My Overall Health and Wellbeing

After considering my own personal health and wellbeing, I would have to rank my physical health at a 7 on a 1-10 scale. I would choose a 7, because I exercise on a regular basis, maintain a healthy weight, and try to “well”. However, there are still major improvements I could make. I eat fast food approximately 3-4 times a month, which could be eliminated. I also have a bad addiction to Mountain Dew, which has a lot of sugar, useless calories and is very acidic. My goal for my physical wellbeing would be to cut out soda drinking in the next few months. I feel as if I will need to slowly wean myself off, so this may take me some time. Something that could help achieve this goal would be replacing one soda a day with water. The following week, replace two sodas with water, and continue this until I am no longer craving caffeine or soda.

I would rate my spiritual wellbeing at 6 out of 10. The reason I chose 6 is because I am religious and pray on a regular basis, however, I am not involved or attending church as much as I would like to. My goal for my spiritual health is to attend church at least 2 Sundays a month. Something that would help me reach this goal would be finding a church that is closer to my home. Currently, I live about an hour away from my church, which makes it difficult to attend.

My psychological wellbeing is one that could fluctuate from day to day. Overall, I would rate myself at 8 out of 10. I am very busy between full time work and school, but I always manage to keep my head and thoughts calm, relaxed, and open. I think it’s important to take a breath and walk away whenever I am overwhelmed. This always seems to refocus me and release any tension or frustration. One goal I would like to set for myself would be learning more breathing exercises and meditation techniques. One way I could achieve this goal would be signing up for a yoga class at my gym. I think that would be extremely beneficial and could teach me a lot more about relaxation and breathing properly.

                After attempting the relaxation exercise “The Crime of the Century”, I was very relaxed. Within the first two minutes, I felt calm and at ease. I completed this activity at the end of the day right before bed time. The prism and color exercises did not really affect me, and I wasn’t able to completely visualize what was being suggested, but the overall soothing music in the background, the quiet and soft speaking voice, and the deep breathing that was suggested worked very well. After completing the exercise, I went to bed, and fell right asleep, and slept wonderfully. I am considering keeping up with this exercise on a regular basis to see if it will continue to help me sleep better.