CSUF MSW STUDENTS SPEAK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE STARTING THE MASTER PROGRAM [32:59-34:41]

I guess for me when it comes to like self care and stuff like I have to try very hard to not make it another thing on my to do list because on that person that's like this is the perfect routine if I don't do it and i'm a failure. So i've tried i tried to shy away from like concrete things I commit myself to a self care and I view it more as like listening of like what does my body saying it needs right now what is my mind saying it needs right now. And then hearing that and taking it like you know right now I need to be social or need to be like isolated like i'm just doing that versus I think if I don't do that I can commit to like well. I know socializing is good so every fight i'm going to do this and then it becomes another thing on my count of the stresses me out like how mindfulness can be a lot of people I didn't meditate on my bad first and now i'm stressed. So I think a stance of listening and also like mentioned being present. When you can be like at internship i'm not a student or I am but like not in the same way like i'm an intern there and like at school I'm a student in like just like not thinking about school. For internship in the wrong spots like right now i'm just a therapist like as long as I do and even in class like I think. You know i'm the person with my phone in my backpack for the most part and with friends like my phone is like I always just doing one thing I think helps me. I avoid like the mental chaos of thinking about school the time and also getting the most out of my experiences when I do choose to allow myself to like have fun or do things like that so I think presence and like. Listening have been how I approach self care because otherwise a prescription would I think stress me out more like that I have to do something.