Making the Connection Between Health and Finances
In today’s world, many individuals are interested in leading healthier, more productive lives. Yet it is often the case that these individuals don’t know which strategies to use for the purpose of optimizing their mental and physical health.
With this reality in mind, it’s important for you to gain as much information as possible regarding the connection between stress, health, and finance. Specifically, an individual’s level of health is typically influenced by her or his financial situation. Read on to learn more about this important topic:
From Paycheck to Paycheck: The Most Common Financial Condition
One thing to keep in mind when you begin to contemplate your health is the fact that most people live from paycheck to paycheck. This reality creates a mental world marked by ongoing anxiety as individuals find themselves struggling to pay their bills without counting on monthly installment loans and credit cards.
The ongoing anxiety that individuals experience because they are living paycheck to paycheck can precipitate a wide range of health issues. For example, anxiety can increase one’s risk of acquiring mental disorders such as depression. Additionally, ongoing stress can lead to heart attacks, social isolation, and compromised self-esteem.
How to Manage Stress Levels
Once an individual recognizes the integral role that ongoing stress can play in causing health problems, it’s important to develop and implement strategies that can allay anxiety. Luckily, there are hundreds and hundreds of stress reduction techniques that an individual can deploy to decrease her or his level of anxiety.
One is meditation. Millions of people have noted that a consistent meditation practice empowers them to maintain a sense of sustained tranquility despite financial problems, marital issues, dissatisfaction with work life, and other issues that detract from their quality of life.
Note that meditation is not the only stress reduction technique that an individual can implement to decrease anxiety levels. Yoga, walking outside, and keeping a journal are several other strategies that can be deployed to reduce stress levels.
Also, note that joining a support group or wellness community promotes healthy social interactions. Some of the stress-busting outcomes that can result from positive social interactions include boosted immunity and enhanced self-esteem.
How to Manage Finances
In recognizing how finances influence our health, individuals who are serious about reducing anxiety should know that developing strategies which promote financial stability is important. Luckily, there are a lot of great strategies that can be implemented to generate this outcome. One of them is creating a personal budget to stick to going forward.
The budget will include things like one’s monthly income and all of the bills that must be paid. Budgets are a powerful financial tool because they enable individuals to see where their money is going and subsequently make prudent changes and shifts to ensure that they have enough to live while simultaneously working towards a greater dimension of financial freedom in the future.
Conclusion
If you’ve decided that you’re ready to attain great health, make sure that you understand the connection between wellness and finance. Review the information outlined above to retain a clear understanding of steps you can take to attain both excellent health and financial freedom.
Identity Magazine is all about empowering women to get all A’s in the game of life — Accept. Appreciate. Achieve.™ Every contributor and expert answer the Identity 5 questions in keeping with our theme. Their answers can be random and in the moment or they can be aligned with the above article. As a team, we hope to inspire and motivate ourselves and inspire you to get all A’s.
1. What have you accepted within your life, physically and/or mentally? What are you still working on accepting?
I’ve learned to accept that we have to all appreciate the little things and to not take anything for granted.
2. What have you learn to appreciate about yourself and/or within your life, physically and mentally? What are you still working on to appreciate?
I appreciate and I’m blessed to have loving family and friends in my life.
3. What is one of your most rewarding achievements in life? What makes YOU most proud? What goals and dreams do you still have?
My biggest achievement is graducating from Arizona State University in 2013!
4. We all have imperfections, so we think. The truth–we are all perfectly imperfect. What are your not-so-perfect ways? What imperfections and quirks create who you are–your Identity?
Working to keep in mind that nobody’s perfect–it’s been hard to accept it.
5. “I Love My…” is an outlet for you to express and appreciate all the positive traits that make you…well… YOU! Sharing what you love about yourself will make you smile, feel empowered, and uplift your spirit and soul. (we assure you!) Identity challenges you to complete the phrase “I Love My…?”
I love my unwavering intensity. Everything I do is 100 percent.
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