Blog12-Health
This week’s readings which incorporated health practices that affect for health, were probably some of the most helpful and made me stop and think about how I’m living my life. The book listed several things that can cause someone to be considered unhealthy and were associated with a shorter life expectancy. One that rally stood out to me was being unmarried most of your adult life. This was in the same category as being overweight, smoking, high levels of stress, and sedentary lifestyle. As I read this I made little notes to myself about things I needed to change and would start to work on to ensure I live a fuller and healthier life.
This blog can be closely related to the last blog I wrote about grief when dealing with relationships. About three or four years ago I was a healthy individual who exercised every day, watched what I ate, and actually cared about my health. Within the last few years after going through a breakup I found myself smoking, drinking and not working out. I would lie around and grieve and stay up all night and then go eat somewhere at two o’clock in the morning. I would stay out late and sleep all day. When reading this I began to look at myself and pictures I had from a few years ago and it hit me that I need to change something and fast. There were several things that I saw that I have since began to work on and so far I’m doing a pretty good job but I’m still in the early stages so I’ll have to get back to you later. As for the remaining single for most of your adult life affecting your health I’m not really sure that’s something I can control but maybe I need to work on that as well. Any takers?