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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!
Too bad it's too cold out for walking haha .
- Practice Gratitude- When I look at my babies I am full of gratitude sometimes I even tear up because I love them so much lol.
Precious and Stevie
- Declutter- I've already got 3 things so far this year. Not being afraid to toss if I don't like it.
- Prioritize Sleep- It has been a rough month for us like I mentioned before. I've had 3 rounds of vaccines, with a separate one the same day as another ( I felt like I had been rowing for hours), and I have one more round left. So I've been sleeping quite a bit.
- Book/Movie- Last year I made a list of movies I wanted to watch, never got to like any of them. I found my partial list and tried to look up what ones I could stream for free. So earlier this month I watched one of them. Wanted Man ( do not recommend) and I read another chapter of Bourne Ultimatum. Chapter 4.
I got a few more boxes checked off, so I thought I'd give an update on my progress so far:
Digital Detox Before Bed and Reading a Book
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This was two-fer because instead of scrolling on my phone before bed, I've replaced it with reading. I probably do this more like an hour before bed.
I was a part of a little book club with other parents at my kids' therapy clinic. We just finished reading The Verbal Behavior Approach. It's a great book to read if you're a parent/caregiver of a child with disabilities. I have two non-verbal autistic boys and this definitely gave some helpful advice.
I re-read the book A Light in the Attic. It is an oldie but goodie. I love Shel Silverstein and own most of his books.
The book I am currently reading is Amy Poehler's book Yes Please. I am about half way through and I'm enjoying it. She's hilarious!
After I'm done with this one I've already got two books in mind I'm planning to read next!
Try Something New and Arts/Crafts
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This is another two-fer. I am doing a little DIY project for my niece. I consider this something new, because I have never done something like this in my life- when I say DIY, it is very DIY. This project requires you to make everything pretty much from scratch. Lots of sanding and painting. Lots of cutting and gluing tiny little pieces. For the little couch, pillows and cat bed, I had to measure and cut the fabric, then sew and stuff it. The petals and leaves of the flowers were each individually cut and glued together. I even had to connect the wiring for the light. Im currently working on the spiral staircase. I'm probably about half way done now, but boy, there's so much detail you have to do yourself!
Exercise
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One of my very best friends is a yoga instructor, so last week I joined one of her classes. It was probably about an hour long and I really enjoyed it. She's definitely great at her job!
The little red arrow is pointing to me 😉
Foot Care
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For foot care I did a Tony Moly Minion Mask. Posted more of the details on it here👇
