9. Reflect on a time in your life when you contemplated making a change. What did you do? Were your actions successful? What factors led to the success? If your actions were not successful, what was missing? This exercise is provided by Shannon Cooper-Sadlo, LCSW, Associate Clinical Professor, School of Social Work, Saint Louis University. 10.Identify an area or behavior in your life that you would like to change (e.g., texting while driving, exercising, budgeting money, or time management). For one week, chart your journey in a journal and note those factors that are helping you to change and those that are a negative influence on your change efforts. At the end of the week, reflect on your progress or lack thereof. Consider your feelings before the change, during the change, and about the results. 11.Create your own life story from a strengths-based perspective, noting an area or time in your life in which you felt ambivalence about a change you wanted or needed to make. Using Motivational Interviewing skills, reflect on strategies you might apply in addressing your ambivalence about the change process.