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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!
Spoiler
- 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!
And, the board is cleared! 🙌
I marked off the squares I had remaining with a 🐍 since it is the Year of the Snake on the Lunar New Year calendar.
- Arts - Crafts - Hobbies: Photography is one of my hobbies. Another is visiting museums and looking at architectural structures. I combined both of these hobbies on a visit to the Japanese Tea Gardens. They were cleaning the koi pond so I'll be back another day.
- Speak Kindly To Yourself: This was more challenging than I thought it would be, and, I, by no means, thought it would be easy. 🙄 I had received a very sweet and unexpected compliment the other day. When I was at home that evening, I wrote in my gratitude journal, a note of thanks for the person who gave me the compliment. Then, I thought earnestly about the compliment and instead of downplaying it in my head, which is what I would normally do, I made an effort to accept it. Point blank. Even if my knee jerk reaction was to reduce in my mind the significance of the deed for which it was given. Ohhhh, so hard. The next step for me will be to get to a place where I will then say to myself, "yes, itsfi, you are <<insert compliment here!>>" For now, this is where we are. Baby steps.
- Foot Care: All the walking - to the park, through the gardens, back home from the park. My feet were tired so I decided to do an Epsom salt foot soak. Ahhhhh!!!! 👣
Woo Hoo!! Nice job @itsfi! 👍👏🙌
I definitely know how it feels to be hard on yourself- it's not easy to fully accept that the good things people say to you are actually true. I think being able to just accept a compliment without downplaying it, is a great start! 😊
You definitely have a talent for photography! Your photos are always amazing! I absolutely love these from the Japanese Tea Gardens - beautiful! We have Japanese Gardens here, and I love visiting it - so beautiful, peaceful and serene.
oh a foot soak sounds lovely! Sounds like a great way to end the month!
I started Week 4 with every intention of clearing the month's BWell card, but ended up getting sidetracked 🙄, though I was fairly consistent with prioritizing sleep and a few other activities from weeks past. 🙌 Even though I still have a few open squares on the board, this past week had its share of meaningful self-care moments (marked with the cyan blue snowflake) and I'm grateful for that!
👍 Resolution: Some nights it takes a good deal of effort to shut down the electronics and do a proper wind down. When I stick with it, I feel better all around - mind, body and soul, and I try to remember that when the distractions creep up. I didn't hit my 60-minute detox before bed every night this week, but I was unplugged for at least 30-40 minutes every night.
🙏 Practice Gratitude: This was a fun one for me this week. I approached this self-care activity by saying 'thank you' to a friend who's been supportive and encouraging (and also realistic) through some of the more taxing moments of life. I shared my gratitude in a card and dropped it off with coffee and a muffin.
🌼 Mask Time: The pairing of the warming feel and smoothing nourishing properties of the Farmacy Honey Potion Plus Ceramide Hydration Mask followed by the cooling, firming and brightening effects of the Clarins Cryo-Flash Instant Lift Effect & Glow Boosting Face Mask 2.5 oz / 75 g . A little goes a long way so while it's a spendy combo, it's a spectacular splurge for the skin, and a satisfying self-care moment. 😍 These were two of the masks I mentioned for the 2025 Skincare Check-In Challenge: Week 2 - Favorte Face/Eye Masks.
🔖 Motivational Quote(s): I was going through some noteworthy quotes ( ) from books I finished last year and these stood out as an affirmation as well as reminders to keep at it.
"Be the best version of yourself." ~ from The Women by Kristin Hannah
"We can, in fact, afford to slow down." ~ from Private Equity by Carrie Sun
"Take a moment for yourself ... Every day." ~ from Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The last two are easier said than done for me, but worth the effort. Even if that effort involves baby steps, and restarting when I veer off course in both slowing it down and taking a moment for myself.
▶️ That leaves Arts-Crafts-Hobbies, Speak Kindly to (My)self, and Foot Care for this coming week. I've tentatively scheduled an arts activity, and some time for foot care this week and will try not to lose sight of speaking kindly to myself. 😉
📰 February BWell bingo card will be posted later this week. I'll include a link to that thread on the original post above, either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Awwww, that means a lot to me, thank you @peculiarzmakeup! You're always very thoughtful and so kind with your comments. Very much appreciated. I’m really happy that our wellness bingo has been a good fit for so many. Excited to keeping it up and hearing about everyone's wellness practice throughout the year - I have picked up so many amazing ideas and practices for self care, and the support and encouragment of folks, like you, has been truly wonderful. Thank YOU!! 🤗
