Article: The paper should be longer than a regular sheet of paper.It needs to wrap around enough to look like a scroll. Your paper needs to be thinner than the dowels you use, so you may have to cut some off of the edges. There are many different types of paper that can be used to make a good scroll. Two sheets of regular white paper taped together end to end Brown paper grocery bag Parchment Paper Rice paper Papyrus paper Dowels are round rods made of wood, metal, or plastic. Scrolls are typically made using wooden dowels. Dowels come in different lengths, so you might have to cut them to the right size for your paper. You want the dowels to be about 1 to 2 inches longer than the paper. The thinner the dowel, the tighter you can wind up your scroll. You can choose the thickness of the dowel you would like to use. inch inch inch 1 inch Decide what you want the scroll to say or display on the inside. If you don't know what you want it to look like, some ideas are hieroglyphs, chinese characters, or a still life picture. Choose a method to apply your script or artwork to the scroll. Painting Printing Coloring Calligraphy Handwritten or drawn You can assemble a scroll using one dowel at the top of the paper or two dowels on the top and bottom of the paper. Use a strong glue to secure the dowels to the edges of the paper. Press firmly and hold for a few seconds to ensure the dowel is adequately attached to the paper. Make sure the glue extends the entire length of the edge of the paper. You can also wrap the paper around the dowel and glue it to itself. If you decide to do this method, make sure you get the paper wrapped extremely tight around the dowel so it doesn't have room to slide around. Embellishments can make the scroll look authentic and give it that extra flair. There are many ways to embellish your scroll and make it unique. Attach a ribbon to the top for hanging. Add an ornament to the ends of each dowel, like a wooden wheel. This would be easier to do before attaching the paper onto the dowels. Use ribbon, string, or twine to tie the scroll together after rolling. There are two different ways of rolling your scroll. If you have a one dowel scroll, roll the paper around the dowel until the entire paper is rolled. Secure the paper with a ribbon, string, or twine by tying it around the scroll. With a two dowel scroll, roll both sides of the paper around the dowels until they meet in the middle. You can also secure this type of scroll with ribbon, string, or twine.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Select the paper. Choose the dowels. Create the artwork. Assemble the scroll. Embellish the scroll. Roll the scroll.
Article: Examine negative thoughts and worries by considering what types of cognitive distortions might be involved in other words, determine what type of partial- or non-truth your mind might be telling you. Cognitive distortions might include: All-or-nothing thinking: Black-and-white statements that lack any middle ground. You are either good or bad, wrong or right, and there is no complexity or in-between. Overgeneralization: Taking one negative experience and making it a hard-and-fast "rule." These thoughts often include the phrases "You always...", "I never...", or "Everyone..." Mental filtering: Filtering out all the positive elements of a situation and leaving only the negatives. Maybe you went on a fantastic date, but all you can focus on is that one awkward silence at the beginning of the night. Jumping to conclusions: Drawing negative conclusions without a reasonable foundation of evidence, such as assuming we know what others are thinking or what will happen in the future. Catastrophizing: fixating upon worst-case scenarios and blowing small problems out of proportion. Emotional reasoning: Believing that the way you feel right now reflects objective reality. If you feel poorly, then the current situation must be very bad. "Shoulds" and "should-nots": Holding yourself to a strict set of (often arbitrary) rules and creating unrealistic expectations of what you should and should not do. Labeling: Labeling yourself or others based upon perceived shortcomings, even if we have much evidence to the contrary. Personalization: Adopting personal responsibility for circumstances outside your control. If the party you planned is rained out despite the sunny forecast, you blame yourself for the bad weather. Magnification and minimization: You minimize your positive attributes while idealizing others. When someone gives you a compliment, you explain it away. Create a "thought diary" just for this purpose. When you have a negative thought, turn to a clean page and follow these steps: Write down the activating event, which could be a thought, event, or situation. An example would be: "I had a big fight with my partner before work this morning." Write down the negative thoughts or beliefs that occurred during and after the activating event. Ask yourself: "What was I thinking?" "What was I saying to myself?" and "What was going through my head at the time?" An example might be: "I've blown it. That's the end of the relationship. He's tired of putting up with me and doesn't love me anymore and he's going to leave me." Write down words describing how you feel and underline the one most associated with the activating event. For example, "Afraid, Lonely, Hurt." With "Afraid" underlined. Examine what you've written and see if you notice any unhelpful thinking styles you might have used. For example, "Catastrophizing, jumping to conclusions, black and white thinking." Make two columns under the negative thought: one to list evidence for your negative thought, one for evidence against your negative thought. Filling in these columns will allow you to see whether there is any truth to your negative thought. Continuing the example of fighting with your partner, the "Evidence for" column might say: "He got really angry and red in the face and stormed out of the house. He didn't call me during his lunch break like he usually does." The "Evidence against" column might say: "We've fought before, worse than this, and we can always talk it out. He has told me that he takes a while to cool down after getting angry, but when he's calmed down he's rational and willing to compromise. He told me earlier this week he has meetings all day today and won't be able to call me during lunch. He has said many times that he's committed to making our marriage work, no matter what. Fighting is unusual for us," etc. This process helps you look at your thoughts objectively. You analyze, assess, and evaluate your thoughts to see if they have any basis in truth, instead of accepting them without question. Ask yourself the following questions about the negative thought and record your answers in your thought journal: How else might I view the situation? If I were not feeling this way, how would I view the situation? Realistically, what is the likelihood of that happening? How might someone else view the situation? Does it really help me to think this way? What are some helpful self-statements?
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Identify your negative thoughts. Record your negative thoughts. Test the truth of the thought. Challenge the the negative thought.