Personal Wellness

Hi, everyone.

I chose to separate the personal wellness inventory portion of the blogging assignment from the meditation activity.

1.Based on your reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal wellbeing), where do you rate your A-physical wellbeing, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?

I would rate my physical wellbeing as an 8 because I am generally healthy, though I have been somewhat rough on my body and can definitely feel the effects of multiple joint injuries.  Additionally, while I know that I am healthy, I am still in the first trimester of my pregnancy and wow, it is really kicking my rear!

I would rate my spiritual well-being at an 7.  I am comfortable with my beliefs and understanding of the way the world works; however, I continue to find it difficult when people try to enthusiastically share their opinions with me.  in a way, it makes me feel somewhat threatened, which indicates to me that I may not be quite as comfortable with my views as I believe I am.

Finally, I would rate my psychological well-being at a 9.  I am very comfortably in touch with the flux in emotions that everyone goes through and am fairly good at recognizing when an emotional reaction does not necessarily reflect the current circumstances.  Additionally, I do not tend to have widely varying swings in my emotional status (though it does occur sometimes).

2.Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological).

My physical goal is to be better about getting regular exercise and improving my dietary discipline in order to avoid the times that I eat too much in a sitting and end up regreting it later.  Additionally, when I do keep a regular gym routine, I find that I feel much better.

My spiritual goal is to become more comfortable with who I am and what I think, to a point where I do not feel the need to defend myself or my views in the face of adversity.

My psychological goal is to be better at recognizing that, while I feel that I am well grounded and balanced, sometimes it is easy to believe in one's own legend and get caught up in a feeling of "I don't need help from anyone."  While self sufficiency is a good thing, it can cause difficulties if problems do arise.
3.What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?

To further my physical wellness goal, I need to be better about time management in order to leave time to go to the gym without feeling like I have to put something else off until the last minute.  In order to further my spiritual goal, the best thing to do is to get in better touch with my concept of myself.  To better my psychological goal, I need to open up a little more to the people that are close to me and not be afraid to take their advice when they notice something out of balance that I have not realized.

-Joy Clark