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ALEX’S 5-YEAR PLAN
By: Alex M.
HEALTH PLAN INTRODUCTION
• For the next five years, I really want to improve
my health in all three areas – physical, mental,
and social. I’ll be going on a church mission
within the next year, so this is where I plan to
kick start a lot of my health improvement goals.
Over the next five years, I really want to
become more comfortable with myself as a
person and with my interactions with others. I
also want to create a simple workout plan that I
can stick with to improve and maintain my
physical health. I also want to create a meal
plan that will improve my health as well.
PHYSICAL HEALTH GOALS
Current Physical Health
• As of now, I wouldn’t say I eat a balanced
diet. I eat all the different food groups, but I
definitely don’t keep track of what I eat. I also
eat lot more junk food than I should eat. I
don’t currently have a steady workout plan
like I would like to have. On the bright side, I
stay active in the community, so I am rarely
spending a lot of time lounging around the
house like a couch potato. I do a lot of
community service that involves exerting
myself physically, so this is what keeps me
somewhat in shape.
1-Year Plan
PHYSICAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Dietary Plan
• In a year I plan to be serving a
two year long mission for my
church somewhere abroad.
This will definitely change my
diet as I will be served food by
many different families around
the area in which I’m serving.
Ideally this change will open
me to new foods, so I can see
that eating a balanced diet
won’t be either hard or
disgusting.
• Exercise Plan
• On my mission, I will also be
doing a LOT of community
service work. This will keep me
active, and keep me strong
and healthy. Depending
where I am also, I may be
walking/riding a bike where
ever I go. If this is the case, this
will obviously keep me very
healthy, and keep me
constantly working out. I will
also be waking up early to do
daily exercises.
3-Year Plan
PHYSICAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Dietary Plan
• At this point I will have returned
from my mission and be in
college at Brigham Young
University. I am going to take
what I learned on my mission
as far as budgeting and eating
right, and I’m going to apply
this to my college life. I will
budget very little money for
snack items. I will create a
meal plan for myself to follow,
and I will stick to it.
• Exercise Plan
• I am going to continue waking
up early and doing exercises,
whether it be push-ups and situps or something different like
jogging around campus for
half an hour. I’m going to
create a simple exercise plan
for me to follow so I can stay in
shape. I will stay active in my
school/community/church so I
can participate in as much
community service as possible.
5-Year Plan
PHYSICAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Dietary Plan
• I will continue with the budget I
create in my 3-Year Plan. I will
make sure my diet consists of
the right amount of each food
groups each day, and I will
budget only as much money
as I need and no more so I’m
not tempted to buy junk that
would destroy both my body
and my wallet. I will also stray
away from any kind of fast
food that is available to me.
• Exercise Plan
• I will continue with morning
exercise, but possibly add on
to this and create an
afternoon “wind-down”
exercise routine. I will use this
routine also as a mental health
booster by giving myself some
time to think and reflect on the
day. Hopefully my campus will
provide some sort of exercise
facility for my to be attending
during these five years.
SOCIAL HEALTH GOALS
Current Social Health
• I would say I am a very socially healthy person. I
have many different friends that I can have
comfortable conversations with, and I have
several different teachers I know I can go and talk
to if something ever comes up. I’m very
comfortable talking to just about anyone I know. I
also have a great relationship with my family
members. Talking to people I don’t know is a little
more difficult and uncomfortable for me. On the
other side of social health, I can sometimes lack
information about certain current events. As far as
the society aspect of social health is concerned,
some improvement is necessary in that field.
1-Year Plan
SOCIAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Communication Plan
• In the five year plan, I really
want to work on being
comfortable talking to
strangers. When I’m on my
mission trip, this will become
much easier for me as I will
have to talk to many new and
interesting people. I will be
forced out of my comfort zone
as I search for opportunities to
find community service, and
getting to know people of the
community.
• Current Events Plan
• I also want to improve my
knowledge of local issues so I
can speak intelligently in
conversations with my peers. In
order to do this, I will
participate in conversations,
even if I am not completely
informed on the topic. I will
participate in these
conversations by asking
questions so I can learn more,
and also so I can see other’s
opinions.
3-Year Plan
SOCIAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Communication Plan
• At this point I will be back from
my mission and ideally I will be
very comfortable talking to
people I am not familiar with.
In order to keep this
communication going, I will
get involved in various church
activities so I can make
connections with new
members of my church. I will
continue to stay active in
community service for those
around me.
• Current Events Plan
• At this time, all the ads and
campaigns will be starting
up again. With this, I will be
doing a lot of research on
each candidate. I want to
be able to have intelligent
conversations about each
candidate and why I am for
or against one or the other.
Hopefully through this
election I can become
more involved in my society.
5-Year Plan
SOCIAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Communication Plan
• This will be when I am looking
for a career. Communication
and good social health will be
very important when searching
for a job. As I prepare for job
interviews, it will be imperative
for me to work on my social
health so I can impress my
interviewer. I will work on being
sociable and easy to talk to so
I can be an easy choice for a
job.
• Current Events Plan
• Ever since I have gone into
high school I have been
fascinated with the fact that
more and more schools are
cutting music and arts
programs. I will stay involved in
this issue, and possibly fight to
keep these programs alive.
Through getting involved in a
cause, this will improve my
social health as it will be
necessary for me to talk with
many people.
MENTAL HEALTH GOALS
Current Mental Health
• I feel like my mental health is fairly good right now.
I don’t have a lot of stress with school coming to
an end. I’m finishing my AP tests this week so I
won’t have to worry about those anymore, and
the classes won’t have any work after them. At
this point, the only real stress I have is getting to
the airport to go to college. As far as my
spirituality, I would say that really helps to keep my
mental health in line. Having something that I
believe in makes me believe that everything is a
gift, and I’m lucky for every day I have. As far as
stress in church however, I would say preparing for
my mission could possibly bring some pretty high
stress.
1-Year Plan
MENTAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Stress Plan
• In order to stay relatively stress
free on my mission, I want to
make sure I keep an agenda
of my plans for each day so I
can stay organized and know
what I’m doing. I don’t want to
get behind on the things that
I’m suppose to be doing
because otherwise it all starts
to build up and ultimately I will
just become more stressed out
than I was previously.
• Church Plan
• In order to keep this peace of
mind I get from going to
church, I need to continue to
go to church and stay active
in my church community.
Luckily since I will be on my
mission at this time, this goal
should be very easy to fulfill. I
will pretty much be forced to
go to church and stay around
the community. Hopefully
these skills will transfer to after
my mission.
3-Year Plan
MENTAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Stress Plan
• While I am at school, I plan to
do all my homework and
classwork so I don’t get
behind. I realize that sometime
this can be unrealistic, but
when I set this goal, I think to
myself that I won’t get a week
behind or something along
those lines. I will keep an
agenda of homework
assignments, and follow it daily
so I don’t get behind.
• Church Plan
• Hopefully I can use the skills I
learned on my mission to
communicate with more
people that go to my church. I
will also be able to become a
bigger part of my church
through service to the other
members as well as having a
stronger and more complete
faith and knowledge in what I
am learning about. My mission
will grant me a greater peace
of mind.
5-Year Plan
MENTAL HEALTH GOALS CONT.
• Stress Plan
• As my college years come to
an end, I will be getting ready
to go out into the real world
and pay bills, rent, mortgage,
debts, and other things that
require a smart budget. In
order to stay as stress free as
possible, I will create a budget
that I can easily understand
and follow so I don’t have to
worry about my money
situation.
• Church Plan
• I will continue the actions that I
previously had in my 3-year
plan. I will probably be moving
away from my college town as
I leave college, so I will need to
use my skills I used on my
mission to create friendships
with the people in my new
church group. Through these
relationships with both the
people around me and with
God, I can have a very
peaceful feeling in my life.
HEALTH PLAN CONCLUSION
• If I stick to this plan over the next five years, I feel
that it would have a very positive effect and result
in my life. I will gain a lot of satisfaction from a lot of
different things, such as the obvious improvement
of my physical, social, and mental health, but also
the satisfaction of knowing that I set a goal and I
completed it. This health plan that I’ve created is
definitely going to be something I reflect back on
every now and then and ask myself how I am
doing. All I can hope is that I will be right where I
planned to be.
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