Aspects of Wellness

This month the Healthy Lifestyles group at work is promoting Women's Health. One of the activities to do was a Journey Walk, where you focus on your senses, and then reflect on your state of well-being. Where are you, where do you want to be. This got me thinking back to the Aspects of Wellness.
Wellness isn't simply about your physical health. It's an overall state of well-being and achieving your full potential. Different sources list a different number of aspects/dimensions/categories of wellness, from four up to eight. I like breaking things down into smaller parts, so go with the eight: emotional, physical, intellectual, occupational, financial, social, spiritual, and environmental. This is a good site that goes into depth on each of them. 
I decided I want to go through each and do the following for myself:

1. Define - What does this aspect mean for me?
2. Evaluate - Where am I currently at?
3. Ideal - What does ideal wellness look like?
4. Goal - Set one or two goals specific to this aspect to work on.

I don't want to get into all of my answers here, as they will be personal, but I will share below what each category consists of and some example goals.

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