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8 Dimensions of Wellness

Shaz51Senior Contributor22 July 2021, 4:50 pm AEST

8 Dimensions of Wellness

I recently came across this graphic of the 8 dimensions of wellness and wondered if anyone would like to join me in discussion around these tackling one topic a week going clockwise starting with "Environmental"

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Shaz51Senior Contributor07 Aug 2021, 4:07 pm AEST

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ok my @StuF , sitting with you my friend xxx

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StuFSenior Contributor07 Aug 2021, 4:36 pm AEST

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Hey @Shaz51 and all.

Interesting topic. Actually cuts to the core of what I need to do- find a better job! I really quite like where I work, the work I do has enough variety to keep me from getting too bored, the people are nice...

But I need more hours, and I cannot get them there 😞

Anyway, once covid gets vaguely under control and this lockdown is over, I will get in touch with a DES provider and move forward

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Shaz51Senior Contributor07 Aug 2021, 4:37 pm AEST

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understandable my @StuF

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StuFSenior Contributor07 Aug 2021, 4:39 pm AEST

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@Shaz51

Just wary of DES. Have heard lots of not good things. I was aligned with one years ago. They were great, but they no longer exist 😞

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MDTSenior Contributor08 Aug 2021, 1:25 pm AEST

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hey @StuF
I just wanted to say that I know how you feel re: work situation and needing/wanting something better
I had this experience at my old job. It was hard to manage everything in life, let along the job I had. I guess I can't say too much else other than to say I'm hearing you

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MDTSenior Contributor08 Aug 2021, 1:35 pm AEST

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Hi all following along

This is a good and an interesting topic

Earlier this year I realised I needed to leave my job because of :

Toxic environment
Cliques
Poor Management
Boring work
Long hours of doing nothing productive

In the end it was a "job" not "work". I think spending some time working for free this year with my internship that has gone for 3 months has taught me a great deal about what I am both capable of and also what I'm not capable of.
Volunteering is the same and when covid gets under wraps I am looking into volunteering time with homeless shelters. I have been working near this industry for the past few months with my new contract job and I have found that a sector of society is so often glanced over.

@Shaz51 in your initial article you said that management has a huge effect on so much and yes I agree with you it does. I saw that at my old job and my current one. At my old one it was just like complaints and suggestions would fall on deaf ears. It got to a point where they introduced a suggestion box - it was a bit insulting. And the way they managed recruitment stank of nepotism. I even heard of story of one woman who had worked there close to 10 years who had to take time off sick. She came back to find that she had been put in a job share arrangement with someone much younger who was related to a manager. How absurd.

I also found out that there have been 2 people who have held my job before me. I initially put this down to the fact that it was a contract position and that they were looking for jobs while working there. but I also think it was this along with management of my reporting supervisor who is very much a micromanager

I think it's just what we can call "experience" in the end. It's both good and bad. I have had good experiences as well and made a friend from my old job who i still talk with. I also got a good reference too. So I guess there are silver linings too all things. I rmember working for 3 weeks in the state election in the management office and it was a funny time. The manager was a character and he said some very funny things. It was a good reference to get me further.

I sometimes think of work and jobs as a bit like a computer game where you need to build up experience and skills before you progress to the next level of your character.

I am 27 but sometimes I feel older from all the experience - lol

Take care all and thanks to @Shaz51 and others for sharing their experiences

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ScooSenior Contributor08 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm AEST

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@MDT

I wish I had your wisdom when I was 27. It's taken me a lifetime to learn what you have learnt about work place dynamics.
I also do volunteer work and I've gained a lot of skills this way.
Finding work life balance is important to stay healthy. Especially if you work in a toxic or stressful environment.
A friend of mine has a saying. "You work to live you don't live to work" 😊

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MDTSenior Contributor08 Aug 2021, 9:16 pm AEST

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Thanks @Scoo
For your encouragement
I appreciate you say this to me because it reassures me that I'm not cynical
Agreed re: balance

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ClawdeSenior Contributor09 Aug 2021, 12:07 am AEST

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Good on you love to make the decisions to move on sometimes it is what it is we only get one life stuff people that don't apparently appreciate us look after your self like only we can do

I support your v

brave decision to move on good on you love from your Clawde 👍

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Shaz51Senior Contributor14 Aug 2021, 3:45 pm AEST

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Related but quite different to our occupational wellness is our next topic of financial wellness.

Financial well-being isn't just about people's financial situation. It about having enough money to meet expenses, but also about having spare cash to make choices, feeling in control of your financial situation, and whether or not you worry about money. I will use the following graphic as the basis of my discussion today.

Financial resilience is the "root system" of financial wellness and it is what enables us to grow our financial wellness.

Financial capability is the combination of attitude, knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy needed to make and exercise money management decisions that best fit the circumstances of ones life, within an enabling environment that includes, but is not limited to, access to appropriate financial services. Put in simple terms it means not only what you know but to also have the willingness, confidence and opportunity to act.

What do you think with the heading financial wellness. means to you

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