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Wheel of Wellness: Self Assessment
5 Life Task Ratings
Life Task 1: Spirituality
Wellness Rating: 4
Satisfaction with Rating: 2
Description:
Before I went to college, I would go to the temple with my parents everyday. I was very spiritual because I had been brought up in a spiritual family. When I got to college however I met friends who comes from diverse religions. Each of them had their different views on religion. I begun to question my faith then because the diverse religions contrasted each other.I consulted the internet about different religions and the information I received made me doubt my religion. The frequency at which I went to church reduced and my faith reduced as well.This is why I rated myself 4. I am not satisfied with this rating. I would like to find a way to regain my faith in my religion and connect spiritually with the ultimate.
Life Task 2: Self-Direction
Wellness Rating: 5
Satisfaction with Rating:5
Description: My parents taught me that there are only two ways to appropriate directions in life. Through spirituality and through education. When I was younger, I went to the temple and worked hard in school to shape my direction in life. However when I got to college, my faith in my religion was greatly shaken. The only direction that still stands firm according to my parents’
advice is my education. That is why I rated my wellness 5. I am not satisfied with this rating because I feel like I am loosing my self- direction because of my loss of connection with the ultimate.
Life Task 3: Work and Leisure
Wellness Rating: 8
Satisfaction with Rating: 8
Description
: I spend almost all of my time working on my schoolwork. I do a course that I have always dreamt of since my childhood. Because of that, I have always done my work with passion
and enjoyed every moment that I worked. My work has also been my source of leasure. That is why my wellness rating was 8. In as much as I am satisfied, I am a little worried because my work is preventing me from engaging in leisure activities that I enjoyed doing with my social circle before starting my course.
Life Task 4: Friendship: Wellness Rating: 6
Satisfaction with Rating: 8
Description: Before I went to college, I had enough time to interact and socialize with my friends. When I went to college however, I spent most of my time studying and had very little time for my social life. It has been quite challenging to balance between school and social life. Whenever I am not studying, I try engaging in social activities that often include hanging out with my friends and spending time with family. That is why I rated myself a six in wellness.
I am satisfied because in as much as my free time is limited, I can spare sometime for my social life. Life Task 5: Love Wellness Rating:2 Satisfaction with Rating:1
Description:
My schedule has been so tight that I have had trouble balancing my work life and my social life. As a result, my love life has seriously suffered. I have found it impossible to balance between my love life and work life. I think that if one of the two is to thrive, then I must be willing to let the other go. I have decided to work on my work life and work on my love life later. That is why I have rated my wellness 2. I am not satisfied at all with this rating because I have many times felt left out in the company of my friends especially when we talk about their relationships.
Generally, in ratio of one to ten, I would rate my level of wellness as five to ten. This is because I try much as possible to balance between the two life tasks social and intellectual. Through my giving so much time to my intellectual life task however, I find it very challenging to balance between all the five tasks of life.
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Wheel of Wellness: Self-Assessment
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Self-Direction Subtasks Ratings
Subtask 1: Sense of Worth
Wellness Rating: 4
Satisfaction with Rating: 2
Description:
Since I started concentrating more on my work, my circle of friends has really reduced. My friends would come to my place and we would go out on social events together. However, since I started turning them down, they have slowly reduced the rate at which they would visit me at home. This has really made me feel so lonely. Most of the time I question my self-worth something I never did while I had my circle of friends. That is why I rated myself 4. I am not at all satisfied with this wellness rating. I feel so felt out by my friends and I would like us to be like before again.
Subtask 2: Sense of Control
Wellness Rating: 9
Satisfaction with Rating: 10
Description:
Despite my desires and lusts for my social life, I can still manage to control myself
and choose my work over the social life that I miss so much. Many times I have been tempted to quit my work and join my friends which has been a tempting step to take. However, at the end of
the day I was able to control myself and choose my work. That is why I rated myself 10. I am absolutely satisfied with this wellness rating as it symbolizes that I have complete ability to control myself.
Subtask 3: Realistic Beliefs
Wellness Rating: 7
Satisfaction with Rating: 8
Description:
I have a total faith that through my hard work, I am going to achieve all my dreams. That is the main reason why I am willing to control myself from my social life and choose to stick to my work even if it is at the expense of what would make me happy. That is the
reason I rate my wellness 7. I am satisfied with this wellness rating.
Subtask 4: Emotional Awareness and Coping
Wellness Rating: 3
Satisfaction with Rating: 2
Description:
In as much as I try to create social time for my friends and my family, it is pretty obvious that if I am to continue with my dedication to work, I am going to have to let go of my social life until I am done with my studies. This has really interfered with my emotional awareness. That is why am rating my emotional awareness and coping 3. I am not satisfied with this rating because all my friends including my best friends are finding new companies and replacing me.
Subtask 5: Problem-Solving and Creativity
Wellness Rating: 9
Satisfaction with Rating: 10
Description:
When a problem emerges, I usually want to help solve the problem however difficult the situation is. I find so much satisfaction if I am able to solve a situation. If it is anything that I cannot help solve, I get so frustrated even if the problem to be solved was not related to me. This is why I rated myself 9. I am extremely satisfied by my desire to solve problems.
Subtask 6: Sense of Humor
Wellness Rating: 10
Satisfaction with Rating: 10
Description:
I have a heart of helping others whenever they are in need of my help. I was tough on the importance of helping individuals in need. I am not just humorous to the people I know but also to strangers as well. This is why I have rated myself 10. I am satisfied that I have employed my parents’ lesson on being humorous even to strangers.
Subtask 7: Nutrition
Wellness Rating: 4
Satisfaction with Rating: 4
Description:
Being that I am busy most of the time, I rarely have enough time to afford to spare
time to eat all the three meals in a day. I however try as much as possible to take my break fast because I know it is the most important meal of the day. That is why I rated myself 4. I am not satisfied with this rating. I need to create time to access at least the three main meals of the day.
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Subtask 8: Exercise
Wellness Rating: 4
Satisfaction with Rating: 8
Description:
Just like I cannot get access to all the meals of the day, I also have difficulty finding time to exercise. Before college, we had a family routine of going to the gym every morning. When I went to college, I became so busy that I could not afford to continue with our routine of going to the gym. That is why I rated myself 4. I create time to go to the gym once in a
while but most of the time I am not in a position to. Not engaging in physical exercise puts my life at various risks. As a result, I am not at all satisfied with the wellness rating. Subtask 9: Self Care
Wellness Rating: 1
Satisfaction with Rating: 1
Description:
Through the commitment in my school work I have not had time to interact with my friends, I do not have time to take all meals of the day or even to engage in physical exercise.
As a result I am not in a position to take care of myself hence rating of 1. I am not satisfied with the wellness rating because the lack of self-care puts my life at various health risks.
Subtask 10: Stress Management
Wellness Rating: 2
Satisfaction with Rating: 1
Description:
My stress management strategies have reduced because I spent most of the time alone. Before I begun to isolate myself with work, I would share my stress with my friends and
they would help me handle the issues that were disturbing me. This changed when the friends left where I was forced to handle my problems all by myself hence wellness rate of two. I am not
satisfied with this rating. I would love to learn some coping strategy that I can using even when alone.
Subtask 11: Gender Identity
Wellness Rating: 9
Satisfaction with Rating: 10
Description:
Description: Despite my tight schedule, I am happy that I can create space to participate in activities relating to gender identification. I participate fully in these activities both at home and at school whenever such activities arises hence wellness rating of 9. I am satisfied with this rating as I can create time to engage in activities that involves fighting against gender discrimination.
Subtask 12: Cultural Identity
Wellness Rating: 9
Satisfaction with Rating: 10
Description:
Despite my very tight schedule, I create time to engage in various cultural events. I
am proud of my culture hence however busy I may get, I always find time for cultural activities hence wellness rating of 9. I am extremely satisfied with the fact that I can find time for cultural identification.
Step 2: Themes and Patterns
People frequently associate wellness with physical health — nutrition, exercise, weight management, and so on — but it is so much more. Wellness is a holistic integration of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being that nourishes the body, engages the mind, and nourishes the spirit. Although it always includes striving for health, it is more about living life to the fullest. It is "a lifestyle and a personalized approach to living life in a way that... allows you to become the best kind of person that your potentials, circumstances, and fate will allow."
Wellness necessitates good self-stewardship, both for ourselves and for those we love and
who love us. Wellness is a professional as well as a personal responsibility for those in the helping professions, such as ourselves in veterinary medicine. We have an ethical obligation to care for our own health and well-being in order to provide high-quality patient and client services. Sufficient self-care keeps us from causing harm to those we serve. Physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, vocational, financial, and environmental wellness are all interconnected.
Attention must be paid to all dimensions, as neglecting one will have a negative impact on the others, and ultimately on one's health, well-being, and quality of life. They do not have to be equally balanced, however. Instead, we should strive for the "personal harmony" that feels most authentic to us. We all have our own priorities, approaches, and aspirations, as well as our own ideas about what it means to live fully.
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Step 4: One Task or Subtask I would like to strengthen, with explanation The life task that I would like to work on is the task of work and leisure. The subtask is exercise. One of the most essential activities any individual can do for his health is to exercise regularly. Physical activity can strengthen the bones and muscles, help in maintaining a healthy weight, increase one’s ability to carry out daily tasks and improve cognitive health. While work involves mental or physical effort done to achieve a goal or result, leisure is defined as a freedom provided by the cessation of activities, specifically: time free from work or duties. Although exercise guidelines encourage all types of physical activity, a new study suggests that while leisure-time activity promotes cardiovascular health, job-related activity does not.
Our physical and mental health suffer when jobs or schoolwork consume too much of our time. Our personal relationships suffer as a result of not having the time to maintain those vital connections. I miss important milestones and birthdays, which might add to my stress and unhappiness. As a result, we are more prone to poor sleep, illness, and a generally unhealthy lifestyle.
Despite the fact that there aren't enough hours in the day, I think I should find innovative ways to
prioritize fitness and health activities in order to lower stress levels and enhance work-life balance the key word here being balance. Give myself the freedom to experiment with and make adjustments to different meal and exercise regimens that work for me. Keeping in mind that establishing a schedule that works for my lifestyle and doesn't make me feel bad or ashamed about skipping exercises that day is the key to juggling work, life, and wellness.
Step 5: Wellness Plan
Among other strengths that I may turn to in order to reach my goal, friendship, self-care and stress management and friendship are in the frontline. Friendship to start with could play a bigger role in achieving my exercise activities because I have different friends some of which can introduce me into it effectively. I just need to identify my friends who regularly exercise and schedule my activities. Workouts can be an efficient instrument of a program for stress management and it ought
to be recommended to those who are trying to deal with acute, extremely severe irregular, or chronic stress. The idea that exercise can improve the way the body handles stress, and it can provide a time-out from stressors pushes me through.
Taking steps to improve my health or safeguard my happiness and well-being has been a driving factor for me to start exercise also. However, it is difficult to maintain a regular exercise routine. Many obstacles appear when you least expect them: time, money, weather, personality, boredom, and fatigue among many more. With time including shorter but more regular periods of physical activity in my daily routine will help. Money – I understand that to improve my fitness, I don't need to join a gym, take classes, or buy a cross trainer, hand weights etc. but with a little imagination and planning, I can get everything in need for free.
Lastly, my self-conscious needs to remind me that my well-being and fitness are not dependent on anyone else, so I don’t have to be concerned about others. This will greatly help me choose activities that make I feel at ease enough to move. And as my fitness and health improve, I will be more self-assured than ever.
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