The Complete Guide For How To Focus On Yourself (Part 4)
There are seven types of personal well-being.
This is the fourth post of a seven-part series on how to focus on yourself.
Part 5: Personal Well-Being
There is nothing more critical than learning to focus on your well-being.
There are many different areas of your life that you can work to focus on yourself. The great thing about being single is that you have fewer distractions. You don’t have to worry about a significant other, family, or children. This is the perfect opportunity to focus on improving your life in three critical areas of life that everyone deals with. You can improve the three key areas: your health, relationships, and work to grow your wealth. You can work to enhance your well-being in all areas of your life!
Your Well-Being
There are seven different types of well-being body mental, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial.
It is vital to take care of your well-being. Seven main areas contribute to your well-being: physical, mental, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial. These are the different parts that make up a person you can focus more on to improve yourself daily. Start with one, then move on to another and watch yourself improve in your life over time!
Physical Well-Being
Physical well-being is when you take care of your body with exercise, going to the gym, and following a consistent diet. This may be referred to as body or physical health because you are working to improve how you look in different ways. Physical health is taking care of your body. You can improve your physical health by dieting, cardio exercise, weightlifting, and working on getting your body in peak condition. You will also feel better about yourself when you want to look your best. You may want to get six-pack abs or fit to look sexy for bikini season or anywhere in between! Focusing on physical health can make you more self-confident. You can learn self-discipline by focusing on your physical well-being. After all, self-discipline is freedom.
Popular workout exercises are High Interval Intermittent Training (HIIT), cardio exercises on different machines, and lifting weights. All three of those types of exercises and following a healthy diet will help you improve the well-being of your body. If you are new to working out at the gym, it is worth investing in a personal trainer who can show you how to properly use all the gym equipment. A personal trainer can also write you a custom exercise and workout plan to help you achieve your body goals faster, whether to get lean to look and feel better or make gains by lifting more weights.
Mental Health
Mental health is vital because it affects other parts of your life. According to the Mayo Clinic, mental health “refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviors.” Mental health can negatively affect how you view and think about yourself. Your mental health affects how you perceive and feel about yourself.
Positive Mental Health
Many benefits come with positive mental health. You will improve your self-image and how you view and think about yourself. Positive mental health will help you improve your relationships with your friends and family. You will experience a higher quality of life because once your mental health thrives, your entire life will begin to flourish.
Maintain Mental Well-Being
Mental health plays a critical role in personal wellness. For that reason, it is vital to pay attention to your mental health. Here is a list of ways to improve your mental well-being:
Get enough sleep and rest
Practice meditation or prayer
Exercise regularly
Learn positive coping skills
Keep in touch with friends and family
Exercise regularly
Maintain a positive outlook on life
Practice positive thinking
Consider seeing a therapist or counselor
Depending on your mental health and personal history, it may be worth considering seeing a mental health professional like a therapist. A therapist or counselor could help you better understand yourself and find ways to develop, improve, and maintain your mental well-being. Therapy can also be a valuable tool to address negative behaviors and negative thoughts and provide you with tools to work to make changes to improve your life.
Intellectual Well-Being
Intellectual well-being is being able to learn to think critically and to think for yourself. The best education does not come from going to college. Education does not come from getting an overpriced fancy degree from a university, Self-education is the best education. Self-education is more accessible today because of the Internet, discovering websites, content creators, and channels online. You can learn anything from how to plant a garden to the philosophical thoughts of an esoteric philosopher.
Intellectual well-being is being intellectually curious. Always continue to educate yourself every day on what you are passionate about. Never stop learning! Your intellectual health will also be able to learn how to think critically. All that is required to think critically is to ask the basic questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how. Remember, there is nothing wrong with questioning authority.
Think for yourself. Question authority.
Emotional Well-Being
Emotional well-being is also referred to as emotional wellness. Your emotional health is essential. According to BetterUp, “Emotional well-being is the ability to produce positive emotions, moods, thoughts, and feelings, and adapt when confronted with adversity and stressful situations.”
Self-resilience is foundational to your emotional well-being. Self-resiliency is like a muscle because it becomes stronger as you navigate life's challenges. An example of self-resilience is when you are fired from your job. Instead of viewing this negatively, you can use this as an opportunity to learn new skills to make changes in your career path.
Poor Emotional Wellness
According to The National Center For Emotional Wellness, “Emotional wellness refers to an awareness, understanding and acceptance of our feelings, and our ability to manage effectively through challenges and change.” Poor emotional well-being results in:
A weaker immune system
Hypertension or high blood pressure
Increased illness as stress worsens everything from heart issues to psychiatric problems.
Trouble concentrating
Work problems or difficulties at your workplace
Relationship issues with friends, families, or loved ones
Positive Emotional Well-Being
While poor emotional well-being can be an issue, some benefits come with positive well-being. When you have intense emotional well-being, you can truly flourish and thrive. Here are some of the benefits that are associated with positive well-being:
Your relationships with others will improve and be at their best
Reduce stress
Increase immunity
Increase your productivity
You will accomplish more in your daily life
When you focus on your positive well-being, your life will begin to improve. You can transition from practicing negative thinking to positive thinking and work to develop a growth mindset. How you think, and the type of mindset you have in life will determine if you successfully achieve your goals.
Spiritual Well-Being
Spiritual well-being or spiritual health is another area of personal health. You can work on your spiritual health if you are religious, spiritual, or agnostic. You can practice meditation. You can work on breathing and remaining calm instead of being controlled by anxiety and fear. You can contemplate life and what may come afterward, if anything. You can pray. You can go to church, pray the rosary, or do other religious practices that are part of your belief system.
Social Well-Being
Social well-being or social wellness also contributes to your physical well-being. According to the Health Insurance Fund of Australia, “Social health can be defined as our ability to interact and form relationships with others.” Health benefits come from interacting with and being social with people in your daily life. Likewise, people with low social interactions and loneliness are more likely to die younger than those who are more social. According to a study from Brigham Young University, loneliness and social isolation can kill you.
Positive Social Well-Being
Rather than dealing with the negative health consequences of poor social health, you can work to improve your social health. You can practice self-care in your life. You can work to make friends and maintain the current friendships in your life. You can learn small talk, talk to people, and read people's body language. You can reach out to reconnect with an old friend to try to rekindle the friendship. You can be involved in your local community to find like-minded people who share your values. You can interact and meet people at your gym.
Negative Social Well-Being
Negative social well-being can affect your mental and physical health. The health issues that can result from poor social skills are:
Suffering a heart attack
Chronic disease
High blood pressure
Raised stress hormones that lead to inflammation
Cancer
Poor mental health
Depression and anxiety
Poor immune system
Suicidal thoughts and suicide
According to Actimaxx, there are seven signs that indicate poor social health:
Reluctance to reach out
Unpleasant relationships
Poor communication skills
Lack of self-love
Poor mental health
Health issues
Mobility issues
Financial Well-Being
Financial well-being or financial health is a critical aspect of your well-being. While this will be covered in more detail below in the money category, your financial well-being will help you in other areas of your life. Paying off or being behind on your student loans, debt, mortgage, credit card bills, career, or being unable to buy the things you need to live can lead to stress. Financial health can directly influence your physical, mental, emotional, and social health by causing stress in your life. However, you can work to improve your financial well-being in your life.
Only if you want to.