L2CiCS: Learning Log – 1st November 2017

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 1st November 2017

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This week we explored prejudices further with two questions. The first is: Why do we judge? Judging can be seen, at its most basic level, as a survival mechanism. It allows people to quickly gain a working understanding of new situations and new people. It highlights any physical or abstract differences in someone or something in the judging person’s mind,…
L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 18th October 2017

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 18th October 2017

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This week we were considering fundamental differences in people and how they would affect a client/counsellor relationship. In the lesson, we were asked to complete the following statements then reflect on our completed statements (emphasis on my answers): All Welsh people are friendly. All Americans are obnoxious. All Italians are slimy. Single-parent people are deserving of an explanation. Benefit cheats…
L2CiCS: Learning Log – 11th October 2017

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 11th October 2017

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This week we learned about Boundaries, both personal and professional. Personal boundaries are generally limits on how people prefer their interactions with others. For example some people may enjoy giving hugs and appreciative touches, whereas other people may not like any physical contact at all. Boundaries in the context of a client/counsellor relationship refer to limits that should be made…
Places in my dreams

Places in my dreams

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I had a very weird incident recently, whereupon I instantly recalled a series of locations that I had visited in my dreams. It was quite disconcerting to say the least, one minute I was in the moment with Jake, having a little play, the next I was drifting around a water fountain in Japan in a yellow Ferrari with Keith…

A new approach to updates

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I've decided to take a new approach to these weekly updates. I like the idea of doing an update once a week on a set day, so that aspect is staying. The whole "Friday update" thing is getting old - it's quite boring to look down the recent posts and basically see the words "Friday" and "update" repeated twenty times.…

Bi-yearly update 2014

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Hey, this is going to be an epic update, a half-year special so to speak. I’m going to go back and take a look at the targets I made at the start of the year and see how I’m doing with them.

With regards to the Fitness Targets – I’ve done nothing. I don’t know why. Can I not be bothered? Or do I feel like I should be doing something else? I think I feel like I should be drawing or recording videogame footage, but then, I don’t really spend enough time doing those things either, so I have no idea. I reckon I should draw up a timetable, allocate my time. It would illustrate that I have more time than I think I have. But then again, now I’ve said that I’ll put off drawing it up and won’t change until I’ve drawn it up. And a plan like that is ridiculous to think about now seeing as something that I never imagined would happen at the start of the year is happening…

When you do something stupid…

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...and it makes you think about everything in ways you never expected. I mean, we're all here, on this planet, to do what exactly? Procreate? I guess. Now don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to becoming a parent in September, how could I not be, but this world we have created for ourselves often reveals itself as a…