Wellness Journal
For my wellness journal, I have chosen to write about the area
of the Social wellbeing. On the surface, it could look as though I’m
potentially thriving in this area with many things that I find myself involved
in, but that isn’t necessarily the case. I certainly am involved with my
community everything from working on community and social issues with the
R.A.C.E. group, which has afforded many opportunities to be a part of wonderful
things that happen in Muncie, like having the opportunity to drive the Freedom
Bus and again meet many of the most amazing people in this community. I also
have a job that I love and enjoy being around most of the people that I work
with, often having good conversations some laughs. I also belong to a great
church body that is open and excepting and never treats me or my family poorly,
in fact about 3 years ago when we were going through a rough financial patch the
church basically provided Christmas for our family this was both a blessing and
humbling. Of course, there is my family and them pretty much mean everything to
me and I know I would be miserable without them. However, with all these thing that
I get to be a part of and the people I’ve met and come in contact with, I have
very few dare I say no truly close friends and this is why I put down on the
evaluation the I’m surviving. This has been a struggle for me since we moved
here in 2010, back in California, I had a large friend group and several very
close friends. I am someone that appreciates the time I get to be alone, but I
miss those bonds and times spent drinking coffee or watching a TV show together,
or just shooting the breeze together. I have yet to truly find this in Indiana,
I at one time and maybe slightly still blame the place, since one of my best
friends in California who had spent a couple years here warned me that people
in Indiana are not friendly. However, I can’t say that the people I’ve met for
the most part aren’t friendly. I have wondered if there is more that I can do
to find close friends and I’ve tried, but nothing yet. Now all this being said
I do have friends, some that I do have coffee or lunch with and we have great
conversations and some laughs, but the biggest thing is that it’s usually me
that has to force the issue of going to lunch or coffee. I know that I have the
tools to change this area of my life and to thrive socially and to get more
fulfillment in my life socially speaking. My wife and I don’t plan on staying
in this area forever and that is partly because of the social area, which she
struggles with as well, even though the main reason is to be near our children
when they move. Every place that we have
moved from involved tears to leave the people we loved both family and friends,
my fear is that when we leave Muncie we won’t miss anybody that much, I’d like
to change that.
