Understanding Your Health Self Analysis

In the textbook, “Understanding Your Health”, I took a self-assessment that examined my health behavior. I scored a 559 overall, which meant that I had a relatively adequate health behavior. However, I think my score of 559 was on the lower side of the relatively adequate health behavior since the points ranged from 550 to 569. I was actually very close to the low health behavior score, which ranged from 330 to 549, as I was only 10 points away from a low health behavior score. This means that I should be more cautious about my lifestyle and try to make improvements in which I could live a more fulfilling and healthy life. Nonetheless, I scored high in many areas, while other areas needed improvement.
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To overcome all these obstacles, I would probably have a set routine in which I would meditate, write in my journal, and check in with my family and friends at almost the same time and day a week. In addition, if I write it in my planner and schedule, it would be less likely to be forgotten. Furthermore, another tactic that proved to be helpful to me is to put motivational quotes around me to meditate and to be more relaxed. If I were surrounded by these motivational quotes, I would be less likely to forget about meditating and more likely to manage to my stress better.
I hope that by doing this behavior change, it will help me in the short and long term. In the short term, this behavior change can help me not be stressed and to be more at ease. Moreover, this behavior change would reduce headaches, overeating, and pimples from I would be able to feel more relaxed and not tense up all the time. In the long term, this behavior change offers many advantages for me since if I am not stressed and more at ease, I would reduce my risks of heart disease, infections, diabetes, and other health-related conditions (Stress effects on the