Reflections, Resilience, and Recommendations
As the end of the semester is a few weeks away, my reflection on whether or not to continue my new occupation (if that’s what we are still calling it by now) has led me to think that I will not be continuing the frequency of engagement but will continue to teach myself new skills that relate to my desire to build, create, and fix. Because my life had some really big changes over the course of the semester affecting my participation within my new occupation, my occupation never felt like it was continuous (because it wasn’t). As much as I would have loved to feel the accomplishment of making something functional through the acquired knowledge, self-taught moments, and movement and strength of my own hands, that accomplishment seems absent. I could say a sense of accomplishment has been acquired by my mental ability to be stronger than I ever have been in the past, putting the trust within myself to feel competent, and strengthening my independence. Physically, I have nothing to show but...
