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Pathways to Creative Youthwork
Pathways to Creative Youthwork
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Habits are a big part of your life, about 40 % of your actions are habits. What if you would become aware of your habits and make conscious decisions instead of doing things automatically without thinking if it is an effective behaviour or not. A habit can be something small like taking a coffee every morning when you wake up, but it can also be more complicated as not taking action to change something that you don’t feel comfortable with. These habits are not just there, they grow step by step until they become second nature. This can be very helpful because when something becomes a second nature, the action doesn’t take a lot of energy anymore. Though it is very annoying when the habit is not effective for your well being.
Do you want to have influence at what happens in your own life and in your surroundings? By living the 7 habits of highly effective people, a method developed by Steven Covey, you will become better in achieving the things that you appreciate most in life and you will become more effective in living the personal and career life that you want. This playlist is inspired by Steven Covey’s work. It will support you in creating habits that are useful for you personally and especially for your work with young people.
Watch and be inspired by Youtube artist NickyTutorials when she decides to take back influence at her life during blackmail by sharing to the world that she is transgender. She became aware about her habits, was proactive within the area where she could influence to feel free again.
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By being within a new environment or seeing a lot of friends for a long time, speaking a different language than your mother tongue, there is a big possibility that you want to be everywhere, meet everybody, and party as much as possible. This strategy probably feels exciting - for a while -. But you can’t keep it up for the long term. And beyond that, the tiredness that you will get sets a negative route for your learning experience. Being part of this training is not a sprint, you need a clear mind and healthy body to learn, manage your emotions, and be able to focus.
- How will I achieve that balance of mind and healthy body?
- And how will I preserve the greatest asset that I have? ME!
Start by prioritising your time on the most important things to do (see also habit 3). And keep in mind that one of those most important things is self-care! Many people define 4 dimensions to work on self-care or renewal:
- Physical: caring for your physical body via having your needed exercise, eating healthy food and reducing stress
- Spiritual: making time to think about and work on your values and mission,
- Mental: To keep going with learning for example via reading or writing
- Social/Emotional: Doing some social service, creating synergy among people or take care about your own intrinsic safety feeling
At the end of the day make sure to reflect on your learning, but also to check out how you preserve your greatest asset YOU! And plan for tomorrow the things that worked out well for you or how to do it even better.
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The person who owns this badge…
- ...understands the importance of self-care as the foundation for sustainable learning and engagement.
- …is able to balance activity and rest in order to stay mentally focused and physically healthy.
- …recognises their own limits and takes responsibility for maintaining their well-being.
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The holder of this badge has worked independently at their own renewal. In collaboration with a group of international youthwork colleagues, the holder has worked at the sociocultural context of this competence during the international training course "Pathways to creative youthwork".
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Upload your most important activities or practices for renewal. Foucus on the four areas:
- Physical: caring for your physical body via having your needed exercise, eating healthy food, and reducing stress
- Spiritual: making time to think about and work on your values and mission,
- Mental: To keep going with learning for example via reading or writing
- Social/Emotional: Doing some social service, creating synergy among people, or taking care of your own intrinsic safety feeling
After practicing renewal for some time, reflect on what works for you and change, if something does not suit your needs.
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Activities: 13
Started: 36
Completed playlist: 2
Time to complete: 45 minutes
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