I guess we do not realize our level of wellness until we are asked to rate it. I know that there are definitely areas that I need to work on but when I actually sat down and started to think about it and rate it I was saddened. For this unit we are asked to reflect on our total wellness and rate our physical, spiritual, and psychological well-being 1 to 10 with 10 being optimal well-being. Well, here it goes:
Physical: 5
Spiritual: 3
Psychological: 5
My reasoning for these ratings are because I am physically at the worst shape of my life. I use to compete in weightlifting and was very fit, now, not so much. I can really feel how unfit I am when I play with my children (it is very sad). Spiritually I am struggling with my beliefs and standing by them. I need to reexamine what I believe in and incorporate it into my daily life. As for psychological, I am a very emotional person and let my emotions get the best of me sometimes. I am working on meditation and calming my mind. My mind likes to wander a lot and it affects my sleep and my daily activities.
Goals:
Physical: to work out at least 3 times a week
Spiritual: incorporate my beliefs into my daily life
Psychological: learn to keep my emotions in check and to calm my mind and focus on the task at hand
Activities:
Physical: yoga, P90x, Pilates
Spiritual: examine my personal beliefs
Psychological: meditation
This weeks relaxation exercise was The Crime of the Century. Not sure why it was called that, I thought the guy speaking called it something to do with a rainbow. Anyway, this one was really hard for me to get into. It did not work for me I think there was too much to focus on and I just could not do it. I would go in and out of being able to concentrate on what he was saying. It was frustrating to me and I could not wait for it to be over.
Hi Leslie,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing such a candid post. I struggled a bit sharing my information because my overall wellness is not where I would like it to be. After I posted my initial blog, I sat and reflected a little longer as to why it was difficult for me share to my information and it was not long and I found my answer, which was good because I can know incorporate ways to deal with this area in my wellness goals.
I can see by reading your post that you are saddened by where you overall wellness is at this moment. However, by taking the time to reflect and by setting goals, you have conquered the first step. I think you have set up some great goals, wholeness, look out, here comes, Leslie.
In terms of the exercise, I did not fair very well either. I must say, I too was perplexed by the title. I started the exercise, and listened for a couple minutes, then paused it, to check and be sure I had the exercise (lol).
Thanks again for sharing; I wish you the very best.
~Bridgett Harland