Positive Self-Image Change Project (PSIC) (CED 117)
Description
Positive Self Image Change Project
Make a series of notes to yourself and post them in prominent places so that you are constantly reminded of your 3-day project. You might tape a reminder on your door so that you see it every time you leave your apartment or dorm. Carry a reminder in your notebooks or textbooks that you carry around campus or on your desk at work.
Specifically, your project is to be very
upbeat, positive, and complimentary toward others
- while avoiding unnecessary negative thoughts, reactions, and interpretations.
- Make a list of the positive behaviors that you will pursue every day for 3 days. For example, your list might include:
Looking for opportunities to compliment people for their ideas, behaviors, dress, and such (WITHOUT being phony!!);
Recognizing when you think a negative thought or when you interpret a situation as being negative when you really are not sure that it is. Immediately replace such negative self-talk and interpretations with a positive alternative;
- Smile and greet people whom you know as well as strangers you meet on the street;
- Help people in need; for example, the frail old lady who is struggling to lift a bag of groceries from her shopping cart into her car, etc.;
Disclose something about yourself that you are comfortable sharing with others in an attempt to allow them to know you better.
- Keep a daily journal about your thoughts, feelings, and reactions to this assignment as you move through the week, addressing the following questions:
How did it make you feel:
satisfied?
pleasant?
- embarrassed?
- hypocritical?
- shy?
- Did your thoughts/feelings change during the course of the week? How so?
- What was the response of others?
What was your response to the response of others?
Was this a difficult challenge for you?
- What did you learn about yourself as a result of this project?
Make sure that you include people in this project that you see every day. This may include family members, spouses, friends, children, etc.