Reflection On Self Development

Self- development laboratory was an interactive and enjoyable course. The course has provided me with different chances to get to know more about my strengths and weaknesses and some of my assumptions were changed during the sharing. In the following paragraphs, I will shed light on the reflections in the lessons.

First of all, the lessons has reaffirmed my optimism. In lesson two, we needed to do a “Who am I” exercise, in the exercise, I found that most of the sentences I wrote were quite positive. For example; “What I like best about me is my smile.” And “If I had to answer the question “who am I” in a sentence. I’d say I am a happy person.” Here were only the extract of my answers, but they showed the bright side of me. The reason why it has reaffirmed my optimism was because when I was in the church, I am a cheerful person and I love to encourage my friends. Previously, I thought the delighted me in their eyes was due to the joy when I saw them in the church. When I was at home, I often had negative thoughts and could not cheer up myself. Besides, I felt the happy side of me tended to fade gradually after I entered the university due to the unfamiliar environment. Luckily, when I listened to others sharing, I compared my sentences to them, I found that my answers were more positive than theirs and almost every sentences contains words like “happy” ,”smile”, ”laugh” etc. Thus, I reaffirmed I am an optimistic person. Optimism not only can prevent me from being burnout,