SUNG GOON L.

ACOSTA
Bio Sc – 1B

I am a person who is very skeptical of what will happen in the future, a person who is
tangled in a plethora of events, things, and activities all at the same time, and a person who
locks himself in the horrors of the past. Browsing through the course about 'Introducing
Mindfulness,' I came to the realization that having those traits are significantly detrimental to
myself, especially to my growth and development. I realized that those traits made me always
stressed out and constantly distracted. Those traits had turned me into an individual that is not
good at managing stress and an individual whose self is slowly by slowly exhausting his life.
With that, I realized that to prevent receiving further damage to myself, both physically and
mentally, I need to be practicing mindfulness.

As I grow older, I realized that a lot of things would really get jumbled in your life. It will
cause you a lot of problems. Before browsing this course, I do not know how to manage all of
those and not be overwhelmed or overreact to those also even rejuvenate myself from the
exhaustion that I always acquire from handling those things; but, this time, I now know that I
possibly can. Through practicing mindfulness, there are plenty of things that I could develop
and nurture in myself for me to become a better individual. By practicing mindfulness, I can:
Increase positive emotions while negative emotions and stress are reduced; Develop and
nurture my immune system's ability to fight disease; Multiply the gray matter density in my
brain areas connected to learning, memory, emotion regulation, and empathy; Encourage
myself to eat more healthily and allow myself to enjoy the food I eat; Filter out distractions
while also improving my memory and attentiveness, and; boost compassion to others and even
to myself.

With that, the most effective way to be able to attain those helpful developments in me,
I need to know and practice meditation. I need to practice focusing silently on my natural
breathing or on a positive mindset or idea that I should repeat silently, then allow my thoughts
to come and go without judging them, then restore my attention to my breathing or the
positive mindset or idea I am repeating. I need to practice being steady and relax on handling
things while slowly dispersing the concept of trouble and hardships of the things I am handling
in my mind. I can start slowly but continually for me to be able to make it a habit.

Therefore, since I was able to identify the problem in me and at the same time I now
know a way how to fix that and I have the idea of the possible benefits that I can acquire by
doing that, I need to start doing it. I need to practice mindfulness. Even by just starting slowly,
as long as I am practicing it as much as possible, I know for sure that I will have a habit of doing
mindfulness consequently making me into a better me.