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 : }
I so agree with you on every level. All it takes is for one thing to knock everything else off track then it's like a snowball effect. 2012 for me was a hard year in many areas of my life. For one, I ended 2011 losing my grandfather then ended 2012 losing my grandmother. It's like I want to go to a mountain top and scream to the top of my lungs or just run away. Not only that, but having to watch my mom deal with the fact that now both her parents are gone is hard. I do my best to help and of course put her feelings before mine but in doing so I find myself not really having the chance to grieve. I have chose to think about me too. If I don't, nobody else will. My total well-being is just as important. I have helped my mom with showing her tools that can help her through the grieving process such as literature that helped me when I lost my uncle 4yrs ago (which was her baby brother). So basically it's been topsy turvy for the past 4yrs in our lives and I have made it my mission to get myself back on track mentally, physically, and emotionally this new year. Sometimes setting these "attainable" goals where you can see them like on your bathroom mirror or fridge, can help you even more where you see them everyday. I've done it in the past and it helped tremendously. But making the choice to "just do it" regardless of anything else is key. Remember there is only one you and there are others that need you in their life. Hang in there, I so can relate. ;-)
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Erika,
ReplyDeleteI understand you struggle with time management and being able to keep up with the psychical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of wellness as I struggle just as poorly. I hope not to insult you but to help both of us to understand that when you stay physically well you find you have more energy but that is only part of the equation. I am currently taking a whole foods class and understand that the other part of the physical aspect is the diet. What gets put into the body is a direct reflection of how the body functions and the energy it has, however don’t take the pendulum so far to think that food is the only part of physical wellness but so is exercise and fitness. Since I have been exercising more, eating a better diet, I have been sleeping less but waking feeling more rested and focused to take on the day, whether that is school work, my job, or the Army. Keep up the hard work
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