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Financial wise, I can promote well-being by understanding that I can’t buy everything I want to buy. Being only 21, I have to remember that I don’t have a career with substantial pay yet. I constantly get frustrated about bills and tuition cost, but I will practice using a lot of self-talk to bring myself back to reality in knowing that in the end, it will all pay off. When it comes to my romantic relationship, I struggle with being stubborn with my time. I am all about having my space and time, always have been. In the past, I have struggled understanding how to balance a boyfriend appropriately in my life, so it will be hard. I have been working on and will continue to work on changing my perspective about spending time with him. I think my biggest problem with my social life would be trying to accept the fact friends come and go. The whole deal about meeting new friends is always exciting. I love making new friends, but sometimes friends go out of your life. Sometimes it’s because of distance, sometimes it’s the lack of interest as time goes on, and then sometimes it’s the simple fact it’s time for that chapter to close in your life. This makes me feel insecure about making new friends later on. But, people come and go, so the more I keep reminding myself that it is okay to let people go, the easier I can accept it and increase my …show more content…
For instance, I like to just sit outside on my patio and read my kindle. I love doing this and if I motivate myself to set this task higher on my priority list I will promote well-being tremendously. I personally want to engage in meditating. Meditating helps cleanse the soul and mind; it can help with opening my mind up to new perspectives. I have a strong interest when it comes to including meditating in my life because it gives me a consistent pattern of positive interpretations. My lifestyle after retirement is going to be relaxing. A lot of people get depressed or they feel lost when they retire, because they don’t know what to do after working all of their lives. The retirement life can be a hard transition for people. Allowing myself to accept this stage of life will make the transition smoother, which is exactly what I will be doing when I retire to increase a healthy lifestyle and a sense of meaning in my life. I have the tendency to shut people out when I am hurt from a tragic accident. Like I mentioned before, when my uncle died, I didn’t say anything to anyone about how I felt for a really long time. I was scared that the pain wouldn’t stop. Losing someone so important can cause anxiety and that is exactly what it felt like. I had to forcefully change my way of thinking to let myself talk to someone. Next time I encounter tragedy, I will will actually express my