Multidimensional Wellness

Creating personal satisfaction and enrichment from one’s work

• Increase learning and development
• Participate in work aligned with values and goals
  • Take on tasks associated with interests when possible
• Find meaning in work
• Create work boundaries
  • Develop time management
  • Take breaks

Recognizing the need for physical activity, nutrition, and sleep. Care for your body.

• Move your body regularly
  • Find physical activity that you enjoy and are willing to do regularly!
    • Dance, Bowl, Run, Walk, Lift Weights, Golf, Canoe, Garden, Bike, Skate, etc.
• Schedule regular dental, eye, and doctor appointments for check ups
• Eat regularly! Do not skip meals! Hangry is real.
• Sleep 7-9 hours a night. Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day!

Develop a sense of connection, belonging, and a support system

• Let others know that you care!
  • Send a text or make a call just to check in
  • Make plans with others
  • Maintain regular connection
• Let others care for you!
  • Let others know when you need support
  • Accept help
  • Accept compliments without deflecting
• Make time for social connections
  • Schedule hang outs
  • Protect scheduled time with friends
  • Start study groups
  • Work out with friends
• Get involved
  • Join campus groups and organizations
  • Attend events
• Contribute to your community
  • Volunteer
  • Advocate
  • Mentor

Expanding a sense of purpose and meaning in life

• Develop a sense of purpose and meaning in a way that best fits for you
• Participate in activities that are consistent with you values or beliefs
• Give back to your community

Effectively coping and valuing feelings

• Understand and respect your feelings, values, and attitudes.
  • Approach emotions with curiosity and compassion
  • Attend to your feelings
  • Express your feelings in a healthy way.
• Appreciate the feelings of others
  • There are no "right" ways to feel. Feelings are valid
  • Listen to others
• Manage and address your emotions in a constructive way
  • Use adaptive ways to cope
    • Breathing exercises
    • Grounding techniques
  • Don't try to numb or avoid feelings. 

Pleasant, stimulating environments support wellbeing

• Notice how your environment impacts mood
  • How does being in nature impact you? How does temperature impact you? How does sound or lighting impact you?
    • Go to parks, invest in mood lighting, fill your space with fragrances that are comforting, etc.
• Notice your impact on environment
  • How might your actions impact the well-being of others? Do you litter? Do you pick up litter when you notice? Do you leave a space better, worse, or the same as you found it?
• Commit to supporting a healthy planet

Feeling satisfied with current and future financial situations

• Assess resources realistically
• Set realistic goals for managing resources
  • Start a savings account or a piggy bank
• Make informed financial decisions
  • Read the small print on any loans, credit cards, or purchasing plans
  • Contact a financial advisor
  • Consult with friends, family members, and mentors
• Prepare for short- and long-term needs and emergencies
• Remember that everyone's financial values, needs, and circumstances are unique. 

Recognizing creative abilities and finding ways to expand knowledge and skills

• Maintain curiosity and growth
  • Try new things
  • Go to new places
  • Interact with new people
• Aim for lifelong learning
  • Take an art class
  • Learn a new instrument
  • Take a class for fun
  • Read a book on a new topic
• Welcome challenge and opportunity for growth
  • Don't be afraid to be "bad" at something!
  • Do things that you know you won't be good at!
• Expand skills
• Share gifts with others
  • Tutor
  • Give presentations
  • Provide lessons
• Foster creativity
  • Find a new craft
  • Write a story or poem
  • Journal
  • Play an instrument,
  • Brainstorm