This week, I’ve focused more on communication and understanding the clinic’s system. I observed how dentists and dental assistants communicate with patients. It’s very important to deliver clear information to patients to avoid confusion and prevent any issues later on, such as misunderstandings about the cost of treatment and the different options available for their condition.

Phew! It hasn’t been an easy journey this first week, especially when dealing with things I haven’t learned or experienced before. One key takeaway from this week is that I need to remember the details of the treatments and the prices offered at Klinik Pergigian Luq, as patients often ask us, dental assistants, either at the front desk or over the phone. Since I had difficulty remembering all the details, I came up with my own solution — I created notes to help me quickly recall the information so that I don’t give patients incorrect details.

From all the experiences I’ve gained this week, I would describe my elective posting in two words — enthusiastic learning! It was fun to learn new things, especially those outside of our syllabus. Last but not least, my plan for next week is to learn the names and functions of dental equipment before I can assist the dentist in the surgery room. I can’t wait for next week!

Assalamualaikum & hi everyone

Welcome to the elective posting journaling!

This journal platform will help you actively work on your development throughout your time in elective posting.

You can write, upload pictures/videos (lots of them please!)

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1. Your name, matric number, date

2. What have you done?

3. Points to remember from week 1!

4. Your feelings & thoughts

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)

Don't forget to write the title of the project on top of your padlet.

A187705

During the first week of my elective posting, I familiarise myself with the operation system of the dental clinic in general. This clinic offers a number of basic treatments such as teeth extraction, restoration, denture and repair. This clinic is operated by one dental surgeon, Dr Noorhasimah, who is also the owner of this dental clinic. It has 3 dental assistants who help with other tasks. It starts with front desk, in which there are 2 clinic assistants who help with the registrations of patients. This clinic keeps patients information in the form of treatment card and labelled with the last 4 digits of IC number for Malaysians. For foreigners, they can either use their permit number or passport number. Then, all the cards will be kept in orderly manner in the designated shelfs. One dental assistant is placed in the treatment room, in which she also helps in repairing broken dentures. Dentist will write treatment done, medications given as well as the payment charged on the treatment cards for future record. I get to assist patient’s registration a few times. There are a few important information that need to be clarified such as patients health conditions and phone number. The clarity of instructions to take the medications is also important. Patients who need further appointment will also be given the date and time. For example, those who are doing dentures will need to come for 3-4 times to complete the procedures. I also observe how the dr consults her patients regarding their treatments. She will also tell them if they have gum problems and advise the do and don’ts after getting their teeth extracted. Just like medical field, usage of layman terms is important to ensure the information is being comprehended by the patients.

There are some points to remember from week 1. Firstly, it is important to have a good teamwork between all the staffs to ensure the smooth operation. In this case, dentist and dental assistants shall work together and have a good relationship so that the patients’ needs can be fulfilled. Next, a well-organised system to keep patients’ information is very crucial. It does not matter whether the records are kept digitally or manually, as long as it’s systematic. This can prevent any unwanted problems in the future. Lastly, good communication between dentist and patients is important so the best treatment can be done and patients requests can be met.

I am actually very excited to start this elective posting as dental field is different from medicine. However, I realise that some aspects are actually connected to each other as patients with certain health issues shall inform the dentist so preventive measures can be taken if needed. Medical doctors can also write a letter to explain the patients’ health issues. I am also grateful that the dentist is very helpful in teaching me basic dental knowledge. The staffs are also very friendly and they help me to familiarise myself with the clinic a lot. I am looking forward for my second week of posting here!

I don’t have many difficulties this week except for having to drive to the clinic. Since I am not familiar with the route, I have trouble to estimate the time needed for me to reach the clinic on time so I go out early during my first day. Once I get the estimated time I need, I find that I am able to manage my time better during the rest of the week.

Two words to describe my elective posting progress so far would be adulthood and organised, as I get to see the working realm of adults as well as understanding the importance in getting things organised to ensure everything works out smoothly.

My plan for next week will be learning and memorising basic dental instruments that are being used in the treatment. I am pretty sure it’s going to be challenging as I do not have any basic knowledge but I am excited to learn about them!

A187809

5th August 2024

2. What have you done?

I chose to do my elective project at a dental clinic, Klinik Pergigian Mastura which is quite near from my house. In the first week, I introduced myself to the dentists in charge, who are Dr Mastura herself, and Dr Fatin, as well as to the staffs in the clinic. I also made sure to get myself familiarized to the dental clinic environment during the orientation to see all the treatment rooms, and the instruments involved.

3. Points to remember from week 1!

• Building rapport with not only the dentists and staff members of the clinic, but with the patients as well, especially kids, to mkae sure they are not afraid of going to the dentist.

• Familiarization with the facilities, and various dental instruments and equipments used in the clinic.

• Observation of the daily routines and workflows in the clinic

4. Your feelings & thoughts

To be honest, I feel quite awkward at first since dental clinic environment is totally different from our usual clinics and wards environment. I also took quite some time to warm up to the staffs as they were quite a number of them, and I am the only student attaching there, however, they were so welcoming and I gradually developed a sense of belonging there.

I am also quite thrilled and so eager to learn and gain a new experience out of my comfort zone. Plus, meeting experienced professionals like Dr Mastura and Dr Fatin have instilled a sense of awe and respect for their expertise and the complexity of their work.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

There was not much thing that concerned me but one thing for sure, I was quite struggling to understand the dental terminology. However, I made sure to take note of new terms I learnt each day so that I can be more familiar with it throughout this project.

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

Intriguing, fascinating

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)

• Observe a wider range of dental procedures and take detailed notes on the steps, instruments used, and patient interactions.

• Discuss with the dentists the possibility of assisting simple procedures or tasks.

• Focused study in specific areas of interest, e.g. paediatric dentistry, orthodontics, or oral surgery.

A188109

6/8/2024

1.        WHAT HAVE I DONE?

It was my first week of elective posting, hence I was extremely excited to start this new journey. I registered myself at IJN around 8.30 am which was at the training department on 29/7 (Monday). It was my first day of work, and saying this makes me feel like a working doctor, anyways then I introduced myself to my supervisor, Dr. Leong Ming Chern. He was a very friendly and kind doctor. He gave a short briefing, and then I joined his clinic. Even though I have joined clinics many times at HUKM, It was rather very different here because the patients were kids which I love the most. They were so cute and surprisingly cooperative to the doctor and there was even a tablet for them to watch their favorite cartoon while the doctor carried out the procedure. It was also my first time observing echocardiogram in the clinic. My first day was quite short and I went back early as it was supposed to be briefing only. My second day was quite hectic where I joined case discussion in the morning where the doctors discussed on the pre-op cases and the echo of the heart and all the doctors gave their opinions on every case. Then my doctor brought me and another girl, Xin Ye, from IMU who was doing pediatric posting at IJN to observe the Cardiac Catheterization procedure at Cath Lab. We changed into scrubs and entered the lab. There were around 6-7 cases under my supervisor, and it took around 8 hours to complete all the cases. My doctor explained how cardiac catheterization works and how it is performed. Our legs were numb when we went back home from 8 hours of standing. There wasn’t lunch break as we had our lunch with our doctor at the pantry. After the procedure, we went to Imaging Centre as my doctor had to discuss on his patient's MRI. It was my first time seeing 3D print model of heart and how it was interpreted. The next 3 days were filled with clinics, ward and imaging centre. I had the opportunity to clerk pediatric patients for the first time and it was rather different from clerking a adult where it was challenging and fun at the same time. I also joined the early morning ward rounds with the pediatric cardiologist at the PCICU every morning. Observing iv insertion in baby was heartbreaking for me as the baby were crying a lot and I just knew that iv insertion can be done on the scalp for babies. On the last day of the week, I presented my cases of VSD, TOF and Single ventricle to my supervisor and he discussed it again among us and taught us most of the common cases. That marks the end of my first week.

2.        POINTS TO REMEMBER FROM WEEK 1

- New experiences and learning new things can make someone a better and a knowledgeable person

- Observing new procedures and having hands on experience give me a better understanding of it rather than just studying from a book

- Dealing with kids wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. It was very challenging for me.

- Case presentations to my supervisor made me understand it better as he explained it using easy terms and examples which I wouldn’t get from any medium.

3.        MY FEELINGS & THOUGHTS

+ Excitement: Felt like a working doctor, excited about new experiences.

+ Interest: Enjoyed working with pediatric patients and learning new procedures.

+ Satisfaction: Felt fulfilled by the hands-on experience and learning opportunities

4.        ANY DIFFICULTIES/CONCERNS? HOW DID I COPE?

- Long Hours Standing: Experienced numbness from standing for long periods in the Cath Lab.

• Coping: Managed by staying focused on learning as I know how important it is for a doctor to cope with difficulties and taking breaks when possible.

- Heartbreaking Procedures: Found it difficult to watch babies crying and screaming during IV insertions and other procedures.

• Coping: Reminded yourself of the importance of the procedures and the benefits for the patients.

- Importance of being strong and brave to handle kids

•      Coping: Reminded myself to be brave enough to take the right decision to save a life even if we need to carry out complex procedures which will make the child go through a lot because throughout the first week, I broke down too many times watching babies and many kids in PCICU where they were having so much difficulty to even breathe.

5.        TWO WORDS TO DESCRIBE ELECTIVE POSTING PROGRESS SO FAR

v Enlightening

v Intense

6.        MY PLAN FOR NEXT WEEK ( WEEK 2)

o   Continue Learning: Attend more clinics, ward rounds, and case discussions.

o   Hands-On Experience: Seek opportunities to clerk more pediatric patients and observe different procedures.

o   Expand Knowledge: Focus on understanding common pediatric cardiac conditions and their management.

o   Network: Interact with more healthcare professionals and peers to learn from their experiences.

Week 1 Summary :

As today marks the end of my first week of elective posting period, I will share about the things that had happened throughout the week.

Thursday (1.8.2024)

• Registered myself at the Human Resource (HR) department of KPJ Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital (KPJ PGSH). Received my punch card for attendance record and was given a briefing about general rules, code of attire and working hours, followed by a short tour of the hospital.

• Met my supervisor, a dietitian named Puan Siti Munirah and joined her for ward rounds. We had 2 patients, one was a patient who was admitted for burn incident and required a high-protein diet while another one was a morbidly obese patient with newly diagnosed diabetes whom received dietary advise for weight reduction and sugar control.

• Was assigned to the pharmacy to collect a high-protein milk for the patient we attended earlier.

  
  

Friday (2.8.2024)

• My supervisor was on MC, so I just looked around and read the brochures.

• Did analysis for paperworks in preparation for the hospital's internal audit using Excel. I rarely use Excel so I learnt a lot of functions here.

  
  

Sunday (4.8.2024)

• Joined an event called ParentCraft 2024 and assisted my SV in her cooking demo slot. We taught the participants 2 recipes : Savory muffin and Roasted Chickpeas. Both recipes were healthy and rich in essential nutrients such as vitamins and proteins. They were very easy to prepare and hence, suitable for those having little time or energy to prepare a meal such as pregnant and breast-feeding mothers.

• My SV explained her idea on digitalizing brochures and assigned me a task to create a website for heart health.

  
  

Monday (5.8.2024)

• Joined the closing ceremony of World Breastfeeding Week 2024 and got the chance to meet Puan Nad Masrom, a lactation counsellor who is famous among mothers. KPJ PGSH is a baby-friendly hospital, hence the dietitian is strongly involved in activities promoting breast-feeding practice.

• Met an out-patient with a history of MI for low-salt diet counselling.

• Assisted my SV to review various types of milk from the pharmacy, checking their expiry dates and collect new stocks from the central storage office.

  
  

Tuesday (6.8.2024)

• Followed my SV for food safety inspection at the hospital's kitchen, hospital's cafeteria and a cafe premise in the hospital.

• Joined a short infection control training given by the Infection Control Nurse (ICN) to the kitchen's staff to educate them about hygiene and factors contributing to food poisoning.

  
  

Wednesday (7.8.2024)

• Completed the website task and discussed with my SV for amendments.

• Started a new website for CKD diet

  
  

Thoughts & Feelings about Week 1

• Initially, I was surprised when I knew that I needed to attend the hospital for 6 days a week, but it was all fine after completing the first week.

• A dietitian's job scope is not just limited to giving dietary counselling to patients, there are a lot of other behind-the-scene tasks required to be done such as monitoring food services available in the hospital, managing the milk supply, providing training about food safety to food handlers in the hospital and handling records for RTF infant formula in a baby-friendly hospital.

• I get to know that each service has designated goals to preserve the service's quality. During completing the paperwork, I learnt that the dietetics service at KPJ PGSH aimed to see patients within 2 hours of referral and for in-patients who required intervention, within 24 hours. I find it motivating to have a goal set every month in order to deliver the best service for every patient and by doing the analysis, it helped to provide insights on what needed to be improved in the future.

• Doing a website requires more time than I expected as the designs and layout are quite subjective. However, it was fun and I get to learn and test out different elements present in Google Site.

  
  

Points to Remember from Week 1

• Each dietary plan is heavily individualised. We cannot generalise the same food restriction to everyone.

• Diet is the cheapest and most effective way to be healthy.

• Dietitian is also involved in food safety inspection.

• There are a lot of divisions within the dietetics service, however here, it is manageable by one dietitian.

• BFHI in a hospital is not just about empowering breastfeeding, it includes small details such as not allowing milk bottles into the wards and detailed records for Ready-to-feed milk formulas.

  
  

Difficulties/Concerns + Coping mechanism

• Parking issue : the hospital I am attending to has limited parking space, hence I need to come quite early to secure a spot.

  
  

2 words to describe : refreshing, routine

Plan for Week 2 :

1. Learn more on different dietary advices for patients with DM, GDM, heart and kidney problems and children.

2. Complete the second website.

3. Continue to enjoy the elective.

Assalamualaikum and good evening! I am writing this padlet on 7th August 2024, which is the last day of the first week of my Elective Posting which began on 1/8/2024. I am currently attached to the Physiotherapy Department at KPJ Pasir Gudang. It's been a fantastic week so far, and I'd like to share my elective posting journey with everyone.

On my first day, one of the HR staff members took me on a tour of the KPJ. She took me to areas I had never been before and assisted me with the dress code and working hours, which are Sunday through Thursday from 8.30am to 5pm and Friday from 8.30am to 12.30pm. To be honest, I was surprised to find out that I only get Saturday off, but the shock vanished when I realised that this was only for a month and that it would serve as good practice for me when I became a houseman later. My favourite part of the first day was getting my first punch card in my life. My next few days were spent in the physiotherapy unit, where I observed a variety of procedures, including heat electric pads, cryotherapy, laser therapy, traction, chest physiotherapy & nasal suction on babies. I was given the opportunity to hold the babies during the suction and accompanied the physiotherapist to the ward for inpatient cryotherapy treatment. In addition, my supervisor requested that I come along with her to an event in the hall in conjunction with Breastfeeding Week. She offered the pregnant women an educational session and demonstrated physiotherapy techniques for relieving back pain, particularly those in their third trimester.

Surprisingly, there were so many points to remember from week one, thanks to my packed days with the hard-working physiotherapist. I am able to gain new knowledge about physiotherapy and broaden my understanding of health-related topics beyond medicine. A significant point I discovered in physiotherapy is that the patient's facial expression is very important since it indicates if they are hiding the pain while exercising or simply because they are fatigued, which also suggests their muscles need rest.

Throughout the first week, I was both nervous and excited since I knew I had to adapt to a new working environment and meet new people with different educational backgrounds. This made it difficult for me to build a rapport with the six physiotherapists working in the centre. To overcome this, we exchanged small chats about studies, families, as well as my future career path, since I believe communication is essential for a healthy relationship. I also took advantage of this chance to clarify the concept of elective posting to them, as the majority of them seem to misunderstand me as a physiotherapy student or intern. I was relieved when they understood it very well and constantly attempted to cheer me up with jokes and songs when there were no patients in the unit. In certain times of the day, especially nearing the lunch hour or the end shift, there are no patients around, and the physiotherapists are usually doing their own job while I’m walking around feeling bored. Regardless, they will always entertain me and reassure me that I will not be bored and can simply sit and do anything I want. I am grateful to be surrounded by kind-hearted people like them.

If I had to describe the elective posting progress in two words, it would be lively and insightful. To put it simply, my plans for week 2 will include assisting with more physiotherapy treatments and helping the physiotherapist manage the patients. I'm looking forward to my second week, which is also my final week in Physiotherapy before joining the Dietitian department in my third week. That’s all my sharing for the 1st week of my elective posting. Bye ;)

A187705

4 August 2024

Siti Aqilah Aina binti Azman (A179246) 

Date: Thursday, 8 August 2024

Week 1: 5 - 9th August 2024

Hi everyone, especially to my dear Group D mates and our accessor Prof. Farah! I hope everyone is doing good and great in their electives too. It is so fun and definitely brings me joy to read the experiences you all have shared in this lovely padlet. Just in one week, we have surely gained a lot! With that, allow me to share with you my journaling and self-reflection, as I am soon about to end my first week in my clinic assistant elective.

What have you done?

As mentioned above, for my elective, I have chosen to become a clinic assistant at a local general practitioner clinic I used to visit a lot back then during my childhood times, being Klinik Famili Dr. Wan Kamariah which is located at Taman Setiawangsa. On the very first day, I took the time and explored the clinic, not to forget, introducing myself and getting to know my supervisor, other doctors on-board, the sonographer and the very kind clinic assistants. I remember it being quite like an ice-breaking session indeed! 

This week I was mainly assisting my supervisor, Dr. Wan, and another doctor, Dr. Meera, during their patient consultation. I sat beside the doctor, jotting down the patients’ name, age, chief complaint and planned management as they enter and exit out of the rooms. Aside from that, I helped the doctors in measuring the patient’s blood pressure and got the chance to perform a few physical examinations, mainly the abdomen and the lungs, but also the ears using an otoscope. Once the consultation is over, I would then pass a piece of paper with a medication prescription written by the doctor to the clinic assistant in-charge. During the first and second day, I believe I was much like an observer, familiarising myself with the clinic's system. To add on, I got to observe a number of scans, transvaginal scans (TVS) for my first time, done by the amazing clinic’s sonographer, Thania.

Besides assisting the doctors during consultation, Dr. Wan assigned me another task, which was to create educational videos for the clinic throughout my elective period. I was delighted to have been given this chance as I have a huge heart and liking towards designing. I immediately got into my thinking caps and poured all my creativity out. With that, this week I managed to design four videos with the topics “Apa Tu Endometriosis?””Tahu Tak Apa Tu Nuchal Translucency Scan?”, “Waspada Ectopic Pregnancy!” and “Apa Tu PCOS?”, all obstetrics and gynaecology cases as those were the cases I most stumble upon and got to learn with Dr. Wan. Darren, the computer guy, also had taught me how to upload media to be played on the clinic’s TV. Will upload a picture of my video once it's on the TV!

Points to remember from week 1!

Woah! There's definitely a lot of points to remember this week.

• It is important to educate the patient on their condition and management for the best healing. Of course, avoid using medical jargon at all costs and use layman terms always! And if it requires drawing or showing images on the internet for better visualisation, do so.

• A general practitioner clinic means you meet patients from all ages (literally from womb to tomb).

• Endometriosis, adenomyosis and PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) is surprisingly common among women in Malaysia.

• In cases of secondary infertility and finally having a child or threatened abortion, it is important for these mummies to take leave and fully-rest on their beds at home until their babies are already 12 weeks old (end of first trimester). This was the most repeated advice given to all the pregnant patients by Dr. Wan and I can assure you it has been engraved in my head as well. After giving the advice, she would always look at me and break out a laugh. I swear, the amount of letters doctor had to write for these patients to be given leave or allowed work-from home was huge. This child matters, right?  So, he/she should definitely be treated like a king/queen! Stay at home and avoid chores at the moment ok!

• Always discuss with the patient on the planned management. As doctors, we should not be too authoritative, instead highly-involve the patient in the decision making of the medications and treatment they wish to go through. To all patients: Your body, your choice. So, never be afraid to voice out your concerns and opinions to the doctors. An ideal and healthy management involves a discussion between both doctor and patient.

• Never miss out life-threatening differentials in all patients.
  

Your feelings & thoughts

The first day was nerve-wracking. I am quite an introvert and would come off as shy at first. Thankfully, my colleagues were super nice and friendly, I felt welcomed very quickly and that brought me comfort and joy.

Furthermore, I was shocked to realise that Dr. Wan was actually managing a lot of obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) cases in the clinic. She is just a general practitioner but with her years of expertise and experience, she managed to focus on managing O&G cases, with many new and old patients under follow-up and meeting her every weekday. Since I have not gone through my O&G posting yet, Dr. Wan couldn’t ask me a lot of questions on the first two days, instead gave me a guide on what I should study, suggested from the cases we stumbled upon during our shift together.

On Thursday, when I thought I could be calm and chill since the amount of patients were not as hectic as the other days, instead I was brought to shock! Firstly, Dr. Wan asked me to give a list of differential diagnosis for a patient’s case, in front of the patient. She then, proceeded to ask me to sit at her seat and explain to one of our patients the findings of her TVS. Putting Dr. Wan as an example, I immediately took a piece of paper and proceeded to draw and explain the findings and how it occurs. For your information, the patient’s findings were:(1) adenomyosis affecting the anterior wall of uterus, (2) small polycystic ovarian cysts in both left and right ovaries and (3) a simple cyst on the left ovary. Truly did not expect this at all. Alhamdulillah, I managed to nail it off and Dr. Wan was proud as I managed to understand her teachings well in just a few days. I smiled from ear to ear as the patient got to bring back with them the drawing for their own reference. Should have taken a picture of it!

I showed the doctors in the clinic (Dr. Wan, Dr. Meera and Dr. Aslam) the videos I made, and they were impressed with my skills. Dr. Wan said, “Aqilah, you can be our clinic’s Marketing Officer!”. Hehe, I knew my skills were good. Super happy to receive the appreciation it deserves. Maybe I can gain some side-income from this skill? Let's see hihi

Just one week in, I am already super excited for what’s next, also the other duties I wish to explore!

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

Luckily, there hasn't been much of a concern risen yet. A few were:

Concern 1: Since I have not gone through O&G posting yet, it was a little difficult to understand the conditions and interpretations of foetal biometry.

Coping: Jot down important points to take note off and make sure to research and read in detail regarding the topics once at home during my free time. Adding on, constant exposure to Dr. Wan’s patient education too helped me a lot.

Concern 2: I realise I am still poor at remembering drugs and its pharmacology.

Coping: Planning for next activity to be in-charge of taking prescribed medication and educating the patient for better understanding and constant exposure to the names and looks of medication.

2 words to describe elective posting so far:

• Curiosity

• Insightful

My plan for Week 2?

To work on other activities besides consultation assistance. Those would be either:

• Helping out the patients to register, verify details and direct them to the waiting area.

• Perform and assist procedures such as collecting and labelling specimens for testing and ultrasounds.

• Taking care of the dispensary unit and follow-up.

Will upload pictures once I'm done with my last day of the week which is tomorrow (Stay Tuned!)

1. Food pyramid in her room.

2. High-protein milk that I took from the pharmacy for a patient recovering from liquid nitrogen burn.

3. Dietary brochures taken to read.

4. Doing analysis of data from January-June 2024 in preparation for internal audit.

5. Food preparation in the pantry before cooking demo slot for pregnant and breast-feeding mothers.

6. Cooking demo session for ParentCraft 2024.

   (the food was delicious)

7. Website making for heart health.

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𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒! 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑡—𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑. 𝐴𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒, 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚. 𝐴𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑝 𝑢𝑝 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼’𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑀𝑀𝐻𝐴).

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞?

• 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑀𝐻𝐴 𝑏𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑎, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒-𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑠, ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒

  • 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

  • 𝐴𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦

  • 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑠

  • 𝑆𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦

• 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑀𝐻𝐴 𝑏𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠.

• 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 8:30 𝐴𝑀 𝑡𝑜 5:00 𝑃𝑀, 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦.

• 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝: 𝑀𝑀𝐻𝐴 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑎𝑟, 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚.

𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟏

• 𝑀𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡:

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑑. 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.

• 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔:

𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦.

• 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠:

𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬

• 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑠, 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.

• 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒, 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚—𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑈𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑚𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒—𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑.

• 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. 𝐴𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 

  𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.

  
  

𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬/ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞?

• 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒. 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦.

𝟐 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫

• 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙

• 𝐸𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 (𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐)

• 𝑁𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘, 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑀𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑀𝑀𝐻𝐴.

  
  

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