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?
A-I rate my physical well-being
a 6, mostly due to existing health issues. I cannot completely overcome these
issues, but I am working to adapt and work around them. I am somewhat satisfied
with my diet and activity level, yet I still have a lot of room for physical
improvements.
B-My spiritual well-being
is improving due to all of the information from these courses I am learning and
processing. I would rate my spiritual well-being a 7 at this point in time. The
concepts in these wellness courses are clicking in my mind, and I find myself
mindfully incorporating practices in my everyday life.
C-My psychological
well-being needs the most development at this point in my life. I still find
myself battling with immediate negative emotions and reactions, and I struggle
with not expressing myself the way my mind wants to in a given moment. I almost
feel like I have to suppress my feelings, but I am very slowly learning I can
express myself in a less damaging way. This is a difficult transition, and I
would rate my psychological well-being a 4 as of the date of this entry.
2.
Develop a goal for yourself in each area
(physical, spiritual, psychological).
One physical personal goal
is to overcome my tendency to use not feeling well as an excuse to skip a
workout. Instead, I will compromise when I am not feeling well and participate
in a lower intensity workout. I also want to prevent myself from overdoing it
on days I feel well.
My spiritual goal is to
continue on my journey of minimalism, reducing attachment to physical objects,
and focus more on finding my own peace. The more calm and content I feel, the
better I seem to treat others.
My psychological goal is to
catch myself before I say something negative, then mindfully choose a more
positive way of relaying the same message. I hope this practice can become more
natural in the future, and lead to a more constant positive state of mind.
3.
What activities or exercise can you implement
in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?
I can reach my physical
goal by scheduling my workouts and writing them on a calendar for the purpose
of accountability. Since I use Sundays as my day to plan for my week, I will
just incorporate a workout schedule that I can stick to when I am planning our
other activities and meals for the week.
I can work toward my
spiritual goal in the same way. During my weekly planning, I believe it would
benefit me to plan quiet time for myself when I can shut off the rest of the
world and focus on completely relaxing to a state of peace.
My psychological goal is
going to take a lot more effort, and I will spend much more time practicing to
reach this goal. I will take a few ideas from the text and mentally ask myself
two questions before reacting: 1. Will this response cause me or someone else
suffering?, and 2. Does this response align with my goal of integral health?
4.
Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of
the Century. Describe your experience. (What it beneficial? Frustrating? etc.)
I will be honest. I am
starting to feel irritated by these exercises, but I am not sure I can pinpoint
the reason. I feel like certain activities are very forced and do not come
naturally. I also feel like I have to put forth a lot of mental effort to
create the scenarios described. For example, creating specific colors and
imagining certain areas on the body are difficult, and my brain almost seems
like it is fighting me. I also found I associated colors with certain emotions, other than what was being described in the exercise. I wish I could understand why I am mentally resisting,
but I suspect it may have something to do with my mind wishing it would hurry
up and just be over instead of enjoying the experience and taking it for what
it is, an exercise to relax.
