My wellbeing

I must say that rating my wellbeing is something I find very difficult to do. I of course would love to sit here and tell you that I am a 10 on everything but that’s just not reality. If I asked others how to rate me that might be easier than rating myself. My physical wellbeing would be a 9 and that is real because I exercise 6 days a week doing a variety of activities from weight lifting to training mixed martial arts. I only give the 9 for the simple reason I am not perfect. My spiritual wellbeing is a 1 and that might even be pushing it. I follow no religion at all and do absolutely nothing in regards to praying or anything even associated with the spiritual aspect of wellbeing. My psychological wellbeing is around a 5 as I do like to medicate occasionally and this is generally before I train. I do that to focus but I don’t do it often so a 5 may be a stretch.

I know that I need to set a goal to improve my wellbeing so to start I can say that spiritually I plan on discussing these options with my girlfriend as she goes to church and always wants me to go. This at least would be a start. I think to prove my psychological wellbeing I should start meditating as I have read many articles on the benefits of this. To improve my physical wellbeing I could get a massage once a month to help recover and relax my muscles.

The relaxation technique was supposed to be relaxing and it was to a certain extent but I have a hard time just sitting and relaxing so it was not easy. Frustrating may be the best way for me to describe it but I did find it beneficial when I could relax. Even if the narrator wanted me to breath and focus I simply found my mind wandering to other things like what I would do later and what exercise I would do in my workout.

It sure looks like I could use some assistance on improving my wellbeing.

Relaxation

This will be my first real post on this blog and my exercise was to listen to a relaxation track and then write about my experience.  I started the track and decided to sit on the couch which to me would be the most comfortable place. I had to close my eyes and take a deep breath and then relax on the exhale. I did this a few times and it took quite a few times to actually relax. I have a hard time sitting still in silence so needless to say this was not easy.  The narrator said that I would be using my mind to move the blood that was in my abdomen to other parts of my body. As much as I tried I found this very difficult although after a few tries I kind of felt something. I’m still not sure at this point if I am doing this right since I really haven’t experienced what other students are stating. Could this just simply be something I am not able to do? I am beginning to wonder and I am getting disappointed so I decided to stop and try again later. This time was better as I felt the blood flowing a little more to different parts of the body.  So I guess I did it right but I surely don’t feel as though I experienced what others did. Maybe next time…..

This is crazy!!!

Hello everyone,

Although I am on the internet and have a Facebook account this blogging thing is all new to me. I don't quite understand it fully to be honest so hopefully everyone can help me by posting some interesting thoughts to create conversation. This seems like it could be a neat way to communicate once I understand it.