Anxiety

I am healthy. I eat right. I exercise. I get 8 hours of sleep. I practice stress relieving techniques. I challenge myself everyday with something intellectual. I value my health and wellness, and I am healthy. I must be. I teach health. I teach nutrition. Exercise. Good healthy behaviors are my bread and butter. They are my values. They are how I frame my life.

How do I stay healthy on $21 a week? It is not just the change that is going to affect me. It is the understanding that $21 a week doesn't get me the nutrients I need, in the quantities I need, to maintain the high level of function that I am accustomed to.

Good health is happiness. No pain. I stay alert. I feel good. These all make the daily tasks of life enjoyable and easier. But I know that all aspects of health and wellness are linked. I wonder how this financial limitation will affect the various dimensions of my health and of my life.

I am anxious. I am excited. I am looking forward to the opportunity to understand something new, experience something that thousands experience for a prolonged period. I am prepared grow from this experience, and use it to better serve the community.