Wellness for Life

There are a few final subjects that we need to talk about

Insurance

At some point, you will have to sign up or pay for your own health insurance or insurance through your employer. This video explains a good deal about what you will be facing when that situation arises:

Communication Skills

Reducing stress for many people my come down to improving communication skills.

Here is an article for you to read on Effective Communication, which includes some common barriers to communication:

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships-communication/effective-communication.htm

And one must be able to develop sound conflict resolution skills: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/conflict-resolution.html

Anyone developing communication skills also needs to work on Active Listening: https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/active-listening.html

Long-Term Relationships (e.g. marriage)

There are numerous references that one can use to predict a happy, long-term relationship. One that gets to the heart of the matter would be this: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/communication-success/201302/7-predictors-long-term-relationship-success

Aging

What to expect as you age: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/healthy-aging/in-depth/aging/art-20046070

And one more video from TED for good measure. If you want to learn to how to live to be healthy and past 100, this is the information you need to see:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100?language=en

Environmental Wellness

As a student, there are several things you can do to become more environmentally friendly at Millersville:

https://www.millersville.edu/sustainability/sustainable-campus/index.php