Working Towards my Goal

This past week has actually been very productive as far as preparing to reach my goal. Like I said in my previous post, I'm currently down with a minor ankle injury. However, I have been swimming and doing all types of active rehabilitation to strengthen my ankle for my month-long Mt. Hood trip. Due to my injury being re-occurring for almost a year now, I am very familiar with all types of rehab that needs to be done. After my initial surgery, I would spend days on end in medical centers doing legitimate physical therapy. The job of a physical therapist is a prime example of prosocial observational learning. The PT would physically model what they wanted me to do, and I would do my best to imitate them with hopes of receiving positive, or helpful effects (Myers, 2010). Now without any help from a physical therapist, I am able to retrieve this information about ankle rehabilitation from my long-term memory. It is now a skill I have acquired through a lot of experience, and has gotten stored in my memory system for good (Myers, 2010). The motivation I feel to better myself physically is merely driven by the incentive of snowboarding for an entire month, pain-free. I honestly could not think of a better way to encourage myself to strive for ideal physical strength. Although snowboarding does not seem like the most physically exhausting activity, I can assure you that an entire of hard impact in the summer heat requires great stamina.