Saturday, December 22, 2012

Unit 3 Blog Wellness Questions

Hello fellow health and wellness enthusiast,
For our unit three Blog we are asked to rate our physical, spiritual and psychological well-being and then develop goals and identify activities that will help us reach our goals.  It took me a little time to think about the three areas.  The first is physical well-being, I would like to rate myself high being a physical education teacher who works out with her students every day, but…  When it comes to exercise and working out I can rate myself high but when it comes to nutrition I’m not the best.  I never eat breakfast, and yes, I know that is the most important meal of the day.  I would have to make that a goal for myself-I would like to improve my nutrition intake by starting to eat breakfast every day.  So I would have to rate myself a 6 at this point in time (I’m also very sick at this point).  The next is spiritual well-being.  I look at my spirituality as my relationship with my Lord and Savior.  I pray every day and go to church on Sundays but a relationship is so much more than going to church.  A goal that I would like to work on is reading my Bible every day.  I have to say that that is an activity that I do every once in a while, this could strengthen my relationship with the Lord and keep our relationship close.  If I had to rate my spirituality, it would be an eight.  The third is psychological well-being.  Last semester when I took the mind and body divide class I learned about rational and emotional intelligence.  I have to say that many times I feel that my emotional intelligence gets the best of me.  I find that stress cause me to put rational aside and focus on the here and now.  I would like to focus more on preparation level two, skillful action.  I invite all of you to read my discussion question and you can see why that is my goal.  My need to use discipline and restraint when dealing with issues is a big goal of mine.  I need to think before I speak and learn the art of skillful action.  If I would have to rate myself at this time I would have to give myself a five.  We are all works in progress and when we think we have reached the top, there is always something new that we can learn.  We are ever changing just like this world is, is there ever an ultimate utopia, where we have reached the peak of knowledge?  I would like to know what you all think.  Stay tuned for my next post on the Relaxation exercise for this week.
Thanks, Emily

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for the post and I think everyone has dealt with one issue or another in their life. I too have been involved in more than enough issues in which I have let my emotional sense over come my rational train of thought. I think finding methods of relaxation and calming techniques really help. I know that if I just try to clear my head with some music or even brekaing the issue down in my head, it really helps my mental clarity.I think that since we are constantly evolving with our environment and our new challenges, then there really an ultimate utopia :)

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  2. Hi Emily,

    Great post and good to read about your spiritual well-being. I can relate to this area. I am very active in my church, in fact, I am an Evangelist. I love the Lord and serving Him is truly a blessing that I enjoy. Not many people talk about their spiritual connection. I, too, had to take a little time and assess where I am with rating these three areas particularly in view of the reading and being a wellness class. This has given me much to rethink and redo. I am enjoying the class and enjoy reading your post. Please feel free to read my blog post and comment. I would be interested in your input. Hope to hear from you. Happy holidays.

    Dru

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  3. I agree that discipline and restraint are two good goals. I have been trying to be aware of my feelings and how I react, I did not realize it would be that difficult, to really develop you need to practice this at every moment of the day. In time we can all get there but it takes daily practice and awareness to improve in this area. Thanks for the post.

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