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      <title>My SMART goals by Azza Mabkhout</title>
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      <pubDate>2022-09-01 23:26:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Connect</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Specific:</strong> Since I am very interested in Marketing, I want to join a Marketing club at ESU to deepen my knowledge in this field and discover Marketing on a practical level, not only on a theoretical one.</div><div><strong>Measurable:</strong> I will commit to all the meetings and work I have to do.<br><strong>Achievable:</strong> I have the excitement and time to enroll in this club.</div><div><strong>Relevant:</strong> I traveled all this distance to study abroad, so I am willing to build a professional Network and chase opportunities that will shape my future career.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Time-bound:</strong> I will start <strong>on September 8</strong>, the date of the club meeting, and end the activity when I get the scope of experience I joined for.&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-01 23:38:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Active</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Specific:</strong> Since we have a gym at ESU, I want to return to lifting weights regularly and stick to it because being in shape is very important for my mental health.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Measurable:</strong> I will go to the gym at least <strong>3 days</strong> per week.</div><div><strong>Achievable: </strong>I have the time to go to the gym after classes.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Relevant:</strong> I decided to no longer put my mental health in the back, and including the gym in my routine will eventually help me have a healthy relationship with my body and mind.</div><div><strong>Time-bound:</strong> I am willing to start <strong>on September 5</strong> and implement it in my routine, hopefully lifelong.</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Learn</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Specific:</strong> I want to get an A in my Music Class because I have no background in Music vocabulary, and I drowned myself in a class full of Music Major students. I feel so backward, but I will not withdraw from this class, focus more on it, and prove to myself that I am up for this challenge.</div><div><strong>Measurable:</strong> I will put some extra effort and time into reading and getting used to this class's vocabulary.</div><div><strong>Achievable:</strong> If I organize my schedule well, I will have the necessary time to focus on this course.</div><div><strong>Relevant:</strong> This is the most appropriate time to start working on it instead of stressing about it.</div><div><strong>Time-bound:</strong> I will start learning the concepts of my Music Class from scratch. I will begin on September 5 till the end of the semester.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-02 19:16:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Mindfulness</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Specific:</strong> Listen more to my body, emotions, and thoughts, both good and bad ones, by meditating and taking a break when I feel the need to do it, so I can improve my mental health.</div><div><strong>Measurable:</strong> I will meditate whenever I have the time to do so and implement this habit every morning on Weekends.</div><div><strong>Achievable:</strong> We have 24 hours daily, so 10 to 15 minutes of meditation is feasible. I will remember why I started when I feel that I am not doing it without any reason.</div><div><strong>Relevant:</strong> Our mind is a powerful weapon that I want to use for my well-being, not against it.</div><div><strong>Time-bound:</strong> I will start working on this goal all semester; I will begin immediately and try to make it a lifelong habit.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-02 19:34:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Giving</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Specific:</strong> I want to make more time to talk with my friends and family back in my home country because I do care about them.</div><div><strong>Measurable:</strong> I will call my family at least every second day and my friends once a week.</div><div><strong>Achievable:</strong> The jet lag is 9 hours, so I will create a group chat for my family and another one for my friends, so I can keep in touch with them with texts when we cannot call each other.</div><div><strong>Relevant:</strong> Hearing from my family and friends is very important for my well-being; They are my comfort zone.</div><div><strong>Time-bound</strong>: I will start immediately and keep this activity as long as I am away from them.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-03 20:42:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Challenges and Barriers</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Active: </strong>the<strong> barrier </strong>is I may not be able to walk on rainy days,<strong> </strong>and<strong> </strong>the <strong>challenge </strong>is I am afraid of procrastinating and canceling my gym sessions when I feel tired or have low energy.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Connect:</strong> There are <strong>no barriers</strong>; the only <strong>challenge</strong> is managing my time effectively.</div><div><strong>Learn: </strong>No <strong>barrier</strong>, and the<strong> challenge</strong> is I may be overwhelmed at the beginning because I do not know anything about music, and I constantly put pressure on myself.</div><div><strong>Mindfulness:</strong> I believe procrastination is the only thing that can keep me away from doing that.</div><div><strong>Giving:</strong> Jet lag may be a <strong>barrier.</strong></div><div><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-03 21:25:20 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Strengths</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Active:</strong> I am totally aware of the challenges I may face, and I will stay <strong>committed</strong> by visualizing myself achieving my goal and reminding myself how important this challenge is for me; I know it is going to help me reach my final objective</div><div><strong>Connect: </strong>I know that I have good knowledge about Marketing, and <strong>whenever I want something and put my mind to it, I end up achieving it</strong>, so organizing my time effectively and efficiently will be my number one priority.</div><div><strong>Learn: I am a persevering person who loves challenges, </strong>so I will remind myself about way more difficult challenges I have been through in my life and succeeded in overcoming them.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Mindfulness:</strong> I have high <strong>emotional intelligence.&nbsp;</strong></div><div><strong>Giving</strong>: I am <strong>strong and Independent</strong>, and I will make sure to send text messages and remind them that I am here for them.</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-03 23:58:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title> My well being assessment result is 40</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Meaning:<br>If your score is under 41 for a prolonged period of time, you may want to make an appointment with a counselor in the counseling center to discuss things.&nbsp;<br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-04 00:46:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Schedule for my goals:</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>I will work on my goals all together, on a monthly basis, and I will start Sunday September 4, until October 4 and keep track of my progress throughout the semester.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-04 00:52:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Active Update</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/amabkhou/y93t1x7oy49pq9fy/wish/2290815810</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Since I started training on September 28, I have been going on a regular basis,<strong>&nbsp; 3 to 4 times a week.</strong> Going to the gym in the morning made me more energetic and helped me enhance my mood throughout the day. In a busy week, I managed to go 2 times.</div><div><strong>Strengths:</strong> Discipline and perseverance; I used the <strong>5 seconds rule</strong>, <strong>"If you have the instinct to act on a goal, you must physically move within 5 seconds, or your brain will kill it," which helped me stop procrastinating and delaying my training.</strong></div><div><strong>Barriers: </strong>Lack of energy on some days and the gym closure during Thanksgiving break for 4 days.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-10 19:41:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Connect Update</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/amabkhou/y93t1x7oy49pq9fy/wish/2290818050</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>I am still<strong> thriving in this goal</strong>; we have weekly meetings<strong>, </strong>and <strong>I managed to be present in all of them except when I got sick one day. Our last session for this semester is next week so I can say I made till the end.</strong></div><div><strong>Strengths:</strong> I am passionate about Marketing, and I stay committed.</div><div><strong>Barriers:</strong> I did not face any <strong>obstacles</strong> and plan to continue with this Club next Semester as well.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-10 19:47:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Learn Update</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/amabkhou/y93t1x7oy49pq9fy/wish/2290820201</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The efforts I put into the Music Class paid off. As the semester is coming to an end, and with it, my last sessions of this course, I am happy with my grades and the learning outcomes. Though it was stressful to struggle initially and unrelated to my Business Major, I learned a lot about Music.</div><div><strong>Strength: </strong>Discipline is the basic building block of anything we want to achieve.</div><div><strong>Barriers: </strong>Anxiety and stressing out.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-10 19:52:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Mindfulness Update</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/amabkhou/y93t1x7oy49pq9fy/wish/2290823178</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>As mentioned before, I started on October 3 by meditating 1 to 2 times a week. Eventually, I increased the frequency of meditations to almost every day. I am surprised by myself, but I figured that it is extremely helping me reduce my anxiety and stress levels.</div><div><strong>Strengths:</strong> Constantly reminding myself how good meditation makes me feel.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Barriers:</strong> Getting a phone call in the middle of a deep meditation session.</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-10 20:00:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Giving Update</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/amabkhou/y93t1x7oy49pq9fy/wish/2290825399</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>I am still successful with this goal <strong>since day 1</strong>.</div><div><strong>Strengths:</strong> My family is my priority, so calling them daily became a part of my routine, and it actually makes me feel good.</div><div><strong>Barriers:</strong> The jet lag became even worse, like 10 hours difference.</div><div>Having a daily conversation with my family is some days helping and other days overwhelming, especially when I remember that I cannot be with them or even plan to see them soon. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-10 20:05:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Conflict Management style:</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>My result is an avoiding turtle; so when it comes to <strong>my well-being</strong>, I believe this behavior may <strong>affect my social relationships</strong> but <strong>saves me energy</strong>. It may also be <strong>a defense mechanism</strong> that I am doing and may <strong>lead me to denial of serious conflicts</strong> because avoiding them is the easy way for me. However, it really does depend on the person, if I care too much about someone and do not want to lose him/her, I will sit with him/her and bring up the conflict and discuss it wisely and honestly, trying to understand their perspective and behavior, and express myself also, so that we can resolve it; I believe communication is the key. But in another context, I prefer to save my energy for more important things than arguing and dealing with people; I prefer walking away and ignoring them.&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-11 02:59:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Communication</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>My score is 10: <strong>Green light</strong>. I believe having a healthy relationship is very important because it is a significant factor affecting a person's well-being. Having a partner is an engagement because he takes place in your routine, activities, thoughts, and personal space. I think opening up to someone and letting them enter your comfort zone is a big thing because it may affect your mental health both ways; <strong>it brightens your life if it is healthy and damages it if it is toxic</strong>. So for now, it is giving me some sort of stability and comfort.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-11 04:00:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Personality</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>My color is green; I think it is affecting my well-being <strong>mostly negatively</strong>; I focus <strong>excessively</strong> on my goals, to the point of being so hard on myself, trying to make everything perfect, which is <strong>time-consuming and stressful</strong>. However, I feel <strong>released</strong> whenever my work pays off.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-11 04:14:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>7 Principles of Smart Love</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>I think I can perfectly relate to the seven principles, and maybe working more on keeping those principles as a reference will let me keep a stable relationship and not deviate into a toxic one that would harm my well-being.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-13 01:19:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Bottom Line </title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>I try to be pragmatic and realistic, which helps me be practical in my discussions and acts with people, but sometimes I am very impulsive and cannot deal with it. So I guess working on this point will help me control my state of mind and reactions to critical situations in order to improve my well-being.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-09-13 01:33:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>How do or will expectations, division of household labor, and costs of raising a child play into your future decisions? How could these future decisions affect your well-being? What can you do to maintain or enhance your well-being after this project is complete?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>After working in this class on the division of household labor, the costs of raising a child and even the personality test, I changed my perception about my expectations. At first, I did not know how substantial these components are in my life and how they could affect it.<strong> </strong>Therefore, <strong>beginning with household labor,</strong> I expect my husband to share with me the responsibilities; What I mean by sharing is making efforts as much as I do and being engaged and understanding. For instance, we make a weekly to-do list of chores. We split the tasks according to our schedules. If I finish work late one day and the house is a mess, he cleans it. But If he is having a bad week and not in the mood, I will do it with pleasure. Cooking will be on me because I am passionate about it. Long story short, we split all the tasks evenly.&nbsp;</div><div>After calculating <strong>the cost of raising a child</strong> according to the standards, I have put, I recognized that it is a huge responsibility, and I decided to have a child only when I become entirely financially stable. Stable for me is the ability to provide my child with a healthy and spoiled childhood and be able to pay for their education until their Graduate level (Master's) because I do want them to live happily and feel secure in a world full of struggles. If I do not attain financial stability, I prefer not to give birth to a child.&nbsp;</div><div><strong><em>Concerning my well-being,</em></strong><em> </em>I will lead a stable and happy life in the perfect scenario of the expectations and decisions I conceived. But If I end up with an uncooperative Husband who shows me a different behavior after a while and does not maintain his promises, I would rather leave him than deal with his toxicity. Also, I want to do my best to achieve financial stability, so I can have a child because I am sure it will bring colors and joy to my life.</div><div><strong><em>This project was extremely beneficial for me. </em></strong>Planning SMART goals and tracking them gave me a clear and profound vision of what I want, how I feel, and how I act to achieve them. I never thought writing down what I wanted and keeping track would significantly change my perception and behavior. I felt like I was constantly challenging nobody but myself. It was me vs. me, which made me realize how small changes and consistency can enormously improve my well-being and make me feel good about myself.</div><div><strong><em>To maintain my well-being after this project, </em></strong>I will keep setting SMART goals for myself and tracking my evolution since it was effective. In this way, I will stay committed and motivated.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-12-01 03:02:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>How do stress and perception of stress affect your well-being?</title>
         <author>amabkhou</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Active:</strong> Stress is not always bad, and I guess training even helped me improve my wellbeing.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Learn:</strong> The Music class makes me stressed even though It is not too bad, and I am not supposed to worry too much about it, but I cannot help it.<br><strong>Connect:</strong> This club is helping me get out of my comfort zone, speak loudly, Network with others and challenge myself, and I think even if I feel stressed sometimes, it is the good kind of stress that makes me engaged and seeking improvements, so I feel good about myself.<br><strong>Giving:</strong> Having a daily conversation with my family is some days helping and other days overwhelming, yet overall this is not stressing me or significantly affecting my wellbeing. <br><strong>Mindfulness: </strong>I believe meditation is one of the most effective activities that are helping me manage my stress and improve my daily wellbeing.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-12-01 03:06:38 UTC</pubDate>
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