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time to compensate for this loss. So how can I do
this? Stay involved in my hobbies. I realize that
self-reflection has changed my mindset and
personal life while reading psychology. During
self-reflection, I find my strengths as well as my
weaknesses, and I feel like I am flourishing.
PHOTO: Dora hiking in Tuen Mun.
time. My mind stays refreshed and healthy when I
indulge in different kinds of activities like yoga,
calligraphy, hiking, swimming, and drawing
zentangle.
Understand yourself and other people
After taking the psychology course, I learnt how
thoughts and feelings influence behaviors and
what other factors affect thoughts and feelings. I
changed the way I understand myself and will
spend more time to care about my thoughts, what
I am currently most concerned about, and reflect
on what I have to do to reach my goals live
according to my values. This is accompanied with
a better understanding and respect for the
PHOTO: Dora practicing aerial yoga in her free time.
thinking of others, which aids communication in
my daily life.   
Dora is a part-time
student at EdUHK
Take time to read and flourish
studying Psychology. She
There are many theories in psychology. These
is a leader of the nursing
theories may not all be true but I love to read
team at an intellectual
them. One theory that I came across in
disability organization.
developmental psychology was optimization
compensation theory. This theory described time
as one kind of limited resource that humans need
to use wisely in order to maximize their benefits.
When I apply it to the loss of time in my study, I
know that I also need an equivalent amount of 
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