All-Day Wellness

In All-Day Wellness, I'll be exploring various forms of wellness and how individuals can improve these different areas of life.  I will modify existing wellness frameworks, integrate them, add my own insight, ask for participation, and seek to construct a thorough, informative, and supportive environment for people to learn about how to better themselves.

My name is Brian Anderson, and I am a finance professional.  I am currently finishing my MBA degree in Akron, OH, and this fall I'll be moving to San Antonio, TX, to start my PhD in finance.  I am very interested in personal wellness, and have had the unique opportunity to study different facets of wellness as a member of an exploratory committee of administrators, educators, and fellow students at the University of Akron.  In this blog I will try to articulate the different kinds of wellness that create an integrated, overall wellness, and explore ways to practice and improve each type.  The goal is an everlasting, integrated, All-Day Wellness. 

While I look forward to laying out the different facets of wellness that everyone should be aware of, in this brief introductory post I'd like to clarify something about the most visible, most discussed, and most misunderstood type of wellness there is: physical wellness.

Physical wellness is comprised of three different activites: eating, exercising, and sleeping.  Despite many common misconceptions, one is unable to be truly "well" without competence in each of these three categories.  In other words, you may not neglect one activity because you excel in another.  You cannot eat junk food if you sleep 9 hours every night; you cannot forgo exercising if you eat a clean and balanced diet; and you cannot train like a marathoner or NBA star if you only sleep 3 hours a night.  It is impossible to ignore one of these basic building blocks of wellness and hope to optimize your energy, health, and happiness.

In this blog I will challenge many preconceived notions of what "healthy" really means.  Where applicable (and when I remember to) I will include links for citations and expert opinions on controversial topics.  It is crucial to remember, however, that while there is no one-size-fits-all approach to optimal wellness for everyone, there are basic principles, expert theories, and evidence-based research that suggests that certain lifestyles and daily routines are more beneficial than others, and in this blog I will strive to bring a general education to most on the dynamics and benefits of personal wellness.  I invite all to participate, either by striking up a conversation, engaging me directly, or simply by reading and considering the content for yourself.  I look forward to exploring these topics, and hope that you receive some benefit from this blog.  Be well.