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balance in various areas of my life. I will take an in-depth look on how I scored on each

assessment and how I see the results reflected in my life currently. Critical attention is placed on

how I perceived life changes, the potential future illness the stress form those changes could

cause, and I how can mitigate that future illness. In addressing these potential life stressors

emphasis is places on social support systems that allows to management stress properly to

carefully work through challenges. Along with acknowledging the stress factors in my life, we

consider ways to implement change to create a more balance life as it pertains to intellectual,

number I received after tallying the events that pertained to me was 598, which is a staggering

number in my opinion. I figured because I handled stress relatively well that it wasn’t until I seen

it on paper as opposed to living it and resolving the issues on a daily basis that I realized I’m

countering a great number of stressors in my life. A few of these life events such as being

pregnant, beginning school for my master’s degree, and getting married all within a matter of a 8

month span are things I wanted and somewhat prepared for. On the other hand, losing my last

surviving grandparent, my spouse changing work fields are things that I did not foresee taking

place in my life within this time. However, now that I have had the chance to see these things

actualized before me, qualitatively on paper, I am now better equipped to acknowledge how

these results are reflecting in my own life currently. I primarily gathered the stress of most life

life events as “stressful” per say, rather I see them as minor roadblocks or challenges that my

husband and I need to prepare for and we tackle them together head on. This leads to the

incorporation of the assessments. Although I didn’t have a true gage for my life changing events

that potential could lead to higher levels of stress and the likelihood of illness in the near future, I

must say a great deal of combating the potential stress factors in my life has to do with my

support system, self-

care strategies and overall life balance. Through the varies assessments my results indicate that

across the board I maintain relatively average outcomes. For example the life balance

assessment, while I was able to see “the reason my family’s career transition isn’t more of a

stress for me is because we’ve dedicated time and energy into financial literacy, budgeting, and

money management.” That is how I see the results of this assessment reflected in my current

time with my daughter in the afternoon while I go outside to meditate and journal

(such as celebrating life new life in my pregnancy and mourning the death of my great-

grandmother) and because he cares about my feelings I have the strength and capability to assess

life obstacles and tackle them head on without feeling dreadfully overwhelmed.

wellness and intellectual wellness. The most immediate change that needs to be made regarding

these areas is being intentional. What I mean by that is having a more clear and direct approach

to specific subcategories that consist of physical, intellectual, and spiritual wellness.

Furthermore, I need to honor the thought’s and mindsets that will lead to advancement in the

aforementioned areas. If I randomly have a thought to go for walk and get some exercise I am

then faced with an opportunity to take 15-20 minutes of my time to walk around the

neighborhood or to stay in the house and scroll through social media. I must not make excuses or

talk myself out of the chance to enhance my physical wellness instead I must honor that initial

thought and carry it out in action, thus leading to small yet meaningful effort in building my

physical wellness.

Another change that needs to be made is the increase of courage I have to make the change.

Often, I coward away from the opportunity to change because of the amount of work needed on

my behalf or my lack of self-confidence. This evident in me prolonging the decision to apply for

graduate school. I did not think I was smart enough, so I did not have the confidence to apply. I

also shied away from the thought of a master’s degree because the workload was daunting, and I

feared that assignments would be too hard for me to complete. I now know none of these things

were the case, I just had to build the courage and take the chance amid being scared. Lastly, I

need to change my thoughts around the areas that need improvement. There is no way I can

begin on a path of strengthening my spiritual wellness if I have a false sense of foundation in

when’s the last time you meditated deeply in God’s Word? Have you reached out to your

accountability partner about the struggles you face regarding sin lately?” That line of questioning

will spark a ripple effect of change in me. It will allow me to be honest with myself, to take

inventory on my spiritual wellness leading to greater chance of enhancement in that area. Those

are the changes that need to be made in order to see strengthening in the area of spirituality. This

The steps that I am willing to take to reach my goal of implementing these changes are simple,

everyday acts, spread out overtime to ensure that I can realistically see and achieve them that I

may avoid overload that could lead stress and vicious cycle . In regard to physical wellness I’ve

physical for 4 to 6 weeks to ensure consistency then I will transition to intellectual and spiritual.

The goal is to track tangible progress and not to overload as mentioned before. I believe this

methodology will lead me to the change necessary to see an overall enhance in wellness for all

areas of my life, resulting in balance.