Page 2: My Wellness Philosophy

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            I think I have a complicated relationship with wellness. Sometimes, I feel like I am treating myself really well, whereas other times, I feel like I am treating myself like crap. It feels like I am just alternating, sometimes being really positive with myself, and other times, it just feels like negativity is surrounding me. I define success as the times when I can tell myself afterwards that I worked my butt off, no matter the result. Sometimes I will feel really down when I don’t accomplish my goals, but when I am really trying to get out of that mindset, and look more into the process of what I was trying to achieve. In the past, I’ve looked at success for myself in more straightforward terms. Winning was success and losing was not successful. And while this is still true to an extent, obviously, I’m really trying to get myself to focus more on the effort and less on the result.
            The main factors in my life that impact my well-being are the choices that I make, and staying positive when things go wrong. When I make stupid choices, I am putting my well-being at risk, so it’s an ongoing struggle to not be stupid about the choices that I make. In addition, when things aren’t going well, it is so important that I do not get down on myself and that I try to stay positive. I want to be proud of myself, and if I’m making bad decisions and getting negative with myself, then I cannot be proud. So, I have to let go of the belief that it is horrible when I make a non-important mistake, and that everything in my life has to be without a flaw.

            I thought that doing short meditations in class have been effective for me, in addition to trying to be more active this semester. The ingredients to having a happy and meaningful life are to really enjoy the job I do, and to make sure I am not inside almost all of the time. I want people around me to remember me as a kind person who was passionate about his beliefs.

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