Taking action on your well-being

When I reflect on my current well-being baseline, I find myself in the Thrive/Body space. I feel positive about my current life and my future. And the number one area of well-being that I want to prioritize is my physical health. After having two babies very close together and all that comes with caring for young children, it has been difficult for me to focus on my own health. After having worked through many other areas of well-being, I am excited to take on this next one. 

I’d like to be candid (and vulnerable) for a moment. I have not always felt like I was thriving. And my physical well-being has been at the bottom of my well-being goals. Most of my 20s were spent oscillating between Struggling and Thriving with a focus on Work and Money. Around 30 years old, my focus really started shift to Belonging. My focus on work for so many years had been singular and some of my relationships and connections had suffered a bit because of it. When I turned 30, I also started to feel like I wanted to have children. I was thriving and I was working on my relationships and community. For the past two to three years, I’ve primarily been in the Struggling/Mind category as I have worked to overcome and resolve the stress that comes with being a mom and a full-time employee. It is only now that I’m on the other side that I can look to the next opportunity.

I include all of these that I've experienced over the past decade to emphasize that well-being is not a flat road. There are bumps, curves, twists, roadblocks, detours, and sometimes whole mountains in the way. These challenges are transient. Their length varies. And it can improve. It takes support, learning, and narrowing your focus to one thing at a time.

I also want to be clear that you can have problems and challenges and still feel like you are thriving and progressing. How we react and our bias problem-solving are two substantial contributing factors to progression.

So, here’s my chart I wrote down after last week’s newsletter.  I could break these down even further into specifics but I’m comfortable just living in the Immediate actions for a couple weeks to see how it goes. No pressure. No stress, just drink my water and walk for a few minutes each day. Knowing that just these two small things will likely encourage additional positive actions without even having to think about it. 

Your time is precious, thank you for being here. 

Well wishes, 

Kayla

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