second therapist too on the same day, he hardly gave me any feedback at all, whenever I told him something he would not say anything at all. And when he did say something, most of the time it just seemed to be fluff. It just didn't do anything for me, but then again maybe I'm expecting too much.
I don't really have much desire to see the second one again, but I guess I could give it a few more sessions.
Realised that I would love to live in Rhyl or Prestatyn in Wales, near to the beach. I used to go on hoiday there when I was a kid in the 80's. Those places really really feel like somewhere where I'd feel happy.
Just need to try and take the steps to get there, whatever those steps may be.
Good update.
Consider taking a bus out to those towns in Wales.
Walk around and get a feel for the places.
Have a coffee.
People watch.
If one town feels particularly good, look into what industries are there for job prospects.
Reading how you're constructing a new life, little by little has been fascinating.
You're making moves, Rossie, lots of small steps which means you'll eventually find yourself on new and better ground.
Keep going.
Good update.
Consider taking a bus out to those towns in Wales.
Walk around and get a feel for the places.
Have a coffee.
People watch.
If one town feels particularly good, look into what industries are there for job prospects.
Reading how you're constructing a new life, little by little has been fascinating.
You're making moves, Rossie, lots of small steps which means you'll eventually find yourself on new and better ground.
Keep going.
Aw, thanks.
I don't really feel much need to visit those places first, before moving to any of them.
I think so yes, not just in how your thinking affects your life, but the law of attraction thing as well. And I do want to look more into the law of attraction thing.
I don't really feel much need to visit those places first, before moving to any of them.
What if they've changed?
Your needs are different now as an adult versus your needs as a vacationing child.
For instance, it helps to see how far services are, what the people are like, if massage parlors have moved in while city parks have been closed.
Moving that great a distance without first checking it out may not be wise.
Take a coach there!
Make a weekend of it.
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