Hey guys!
When reflecting on my well-being this week I decided that I was a 7 in physical, 8 in spiritual, and 9 in psychological. I chose 7 for physical because I eat fairy healthily and try to incorporate at lease some form of physical activity every day. Currently, I am trying to improve upon my health because I kind of slipped for a while there and need to back on track (which is the reason for nothing higher than a 7 here). Next, I chose an 8 for spiritual because I try to make sure to stay in tune with my spiritual self by insuring that I have time to reflect on thoughts and decisions I've made, as well as anything that may be coming up in the future. I do this mostly by taking walks in nature to get that "silence" you can only have when walking a nice trail on your own! :) And finally, I ranked my psychological well-being as a 9 because I tend to be able to stay pretty positive no matter what the situation. The power of positivity has become very apparent to me working in the food industry because I've noticed if I am able to stay upbeat about a bad situation, my peers are able to do the same by following my example.
For goals in each area, I'd like to incorporate more intense workouts into my daily routine (which I am currently working on), as well as learn to balance my diet a little more specifically to me (which I am also doing through learning as much as possible through my nutrition courses) for my physical, spend more time meditating in silence for my spiritual, and try not to react (negatively) to quickly in stressful situations for psychological.
In order to make these improvements a reality I could make myself a workout schedule and eating plan and actually stick to it to improve physically (I have a time management issue lol), spend more time outside in nature and using relaxation exercises like the ones we've been doing in class for spiritual, and make sure to stop and think about consequences before reacting to situations.
When I did the relaxation exercise this week, I honestly wasn't very focused on the exercise because I had a lot of things on my mind (I've been really busy this week!) so I don't think I got the full benefits from it. I was able to get the jest of it and it did relax me slightly. I think the main part that I was focused on was the orange, which stood for centered. When I had my eyes closed during that point, I could literally only see the color orange which I thought was odd since I wasn't focusing very well otherwise!
Hey Erin,
ReplyDeleteYou have set some great goals and it sounds like your positivity will get you there! I love your idea of nature walks and listening to the "silence" I've found that I really enjoy that too and you've inspired me to incorporate that more as opposed to my intense training regimen for physical fitness. In terms of diet and consistent workouts, you already know what to do! As a trainer the one thing that stops people from not attaining their goal is a base plan written out, a guideline to follow, so they're not just wondering around aimlessly. I felt the same way this week about the relaxation exercise! I had such a busy week and I'm moving soon, so it was really hard to quiet my mind... I too suffer from time management issues lol So I've been really trying to plan my days out every sunday and allow food prep time and all that and it has helped majorly! Do you have any tips?
Lizzy