PROTECT YOUR WELLBEING THIS WINTER Written by Lizzie Hayselden What is Wellbeing?
you don’t know the words to.
To start us off, wellbeing is a general satisfaction with your quality of life. Often, it’s associated with our moods and emotions. Now, this spread has been created with the intention of empowering you to improve your own wellbeing. So, feel free to use the advice below however you want.
Work Environment: If you find yourself heading home after your lessons and struggling to concentrate on your work, staying in college during your frees may help. For most working in the library is a lot easier as there’s far less distractions than at home.
Life Habits Sleep: Adults always stress the importance of getting 8 hours of sleep. But that isn’t always attainable. Instead, try this. We go through 90-minute sleep cycles and if we wake up between them (either at the end or beginning), we feel less groggy in the morning. So, if you’d like to make waking up less painful, try planning to fall asleep for 4,5, or 6 sleep cycles. Websites, like sleepyti.me, can work this out for you.
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Work Ethic: It’s been said before but getting into the habit of completing work as soon as you get it makes life so much easier. Not only are you less stressed about deadlines, it frees up your weekend to do things you actually enjoy. Yes, it takes dedication but it’s worth it. Work Environment: While boring at first, completing your work in silence or with non-distracting music can improve your focus and memory of revision. But, this all depends on how you work. You may find you focus better with piano in the background, film scores, or even foreign songs that
Wellness Online Many social media accounts promoting wellbeing, targeted at teens, talk about self-care all the time. What they tend to leave out is the difference between selfcare and self-soothing. First of all, self-soothing behaviour is any technique that you use to regulate your emotional state while selfcare is any technique you use to improve wellbeing, whether physical, mental, or emotional. An example of self-soothing behaviour could be listening to a certain song when you’re feeling quite anxious. But, an example of self-care could be going for a run or doing some yoga. So, if you are in an emotional state and you are too anxious, stressed, or even angry, try practicing self-soothing behaviour that works for you. If you are in a rather calm state, try practicing self-care to improve your wellbeing in general. Essentially, noticing the difference between the two behaviours will enable you to self-regulate your emotions and improve your wellbeing in the long run.
