I have never thought of grading myself on a scale of 1-10 for physical well being, psychological well being and spiritual well being. That being said I would rate myself at a 5 for physical well being, a 6 for psychological well being, and a score of 5 for spiritual well being. I am active, but not as active as I should be. Most of my exercise comes from working 12 hour shifts at work. I do go on walks and do outdoor activities with my family, but not as often as I probably should. Another strike is the fact that I am a smoker. I know smoking is unhealthy and causes many health issues, and I plan to try and quit smoking eventually, but keep putting it off. Psychologically I feel that I am in a good place. I am confident in what I do, and I know what I want to achieve. Work, school, and raising a family add great amounts of stress and I need to learn to take time for myself to relax. This is easier said than done though. Spiritually, I am aware of and comfortable with my belief system, and i am working in becoming familiar and accepting of others cultural and religious beliefs. Working at a Catholic hospital and communicating and interacting with the pastoral care department, and learning from my patent's experiences have helped me in this aspect.
My goal for physical well being is to participate in more outdoor activities with my family. Taking walks, riding bikes etc. Now that it is summer this should be easier to achieve. Psychologically I will take time for myself to just relax and spend some quiet time to allow the stresses of the day to diminish. Spiritually I will continue to learn from others, and broaden my knowledge in the beliefs of others. I will also focus on my beliefs and incorporate them into my daily routines.
The relaxation exercise allowed me to take time to truly relax. I was able to make it half way through before my thought process was interrupted by my children. I was also beginning to feel very sleepy and was distracted by my desire to not fall asleep. I think this exercise would be great to listen to at the end of the day to relax. Or may also be beneficial at the start of day. I would need to attempt these relaxation exercises where I am not going to be interrupted and can give my full attention to relaxing.
Shartyse,
ReplyDeleteI think your strategies for reaching your goals will be very beneficial to you and I think I could benefit from them as well. Incorporating small changes like you talk about is the easiest way to make overall changes in your life and including your family can be a fun way to do so. I think these steps would work well for my clientele too because they are simple steps and everyone could benefit from them.
Tamara
Setting mini goals can help as well. I really like the fact that you are looking at other peoples beliefs. It is difficult to have just me time with the responsibilities we have; however, if we aren't fully there how can we be there fully for others?
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It's great that you have set goals in your life. I am glad that you mentioned that you are going to try and quit smoking because that will help you physically so much! Great post!
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