My physical well being, on a scale of 1-10, is a 7. I am recovering from a shoulder injury I sustained in January and I am almost back to full range of motion. I exercise daily, but during the week I do not get enough sleep. Between working a split-shift and the current classwork load, I probably average around 6 hours a night. I generally get 8 or 9 hours on Sunday. Other than that, I am pretty healthy.
My spiritual well being, on a scale of 1-10, is a 5. It has been somewhat neglected the last couple of years, but after starting this class, I have dedicated a bit of time to meditation. Today I took a 12 mile bike ride which made me feel very relaxed.
My psychological well being, on a scale of 1-10, is a 7. Between school and working a split-shift, I feel the stresses of life everyday. I am very anxious to be finished with school so I can dedicate more time to my new career and my home and family life. I feel like I seldom have time for loved ones and it bothers and weighs on my mind.
I already have been working on a plan for my body … through physical therapy and massage, I have come a long way since January. I hope to have fully restored range of motion by the end of the year. I can live with the amount of sleep I currently get for now.
The plan that I plan to establish is more time in meditation of a relaxed state. Even if it is only 5-10 minutes each day, I will strive to eliminate the outside noise to allow my mind to communicate with itself and my body.
When I connect spiritually, this will also help with my psychological state of feel stressed. Calming my brain and reviewing the day of events will help me understand where I need to make adjustments in my attitudes toward life and the people I come in contact with. I feel I can be a more positive influence if I work on it.
The Crime of the Century relaxation exercise was again wonderful. I saw and felt each of the seven colors as I lay relaxed and focused on the colors and the areas of the body where each light projected. I was surrounded by white light as if I had a warm blanket wrapped around my body. I shall use this exercise in the future when I try to quite my mind.
Carol
Carol,
ReplyDeleteWorking split shifts is very hard. Whenever I had to work a split shift I found it hard to get much done between the hours of work. I always had a problem with getting motivated or getting something started. I felt once I would start an activity it was time to go back to work.
I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors!! Good luck with your PT as well. You sound like you have your thoughts and priorities in order.
Kathy
Hi Carol,
ReplyDeleteWorking any shift and juggling family and life is really hard. I use to work the night shift as a phone support and some how manage to use my computer with discs and get exercise in at the same time. My job also had an gym in the basement where I worked and all I had to do was take the key and take a little time to go work out. I too am very anxious about getting done with school and getting on with my life and my career. I also have found that in stressful situations that meditation really helps to ease the tension like when I go shopping, I just take it easy and enjoy the surroundings and look at what is new and what I might like. I use to love shopping and it just seems that no one can go and just have fun anymore they have to see how fast they can run the next person over. Even when I drive people run each other over and have to get through the red lights or else they will be late. I try to wish them all the luck on getting to their next stop because nothing is worth a life.
Jennifer Cosgrove