My Definition: Work includes all activities that I am paid for (my actual employment) as well as my other "job," school. It also includes obligations I have as a student leader in an organization. So at the moment, that would be obligations and commitments to my Peer Leader, Education Mentor, and Vice President of TCC positions. I work to help make the world a better place, one person at a time, including myself. Worthwhile work is work that is intentional and purposeful and helps me to feel fulfilled in life. I want to spend my time growing and developing as a person and helping others.

My Reflection: Right now, my work is off the charts crazy overwhelming. I have to plan weekly lessons for Peer Leader, events for Ed Mentors, biweekly planning for TCC and planning for our Fall Speaker event, schoolwork, and my honors thesis. Some is paid but not all of it. While this is quite a bit, everything feels intentional and purposeful in helping me to grow as a person, so I think it is worth it.

My Definition: Play for me is time spent not on things I would consider work. It would be spending quality time with friends and family, watching TV, reading books, going to a movie, etc. Essentially, the time I spend doing fun things that I am not required to do.

My Reflection: Because of how much I have going on in work, I don't feel that this aspect of my life is as balanced. I still find time to fit in dinners with friends and taking break from school work. It helps that I live with 2 of my good friends. However, I could certainly be better about finding a work life balance. It will require good time management and a real commitment to my own wellbeing and mental health.

My Definition: For me, love goes beyond the romantic relationships in my life. This area is where I include family time and building quality relationships with friends. I also have self love grouped in with this aspect of my life. Self love is something I have had to work on for years and something that I have greatly improved in the past 2 years.

My Reflection: As I mentioned, I feel that my self love is higher than it has been before. When I created a dashboard at the beginning of the summer, it was at 75%. Since the beginning of the school year, I don't have the chance to spend as much time with my family in person, and I had my own classroom of rising 1st-3rd graders who I saw everyday along with coworkers who were extremely supportive and friends of mine. Now, I feel that my love is a little lower, just because of how important family time is to me. However, I still get to live with some of my best friends and see people that I am close with pretty much everyday at my second home. So, I still have quite a bit of love in my life, but being closer to home could certainly help grow this level.

My Definition: Health, for me, is living in a healthy way. So, eating healthily, avoiding junk food, exercising, drinking water, and being active as much as possible. There is also an element of mental health here as well, which starts for me with getting enough sleep every night, and not holding stress and other emotions in completely to myself.

My Reflection: The last time I went to the gym was before classes started this semester, so I have quite a ways to go before I can consider myself to be living wholly healthily. I do eat pretty well for the most part, junk food in moderation. It helps that I have a kitchen of my own and can plan meals out. Limiting the amount of junk food I have in the apartment helps too. I walk to class everyday, but thats really only 30 minutes max. Stress is pretty present in my life right now too, and I have to constantly remind myself to relax my muscles and jaw. So, I have some improvements that I could make in this department for sure.