Identifying Strengths and Opportunities

 I wrote a paper talking about my personal strengths and opportunities that I found after completing the personal and relationship inventory...

I have several strengths and opportunities after taking the personal and relationship inventory worksheet and honestly answering the questions. The top three strengths that stand out to me the most are my relationship with my husband, my ability to eat healthy, and my evening and morning routines. The top three opportunities that stood out to me were that I could do better at limiting my time on Facebook/perusing the internet, being more intentional about getting in more exercise into my daily routine, and recognizing my own personal strengths.

My relationship with my husband had a rough start at the beginning of our marriage and there have been rough spots in the middle. When we were dating I told my then future husband that I didn’t want any secrets between us and that I would rather know than not know. I have from time to time struggled to tell my husband things but I have been honest and given full disclosure. I do feel like we talk things through and that we stay on the same page and understand where the other stands.

I find eating healthy for myself to be quite easy. I was diagnosed three years ago with diabetes and I was told that if I changed my diet that I would be taken off of any medication and that quite honestly my body would thank me for changing my diet rather than adding in another pill. I changed my diet and I haven’t looked back. I do have cheat meals from time to time but they are usually planned out and I don’t fall off the wagon that I have been on for 3 years. When I do come across a new recipe that sounds delicious, my brain is either already working on how to change it to be compatible with my diet or I am getting online and looking up a recipe where someone else has already done the testing and tasing. Eating healthy for me is very easy.

My morning routine is very nice. I get up at about the same time every day but even when I don’t I already know what will come next. I do change it up a bit for the weekends when my husband is home but I don’t change the time that I get up, just the way that I pursue my morning routine. I usually will listen to a daily podcast and if my husband is home then instead of listening with head phones I will put it on a speaker so that we may both listen and enjoy. I have my morning drink that I make up the evening before and I will usually play some games on my ipad while I listen to the podcast. My evening routine is similar and when I stay up late I do feel it the next day.

One of the key areas that I have a large opportunity to improve is limiting my time on Facebook/perusing the internet. I feel like in the early afternoon and into the evening I spend too much time looking at Facebook as I have been feeling the need to put down the phone and walk away during that time. I could do a fast from Facebook, since the school year is underway and my kids’ school isn’t posting a lot of updates currently. I am going to be better about putting down the phone and walking away.

I know that since Covid-19 has hit that I haven’t been getting in nearly enough exercise. I use to walk a lot more and go and do more things but when everyone said you had to stay home I starting becoming one with my chair. I know that I need to be better about getting in my walking, especially where I have been feeling better due to my medication being corrected.

While in Pathways there were ladies in my gathering class that said that they would post interview questions on their mirror and practice their personal interview questions each day. There was also a part on having a growth mindset that I need to find and work on going over for myself each morning. I feel like this could really help me to get to where I want to go. I feel like practicing the growth mindset would help me with recognizing my strengths more and building upon them.

These are the strengths and opportunities that I found that really stood out to me after completing my worksheet that was given for this assignment. I want to keep having a good relationship with my husband, eating healthy, and sticking to my routines. I would also like take the opportunities that I’ve been shown and do better about putting down my phone in the afternoons, getting more exercise into my life, and recognizing and my strengths and talents that I do have and giving me the personal encouragement to improve upon them.