Thursday, January 22, 2009

We measured our resting heart rate today in class and mine was 96 beats per minute.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Wellness Plan

Wellness Plan

My physical wellness is okay I guess. I don’t really do regular exercise, but I walk a lot during my day around the campus, so I think that’s pretty good as far as that goes. I would definitely like to get more active and improve my physical wellness; maybe exercising more, and not being as lazy as I am, I’m not that lazy, but I have those days where I can be. I don’t do any drugs or alcohol, so in that department, I’m clear. I think that it’s gross and if I do end up doing it one day there could be a chance that it could be addictive and I am perfectly happy staying away from that risk. As for my nutritional assessment, I think I’m pretty decent. I try to eat as healthy as I can, but I do eat junk food a lot of the time. I don’t eat a lot though, I eat junk food but it’s in small portions and I don’t overdo it, so I don’t think that it’s so unhealthy. Socially, I think that I am good. I don’t have tons and tons of friends, but I do have a few very good friends that I can count on. They make me happy and that is very important. I don’t go out like a lot of people. I’m more of a stay at home type of person, unless it’s with my best friends. Spiritually, I’m okay. I don’t go to church as much as I people say I should, but I still believe in God, so why do I have to go to a church to prove that, if I know in my heart that I do. I could use a little work on my emotional assessment. I tend to take things to serious a lot of the time. I can cry over the littlest thing, or get worked up and stressed over little, minor details. I don’t have a temper or anything, as a matter a fact, I don’t get mad very often, it’s pretty rare, and it’s just, I get sad or upset easily and when I do get angry I don’t yell or get all crazy and hysterical, I kind of just get sad I guess. Which leads into the whole stress assessment, I don’t like stress, and I don’t think that I handle it very well. I’m not cool under pressure, and the emotional and the stress assessments are what I really want to try to work on to try and make them better. Intellectually I think I’m good. I take school and my future very seriously, because that is what is going to help me in the goals that I want to reach. Occupationally, I’m not really doing so well. I don’t have a job, and my parents basically pay for everything that I do, or want. I hate it. I want to be able to pay for my own stuff and not have to ask them for money all the time. I am currently applying for jobs everywhere I can, but either no one is hiring or they don’t choose me because I don’t have the experience. How can I get experience, if I can’t get a job? My environmental assessment is okay. It’s not spectacular, but I do try to do my part to save the environment. I recycle paper, aluminum cans, and the plastic bottles. I got my whole family to do it to, so that feels pretty good. I buy a lot of things that are recycled, like my tote bags that I use are either made from environmentally safe material, or recycled material, so that’s good.
My long term and short term goals are to become a healthier person by eating healthier foods every day, exercising at least thirty minutes every day, manage how I deal with stress better by trying not to get worked up over little things that aren’t that important. I will attain these goals by making a chart for what I eat every day and making sure that it is healthy; making a chart to keep track of my exercising routine every day; and keep track of how I am handling stressful situations by writing down what I do and learning from that.