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?
2. Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological).
3. What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?
4. Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century. To hear this exercise, click here. Describe your experience. (What it beneficial? Frustrating? etc.)
I would say that on a scale of 1-10 I would rate my physical wellbeing a 6. I am currently not ill but I am tired all of the time. I am not exercising with the frequency that I would like and so I feel run down frequently. Spiritually I would rate myself at an 8. I do a lot keep my faith strong and really rely on my faith in God to help me through different aspects of my life. Psychologically I would be a 5. I am a constant worrier and while being spiritual helps I feel that I put the weight of my family on my shoulders and I have not quite learned how to avoid doing this in an unhealthy manner.
I like these exercises because I find that setting goals can help. In preparation for this post I got my favorite bike fixed and I have set a goal to ride it daily and would love to be in shape enough to do the 18 mile ride to and from work before it gets too cold. While I work on my spiritual side in a solitary manner my goal is to find a group where I can really delve into a deeper spirituality and stronger faith. My church offers these regularly so I need to make the commitment to join and stick with one. The latter goal will also help with my last goal and that is to make sure that I am setting time aside on a regular basis for me. I tend to put everything in front of me which does not help my current state. Even with school I am typing this while sitting outside of a school building so my daughter can go volleyball. I love my kids and their activities but I am finding that work and my schools are suffering as a result. I am not doing them any good if I fail so prioritizing my life so that I can relieve some of the psychological stress I put on myself is my final goal. As you can see I have goals and activities in mind to achieve those goals but the biggest thing is to keep me on task. So for all of them I need to make sure that I am writing them down and putting them where I have to see them every day so I don’t lose sight of what I am working on.
I have done relaxation exercises like this in the past and I find them very helpful. I have a mind that tends to wander so anything to keep me focused is beneficial. I also find those that focus on various parts of the body and mind particularly helpful because many a chiropractor has commented on how tight my muscles are. I have an exercise similar to this one that a counselor put together for my son that I used to do a lot but have since lost the CD so these I am finding to very useful.
