Physical wellness is the maintenance and up-keep of the body. Physical wellness is keeping your health and the condition of your body in the state of its peak performance. This area of wellness is highly important to each individual, groups of people , and the human race as a whole.

There are many aspects of physical wellness that need to be addressed. The branches of this wellness include alcohol, nutrition, sickness prevention, sexual health, stress management, and more. All of these extensions of this wellness have their own criteria that need to be met in order to obtain physical wellness. Due to the body being so complex, it only makes sense that the wellness in accordance to it is complex as well.

Now, maintaining all of these extensions may seem a daunting task. However, maintaining health and doing things that are good for your body on a regular basis keep the body in its best condition. Eating healthy, exercising, having a strong enough will to refuse alcohol, and not exceeding a healthy stress level among other actions go a long way in reaching physical wellness. It’s not the tasks in which the struggles originate from, it’s the routine.

Creating a routine, and sticking with it, is hard for many people to do. I know this from personal experience. I can confess to not having obtained much in the area of physical wellness. I do not exercise as I should and I do not eat as healthily as prescribed. I have trouble sleeping so I do not get much sleep and I frequently exceed healthy amounts of stress. In addition, my immune system has always been susceptible to illnesses which means that my sickness prevention is not where it should be. The solution to all of these problems are things that can be done with enough effort and motivation. It’s not hard to figure out what to do either because most of these extensions of physical wellness have solutions that are tied to common sense. However, it is a personal struggle for me to abide by routines. I lack the motivation to reach physical wellness.

This lack of motivation is a pitfall that many other people often find themselves stuck in or stumbling on. Due to this decrease in effort, there is not much in the area of physical wellness in the United States. This leads to physical wellness being so important because our life spans are based on our bodies; keeping our bodies at their top performances allows us to lead better and longer lives.

This is why I have recently been working on my physical wellness. I have been exercising more and trying to lower my stress levels (which isn’t really working because of the stress that seniors in high school have to deal with). I am also trying to figure out ways to get more sleep as well as eat better. Physical wellness is so important, and I am working on applying all of this area of wellness to my life as well as encouraging others to do the same.