Health and Wellness

Your physical state has to do with your somatic characteristics. When you think physical, often times you think about what can be seen on the outside. This could be your hair, your height, even your clothes. These features can be things you wish to change, or features you love. There are many ways to balance this state. For example, set goals, exercise, evaluate priorities, eat healthy, be aware of your surroundings, etc. It is important to be comfortable and confident in your physical being.

Your emotional state could be described as your feelings such as, happiness, sadness, anxiety, anger, etc. Balancing these emotions can be difficult when work, friends, family, hormones, and other day to day events can impact this state. The key to finding balance in your emotions is getting to the root of the problem. For example, cut out negative energy, relax, take time for yourself, create a sleep schedule, etc. These activites could make you feel loads better and relieve stress.

Your intellectual state simply refers to knowledge, whether it be cultural, scholastic, or even political. The beauty of this state is the diversity in what intellectual values people everywhere find most useful to them. Learn information that is compelling to you, read a book, debate an issue, play a mind game, or even learn a foreign language. These are all ways to find an intellectual balance within yourself.

Your social state is who you interact with, and how you choose to internalize it. I say choose because ultimately, it is your choice. Every interaction you encounter with humans, animals, and even nature can be balanced. To do this, determine how those interactions make you feel. Avoiding every negative interaction in life isn’t possible, but making the choice to be positive is.

Your environmental state can be imapcted by where you live. From your street, to your town, to your country, and your planet. To balance this state you could volunteer at a local shelter, clean up your local parks, or even establish a relationship with nature. Even if you start small, you could have significant impact on not only your environmental state, but the world as well.

Your spiritual state is often referred to as experiencing purpose of life through your connectedness with self, art, music, literature, nature, and power greater than oneself. Finding balance in this state requires time to experience each of these things separately. Meditation, discovery, creation, listening, hiking, and praying are all ways one could connect with something they didn’t before.