Week 3

This week is my first week of carrying out my new occupation. I have decided that each week I will spend 2 to 3 hours knitting. The time will be spread out during the week and some weeks I may spend less time depending on my work load.  I have all the equipment needed that I found at home. This week we have learnt in our tutorial the importance of occupation in realtion to our identity. From this tutorial I now look at my occupation of knitting in a different way. At the moment it is a new skill I am learning and seems difficult however I know in the long run it will help to shape who I am and will become a part of my identity. A quote that I really like from our tutorial was “doing, being and becoming are integral to occupational therapy philosophy, process and outcomes, because together they epitomize occupation (Wilcock,1998, p.249). I now understand that I am in the initial stages of creating a new occupational identity. This stage is the "doing stage". Doing incorporate words of "action, engagement, personal initiative, activity and tasks, they refer to what people 'do'." (Hasselkus, 2002 pg.16). At the moment I am beginning to knit, I have gathered all my equipment,  my mum has taught me the basics and have resources by my side to help when I get stuck. I am now beginning to "do". The resources that are guiding my doing include the book Crafts and Creative Media in Therapy by Carol Crellin Tubbs and Margaret Drake and the following youtube clips.

Next week I will be moving on to the stage of "being"!!

References:

Hasselkus, B.R. (2002). The meaning of everyday occupation. USA: SLACK Inc.

Wilcock, A.A. (1998). Reflections on doing, being, and becoming. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65, 240-256.