Personal Wellness Research Paper

Personally, I enjoyed this personal wellness journey and along the way I experienced many behavior changes in myself, which included many challenges, as well as successes. For my goals as far as my physical wellness, I believe I have shown significant growth in this area of wellness since setting goals for myself. Before starting this journey, I would rarely go to the gym or workout. My original plan for this goal changed a lot throughout the experience. Originally planning on going to the gym on Monday’s and Wednesday’s, I actually decided to change it to Wednesday’s and Thursday’s to better fit my schedule. Eventually, I stopped making a schedule for myself as encouragement to go to the gym and instead utilized my friends going to the gym …show more content…
Furthermore, I did record the amount of weight I was able to lift on different machines, thus allowing for me to visually see how I have gained muscle strength since I started my goal. I faced challenges such as not wanting to stick to my original plan, not being as active in the gym compared to other days and being sorer then expecting. Despite experiencing some challenges, I was successful when completing my goal. Currently, I workout more than I ever have and I am more physically stronger and have even increased my muscle mass. Due to my major at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington being exercise science, I plan to continue to grow in strength physically by continuing to workout each week. Furthermore, since my career goal is to work in the health field as an Occupational Therapist, I think it is important for myself to be physically fit so I am able to work with heavier weight patients easier and because I could also act as encouragement for my patients to …show more content…
Now having a completely different lifestyle and perception of life, I can confidently say I have grown in the environmental wellness area. I followed my goal by only using cold water when washing clothes, reusing trash bags, recycling, and by unplugging anything I am not currently using. The only part of my goal that I did not follow was buying plants that would make the air cleaner. Utilizing each of these practices weekly, I can say that I achieved my goal of growing in my environmental wellness by becoming more environmentally friendly. I did not face many challenges when pursing this wellness goal, although the main challenge I found reoccurring was the fact that I was limited in ways to utilize environmentally friendly practices daily. To help myself overcome this challenge, I practiced not using a plastic lid or straw when drinking to help lower the use of plastic. Also, I practiced conserving water daily by limiting myself to how much water I used while brushing my teeth, while taking a shower, while washing my face, and while washing dishes. As progressing through this goal, my behavior has changed dramatically. In the past I did not really seem to care about saving or conserving the world’s limited resources, making the environment a better place, or recycling, although now my attitude has changed. Currently, I see the positive outcomes of being