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62 Chapter 4 ■ Personal Wellness

Analyzing Wellness

Wellness is not a one-time
event, like a check-up. It’s
something you make part of
your life and do all the time,
like taking a walk every day or
writing a daily blog.

ellness is when all of the areas of your life are
working together to make you healthy, happy, S Siixx AArreeaass ooff WWeellllnneessss
W and confident. Wellness is not an accident. It Six areas of your life contribute to your complete well-
happens when you make healthy choices about the way being. The first four are the same areas of well-being
you live your life. that you read about in Chapter 1.

When you make wellness part of your lifestyle—the way ■ Physical
you think and behave every day—you take control of your ■ Emotional
health and well-being. Instead of letting other people ■ Social
determine what is best for you, you accept responsibility ■ Personal
for your health and happiness.
There are two more areas of wellness. Intellectual
wellness has to do with the way you think and learn.
Environmental wellness has to do with the environment
in which you live.