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2025 is literally just days away, BIC! Let's start off the year strong with making our health, wellness and self-care one of our priorities. We can make it fun, too, with another game of wellness bingo!
Self-care can be a very personal thing - what works for one person may not work for someone else. Practicing wellness is a process - it takes time and effort. We have our good days and bad days - moments when we are thriving; and others, where we need to pause, take a deep breath (or multiple ones, for that matter), and reset. But even as our self-care journey is a personal matter, support, encouragement and just knowing there's something there doesn't hurt. Wellness takes work. Let's do the work together, BIC!
▶️ How to play: There are many different ways to take part in this wellness challenge. A few are mentioned in the spoiler below, but if you have a way to approach wellness bingo that works best for you, go for it!
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- Treat it like a game of BINGO, except in this BIC-version, you are your own moderator, either (a) selecting which activities you want to engage in or (b) putting them into a random generator tool, blindly pointing at a square, or writing each activity (or each square) onto a piece of paper, placing all of them into a bowl and pulling one out each day you intend to undertake a wellness activity, and then doing that activity.
- You can aim to do 5 activities in a way that earns yourself a BINGO! 5 activities across the same row, down the same column or across diagonally from upper left corner to lower right, and/or upper right corner to lower left. OR
- You can just go about your day picking one activity to undertake and work towards doing all the activities on this B Well card (but see notes on making adjustments below).
- You can choose to go row by row or column by column each week. Thank you, @Mellmars1185, for sharing how you went about your wellness bingo last month. It's such a great approach!
🗒 Monthly Self-Care Activities:
- The self-care activities in the squares change from month-to-month, with some appearing in a previous month's bingo wellness card, and others being new or tailored to the specific month/season.
- For a more detailed description of the activities in each of the squares above, click on this link ➡️ January 2025 Wellness Bingo Activities
- If you're interested in seeing what others have done for some of the activities being repeated, you may want to take a peek at some of the replies from other members of the Community in previous wellness challenge threads - and .
🌟 Posting Your Self-Care Activities. This challenge is certainly one you can do on your own. It's also something we can take part in together. If you feel comfortable, share about the activities you did to earn each square by replying to this original post - with words, photos, and/or a pic of the bingo scorecard with the activity / activities you took part in crossed out. You can post weekly or at the end of the month, depending on your preference. We love hearing from the Community and have learned about new ways of doing things that we wouldn't have thought of otherwise.
🎀 Make Adjustments As Needed. We are all at different stages of our wellness / self-care journey. While it cn be good to challenge ourselves, sometimes, it's best to take make adjustments. I'm not at expert at this at all, and if there's an activity that is not something you are ready for or that you shouldn't engage in, make the adjustments you need to, or just skip that square altogether.
- Be safe. Consider weather conditions or where you are in your own wellness efforts. For instance, the second square in the last row is for a winter walk or hike - if it's storming outside or you're in an area where it is not safe to do this (e.g., weather advisory, shelter-in-place, etc.), then skip this one and stay indoors. Be safe. Also, for some of the activities listed in the boxes, particularly the physical ones, please consult with your physician or health care provider before starting, if and as appropriate, and adjust accordingly.
- Focus on one activity per week vs. one per day. We have BIC'ers who engage in wellness activities in some form every day, some more than one activity in a day. We also have BIC'ers who are starting out on their wellness journey or are coming back to self-care. There's be different objectives for each of us; make this work for you. If there's an activity in a square that you've been eyeing for whatever reason and you want to focus on that for the week, focus on working towards that activity for one day, two days, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 for the week. If there's another activity that piques your interest, give that a try for another week.
⏲ Duration for Certain Activities. The time periods for certain activities included here are arbitrary.
- For example, the third square in the first row is for "Exercise (20 minutes)" - if you want or can do more than a 20 minutes, go for it. If you're starting out or if you're crunched for time, aim for 5 minutes and work up from there, when, if, and as appropriate for you.
- Same with the "Stretch (20 minutes)" in the third row, second square.
- If you're starting out or are aware of certain conditions that may make either a more challenging effort, please discuss these activities your physician or health care provider before starting, and adjust accordingly.
Excited for another month of wellness bingo, BIC. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year!
This past week, I started jotting down in my Daily Planner what wellness activities I would like to accomplish. I find it has really helped me to be intentional about my choices.
Jan 4 - I was able to get in a stretch activity after work and I followed it up with a winter walk. It was freezing outside that day but I was able to try out the new winter boots I got on a Boxing Day sale!
Jan 5 - I made time for nail care. I had an event to go to the following day and getting this done the day before was great because my nail polish looked fresh for my event. It is still on and I am hoping it lasts through the beginning of my work week.
Jan 6 - We went to see The Lion King musical. I would consider this do something new because I have not seen this musical before. It was downtown and I was able to get a few photos. I also got some more winter walking in this day.
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^Before the show
^Got a photo in front of the Sephora at Union Station!
Next week I will continue to plan my days to try and fit some more activities in! I hope everyone has a great week! 💞
Well @itsfi, I've already checked off a few boxes! In no particular order here is what I've done so far...
✅STRETCH
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I recently learned I have arthritis in my neck, so most of the stretching I do involve my neck, shoulders and upper back. My Physical Therapist gave me a stretching routine that I try and follow everyday. There is one neck stretch that I actually do throughout the day, including while I'm driving:
This is the majority of what I try to do daily👇
This is the majority of what I try to do daily👇
This is the one I do throughout the day, even while driving 👇
(It doesn't look like much, but it feels so good!)
✅RESOLUTION
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Most everyone here has already seen my resolutions on the thread, but for the sake of this post, I've copy and pasted them here 👇
✅COOK/EAT A HEALTHY MEAL
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Tonight I made a Parmesan Spinach and Chicken Pasta with a side of toasted breadcrumbs to sprinkle on top. I forgot to take a pretty picture of my plate, so here's a less pretty picture of the leftovers👇
My husband liked it, so I call that a win 🏆
(cross-posted from )
✅AROMATHERAPY
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I burn a candle or use my wax melter pretty much every night. Here is what I've been using the last couple of days👇
✅LISTEN TO MUSIC
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Both my kids and I listen to music on a daily basis, especially while in the car. I usually put on what I know the kids like. Here is what they've been liking lately 👇
• Happy - by Pharrell Williams
• World's Smallest Violin - by AJR
• Fantasy - by Mariah Carey
• Don't Worry Be Happy - by Bobby McFerrin
• Girl On Fire - by Alicia Keys
• Rollin' In the Deep - by Adele
• Someone You Loved - by Lewis Capaldi
• Feel So Close - by Calvin Harris
• Lollipop - by The Chordettes
• Happy - by Pharrell Williams
• World's Smallest Violin - by AJR
• Fantasy - by Mariah Carey
• Don't Worry Be Happy - by Bobby McFerrin
• Girl On Fire - by Alicia Keys
• Rollin' In the Deep - by Adele
• Someone You Loved - by Lewis Capaldi
• Feel So Close - by Calvin Harris
• Lollipop - by The Chordettes
✅MASK TIME
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One of my resolutions is to mask more. I use to mask every day, but then life got in the way and I fell out of that routine. The one I did yesterday is a favorite of mine. It's a clay mask that smells like chocolate 😋 For more of the details, I posted it on the thread (that nobody visits anymore 😢) but here's a little picture of what it looked like 👇
✅TOOL TIME/SELF-CARE
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Thanks to the generosity of @TeamBIC, I finally was able to try out a tool I've been wanting for a long time now. I've been using the NuFace Mini pretty regularly, and I really love how it wakes up my face a bit and gets my circulation going👇
✅MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE
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Ok, I am a huge quote nerd. I have notebooks of quotes that I've jotted down over the years. Here are a few favorites that came to mind first 👇
• Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss
• Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
• Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain....
~ Vivian Greene
• Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly....
• A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
• Never, never, never give up.
~ Winston Churchill
• Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss
• Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
• Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain....
~ Vivian Greene
• Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly....
• A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
• Never, never, never give up.
~ Winston Churchill
