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Health & Wellness

Heath and wellness are key components in my life. To me, health is having no health issues such as,
illness, sickness or injury. Wellness is a synonym of health, however I would define it as living a
happy, healthy lifestyle with little or no health issues. I feel the importance of health should be
included in everyones daily lives. The importance of health to me is to live a long, prosperous life.
Also, to avoid medical conditions that go along with an unhealthy lifestyle. Throughout my paper I will
express my philosophical opinion on health and wellness.

My view on philosophical health and wellness starts with being educated on healthy foods and eating
habits. Poor eating habits have become more common in our society over the last couple of decades.
Obesity is becoming a significant problem in America, especially in young children. Another important
philosophical belief that I have is physical activity. Physical activity is something one should
incorporate into his/her daily schedule. Something as simple as walking can improve ones health. For
example, instead of a young child or teenager laying around on his/her cellphone or playing video
games, he/she could be outside playing a pick up game of basketball, football, etc. I feel if one
incorporates any physical activity into his/her daily life, our society would be much healthier.

I try to incorporate as much physical activity into my life as possible. Being a student athlete here at
Waynesburg University will make that a lot easier for me. As I am part of a team or family as I call
them now, we all encourage each other to stay physically active and maintain a healthy lifestyle. I am
also trying not to fall into the stereotypical category of “The Freshman Fifteen.” Every freshman fears
those words, but that is where healthy eating habits come in to play.

In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, one of my goals is to maintain a healthy weight. To do this, I
must reduce the amount of processed foods, junk foods, and carbonated beverages in my diet. Being
a student athlete I am required to maintain a level of physical activity before, during, and after my
season. Therefore, my goal during offseason is to at least exercise sixty minutes per day. Another
goal I set for myself is time management. With my busy schedule I will need to get an appropriate
amount of sleep each night. My eating habits, time management, diet, and physical fitness will need
to change to meet the goals that I have set for myself.
A seemingly non health issue would be a winning or losing sports team. A winning sports team can be
such a boost to a city and the people who live there, to include the economy, morale, and optimism to
name a few. How about we start with an example, the Pittsburgh Pirates. A team who has not beenon
a winning streak in twenty years, this has boosted the economy in Pittsburgh. More people go tothe
games to watch this winning team and they spend more time and money in the city. It has been
proven in cities with winning sports teams that depression, anxiety, suicide and crime has all been
decreased when their sports teams are on a winning streak, rather than on a losing streak.

In twenty five years, I will be the ripe age of forty four years old. I should be many years into my
chosen career of a registered nurse and hopefully further educated to be a nurse anesthetist. I
hopefully have had been blessed to be married and have children of my own by now. At this point I
hope to have past on the importance of a healthy lifestyle to the ones I love. Three to four decades
from now, I wish to be a active part of society, physically active and hopefully have maintained good
health and wellness.

My health philosophy is to maintain my physical activity, proper nutrition as well as my emotional and
physical health. Combining all of the these together I should be able to have a healthy lifestyle and
prosperous life. Physical activity is important therapy for your emotional and well being, it makes you
feel good and that you have accomplished a goal that you set for yourself. Maintaining proper
nutrition is required to keep up with your physical activity, the “better you eat, the better you feel.”
Eating healthy, natural, and organic foods while staying away from processed foods, carbonated
beverages, and fried foods. These bring your emotional and physical health down. My philosophy in
life is to feel good, eat good, and educate the importance of health and well being.

The health initiative 2020 will hopefully educate more people of the importance of living a healthy
lifestyle. I feel that this initiative will cost more at the forefront to educate people across the country
but after people are educated, strive to live healthier lives that medical costs will decrease and the
health initiative will be achieved.

In conclusion, throughout my paper I have expressed my philosophical opinion on health and

wellness, and what this means to me. I hope to achieve the goals I have set for myself this year as
well as into my future.

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