Are you going a bit crazy this winter with all the lockdown restrictions and Christmas stresses? If you are, it might be time to step back and consider your well-being.
You won’t enjoy your life or make the best choices for you and your loved ones if you don’t have reasonable wellness levels. This article looks at ways to improve your wellness this winter.
Physical Wellness
Your physical health is vitally important to your overall sense of well-being and happiness. Many studies have shown that even if you only work out once a week, it can keep your cells from ageing and make a big difference in how positive you feel. Even light exercise like yoga and walking can have these effects; they increase your physical strength and release endorphins that make you feel positive.
If you feel like you could do with these benefits in your life, why not consider your options? Swimming is an excellent full-body exercise, but it isn’t always feasible now, with so many centres closed. Good alternatives are walking, jogging, and yoga.
You don’t have to be a specialist to get excellent wellness benefits; even once a week is fine. But find your balance.
Financial Wellness
Many studies have shown that no income level creates better wellness; however, if you don’t have enough to live on, or if you struggle with debt or bills, the stress can seriously affect your mental and emotional well-being. What we need most of all is comfort, routine, and familiarity. So, even if you find yourself in debt, there are ways to organise it so it doesn’t affect your wellness.
To improve your wellness, make sure your finances are well-ordered. Please create a budget for the next three months, ensuring it is realistic and informed by the previous three months. Work out your debt and organise a management plan to pay it back. When your finances are well-ordered, you will notice far less stress in your life.
Wellness Lifestyle
Your environment is also a crucial factor in your overall wellness. If you live in a flat or house that doesn’t conform to your expectations or isn’t in a neighbourhood you want to live in, it can cause you distress without you realising it.
These invisible environmental stressors could be the cause of your hair turning grey or the sudden appearance of wrinkles.
Fortunately, there are many ways to improve a living space and make it more conducive to wellness.
Living houseplants are one such way to improve the atmosphere of your home and the quality of your life. Houseplants, like these potted plants, oxygenate the air and give your body more energy. Your wellness levels will increase with more living houseplants in your environment.
Social Wellness
Human beings are social creatures. Throughout our evolution, we have been group animals that have relied on social interaction and relational bonds to succeed, both in nomadic tribes and settled civilisations. Our social bonds were once vital to our survival in the wild, but now they are vital to our health and well-being. It might be due to your relationships if you feel affected by mental and emotional anguish in some form.
Although socialising is difficult these days, it is even more important. Too much time spent on our own can cause us to become too cerebral and lose perspective on ourselves or what matters to us. If you want to connect with other like-minded people, a good way is to join an online group or community that’s related to one of your core values or interests.
Creative Wellness
Human beings are also naturally creative creatures with brains ideal for solving problems and imagining new ideas for processes. This is what our brains are for; they love it when we allow them to play with the things they love the most and are talented at.
Creativity is also an excellent mindfulness practice. You can bring awareness to any creative activity and find peace as you enter the zone.
To improve your wellness this winter, make a list of creative activities you would like to try. This could be an activity you already do and want to improve, or it could be something you’ve never tried before. If you’re at a loss for ideas, consider engaging in a jigsaw puzzle or a video game. Both activities involve solving puzzles, which can help you enter a state of flow and enhance your overall well-being.
