career-journal-mod1week5.md

1. Habits Reflection:

   • How have you seen yourself become more aware of your habits? Have you tried implementing anything new? What have the results been?
     • I have become more aware of my habits and I have not tried to implement anything new but brought up the topic to my partner about setting a schedule after this and next week. As it is a very nerve wracking and stressful time right now.

2. Design Thinking Reflection: Cultivating Beginner’s Mind

   • How can beginner’s mind be helpful when it comes to thinking about your career and job search? What are some habits you could put into place to cultivate beginner’s mind regularly?
     • It can be helpful by helping us open to the many different type of possibilities out there for software developers. There is more than one door and if we open ourselves up to seeing other doors something better could come along or something we didn't even know exist could come along. Some habits would be is to learn to let go of my ego and know that I don't have to be an expert like the world wants. My favorite though is getting rid of my extra arrows which mean that we know we have other chances but what if this is our only chance how would we think about it differently and approach it. I also like taking should out of my vocabulary to open my mind to other oppurtunities.

Optional additional reading: How to Cultivate Beginner’s Mind to Become a True Expert

1. Go through the Flower Exercise brainstorming worksheets linked here. Then complete your Flower Exercise final worksheet here and link that finished worksheet here.
   Flower Excercise
   

2. Write out your top 5 strengths that you’ve seen in action this module; then write out the strengths of a software developer. Where do you see these lists overlapping? Where are they different?

   • Organization
   • Details
   • Working together
   • Focus
   • Preserverence
   • I think everything in the list above overlaps with strengths of a software developer because they are basic skills that one should have on any job.

3. Write a refined vision statement here (what new things have you discovered this week to incorporate into your vision statement?): To achieve success and stability as well as have a well-balanced work life experience.