Update:
I was able to do a little bit more work on my blanket. I am about halfway through my 4th skien of yarn and I plan on finishing it this week and moving onto my 5th. This blanket will take around 10 skeins of yarn so I really need to get moving to finish it by the end of the semester.
Sense Of Occupational Well-Being:
Looking at my occupation to determine if it is facilitating my sense of occupational well-being or hindering it, I feel that it does both depending on when I am doing it and what's going on outside of it. The two factors that go with occupational well-being, occupational performance and occupational engagement help determine how my occupational well-being actually is. There are times when my occupational performance isn't great, like when I mess up stitches or loose out of how many I have done. But, when I'm doing good I start to feel better about myself and it help facilitate that senes of occupational well-being. Looking at occupational engagement I sometimes forgetting what this project it about and I feel like I have to keep doing it so that I can get a good grade instead for myself. At the beginning of the semester I decided I would give it to my younger brother as a gift, having this mentality has helped me engage more in my occupation because I am doing it for someone else to. I think that the more I continually engage and perform this occupation it will continue to help facilitate my sense of occupational well-being.
Seven Occupational Needs:
The seven occupational needs that are associated with occupational well-being are accomplishment, affirmation, agency, coherence, companionship, pleasure, and renewal. Looking at them through the lens of my occupation I think can both contribute and hinder my occupational well-being. The majority if the occupational needs help contribute to my occupational well-being like the sense of accomplishment, by making little goal and achieving them it pushes me to keep going, affirmation encourages me because other people see what I am doing and it reassures me that it was a good choice, and renewal because it allows me to escape the world for a little while and focus on myself. The one that might hinder my occupational well-being is companionship because I know that I wouldn't get anything accomplished if I were with others because my focus would be elsewhere.
Tristin,
ReplyDeleteSounds like a huge project and that you are making good progress. I have faith you will finish it by the end of semester. I really like how you how you were able to break down how it facilitates your well-being. I also really like how you are able to be honest with yourself when it comes to the seven occupational needs. It is easy to say oh yeah I can do both, but you know your occupation and yourself good enough to know that you can't do that. Do you think you will continue this occupation once the semester is done?
Hi Cassidy,
DeleteThanks for reading my blog this week! I think after the semester is over I will continue with crocheting. I have really started to enjoy doing it and it has been a nice way to take a little break from studying or freaking out over upcoming exams. I also think that I will keep doing it because it can be pretty rewarding to see what you were able to do.
Hi Tristin,
ReplyDeleteI don't think you need to feel an from a rush with the blanket. You are finishing up another skien of yarn keep that in mind. I completely understand the struggle to stay motivated for your occupation. Do you think making this blanket for your brother is a reason your occupation performance might be lower? Are you wanting to be a perfectionist with it? I think its a great idea to make a blanket for him.
Hi Katelynn,
DeleteThanks for taking the time to read my blog! I think that it is actually helping with my occupational performance because I want it to look good and not just a lump of yarn. I think that if I had never wanted to do crocheting in the first place then it would probably be something that was hindering me because it would feel forced. I wouldn't necessarily say I want to be a perfectionist because I know that it will not be perfect in anyway since it's new. I do want it to look good though, which is why I get frustrated when I mess up or have to redo a couple of stitches to fix the mistake.