22.7.09

Life well-being

There is a common saying that health is your best form of wealth. This means we must take care of our health as if it were our material riches. To be healthy, lifestyle and the food we consume must be healthy in the first place. A well balanced diet and regular exercises are the first steps to achieve better health.

In my own opinion, to be healthy does not mean you must have a model like body or figure, but a body that is free and resistant to all forms of ailments. Avoid sweet and fatty foods. Eat food on time. Try not skip any meals and eat in regular portion as this aids in body metabolism.

Your body needs proper rest and sleep to remain healthy. Unless your body is well rested, it cannot perform optimally. If you are not well rested, then your mood goes down the drain the very next day as you get irritated easily.

What i have said so far are all about physical well-being. Equally important is the mental well-being whom Maria Duval has stressed many times in her advices to me.

Stress is the number one killer to achieve good mental well-being. Stress comes about when you are feeling pressured over work, life and own high expectations.

I know it is easier said than done. Stress is a silent killer as it can tortuously wind down your mental capacity without you even knowing it. Hence it is of utmost importance that you know your own mental state well.

I do my best not to bring any office work back to home as i view my home as a place that is out of bound from office mundanes. I want to achieve work and life balance at this stage of my life. I also spend weekends to unwind and spend quality time with my family. That in itself helps to relieve stress. It does help greatly!

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