Wellbeing is feeling comfortable being you and taking care of your body. It’s also tied to what your values are and how you perceive yourself and others according to those values. But how does it help? What’s it’s significance?
Your wellbeing can deeply impact your involvement in school and others. It also helps you overcome tough times and achieve your goals in life. Data shows that having good wellbeing increases your connections and engagement in social activities. This encourages you to work hard and try your best at things you would think to be mundane.
Poor wellbeing would do the opposite, causing you to think negative things about yourself and others, making it hard to cope with daily life and concentrate. To bring back the positive at this state, talk about your feelings. Whether it’s to a professional or to your friend, letting the gloomy thoughts escape is a good way to break it down and receive feedback on what you should do about these concepts. More ways are to keep active and eat well, doing these enable you to think about other stuff such as, how to improve your pace on the treadmill, or how can I balance my diet even better? Lastly, it’s good to take breaks in a while so when you have the time, or are able to make the time for yourself, rest. Relax and do things you enjoy, to fully focus on yourself.
An example of how wellbeing is significant is in the workforce. In 2022, 3,150 surveys were taken by executives, managers, and employees throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Deloitte Insights adds “The poor state of employees’ mental and physical well-being should be especially concerning for leaders…”. The site had also said that the managers were short to notice, and the employees are exhausted and were showing signs of less productivity. 34% felt irritable, 34% felt lonely, and 32% felt depressed. Only one out of three employees felt that their job had been good for the wellbeing. How these employees worked around it was exercise each day, take breaks throughout their workday, get at least seven hours of sleep, and have enough time for friends and families.
As a Goffstown high school student, you have access to be able to contact your counselor for help. If you would like to make an appointment, stop at the Student Counseling Office and speak with Ms. Lambert at the front desk. She can schedule appointments for students during PREP periods. If you do not know who your counselor is visit School Counseling (goffstown.k12.nh.us) and look for the first letter of your last name. Mrs. Morrison advises “Students generally start by talking to their School Counselor, so we can assist with determining their needs.”
