I didn't spend as much time practicing the ukulele as I did last week. I went home for the weekend and so I ran through a couple of my songs on the ukulele. I still really enjoy the song I was learning last week with the 'rifs' which are parts where you pluck instead of strum.
What applications can you find from the Spencer, Davidson, & White (1997) article to apply to your experience with your new occupation? How do they apply?
The cognitive aspect of hope allows
one to imagine possibilities and establish goals. The ability to use your imagination as a source of hope that leads to establishing goals has contributed somewhat to my playing the ukulele. Despite the slow weeks or weeks of not wanting to play I still have hopes and imgaine myself being able to play the ukulele even if it takes a while to learn some of the songs. Anyways, the
emotional aspect of hope includes intention and will. These factors largely determine whether I
continue with an occupation. I may lack
some will for playing the ukulele, but I have a strong will when it comes to playing volleyball or other occupations. The spiritual aspect of hope hasn't really influenced the playing of the ukulele for me.
How would you characterize a movie made about your experience with your new occupation? For example, would it be a Gothic horror story? A heart-warming story of triumph over adversity? A madcap comedy? An instructional documentary, suitable for all ages? Something else? Why do you think so?
If my experience with playing the ukulele was made into a movie. It would be a homemade video where the movie starts off pretty good but then keeps on going without plot and for the majority of the video the story doesn't seem to be going anywhere! I had pretty high hopes after my first week of playing the ukulele and learning quite a bit, but then I plateaued for a long time and then every once in a while I learn something new and get a little bit of excitement and then it is back to the plateau.
Hi Hannah! I have to admit, I had higher "hopes" for my potential movie plot, but in the end I think it would resemble something like yours! You talk about using hope to develop goals. Do you think this would fall better under challenged or unchallenged hope? Do you identify with one more than the other in reference to your occupation, or do you use both types of hope when thinking about the future?
ReplyDeleteAmanda, I think that when my goals are to learn a certain song then it falls under the challenged hope; whereas, when my goals are vague such as getting better at the ukulele I would classify them as unchallenged hope. Honestly with regards to the ukulele I identify more with the unchallenged hope where I would like to be good at it, but am not quite willing to put in all the time and effort required to become good.
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