U3 wellness post

Wellness rating:
The rating of physical well being is a five out of ten.  If this was 1 year ago I would have chosen a seven because it was when I was working out all the time and had more time on my hands to do it.  I chose to cut back on my workouts to give school my full attention.  In the process all those muscles turned back to the way I was before (almost all, but not quite).

The rating for my spiritual well being would be around a six out of ten.  I am usually a lot happier, but the stress of work and school has taken a toll on my morale.  I am working alternating shifts that leave me so tired I cannot give my 110% to school, so my GPA has dropped .06% which is frustrating.  This is putting a lull in my attitude and making it more harder to be balanced.

My psychological rating is currently a five.  Like my spiritual well being the psychological effects of the stress and tiredness has taken a toll on my mental state leaving my feeling a little crazy at times.  Most days I am about average, but my days off from work are much better.

Goals:
The goals I have for my physical well being are to get back into the schedule of getting a good amount of exercise at least every otherday.  I have recently gotten my treadmill back and am starting to get back on track.  This should also help my stress level.

The goals for improvement on my spiritual well being are to practice what I learned on meditation.  I started learning about this when I was in a previous class for stress management.  This is taking a while, as I have a difficult time shutting off my brain.

My goals are pretty simple for the management of my psychological well being.  Planning out each day what I am going to be doing, make a "to do" list, and follow through with it.  This will not only improve production at work and for school, but it is very satisfying to know when you get the list all checked off.  That makes it less stressful.

For the last part of my blog, I oarticipated in  the Crime of the century relaxation exercise.  It was very relaxing and I ended up falling asleep.  I did notice that my body feels relaxed.  My shoulders aren't tight and my limbs feel loose.  I need this when I go to sleep at night.  Maybe it will help me to get a more restful sleep.

See you next week : }

Blogging for the first time too

Hello everyone,
I am blogging for the first time and I am hoping I am following all of you.  The relaxation exercise worked well, I fell to sleep.  My husband woke me after it was done.  The music was relaxing and the person talking had a soft voice which made you concentrate to here him more.  I have done something like this before with my previous professor in a stress management class and find it interesting.  I have tried meditation many times, but without success because I have a difficult time shutting off my brain.


I look forward to seeing how this will work. 
Erika