Striving for “Well-Being” is a Personal Journey of Self
When we think of the term “wellbeing”, concepts such as work-life balance, happiness, friendship, health and wellness come into our mind. After all, isn’t that what life is about? Striving and succeeding in all those areas and more?
When we talk about well-being, my mind immediately goes to defining what well-being means. However, instead of gaining clarity on what well-being means, I became frustrated and demoralised, trying to understand all that well-being encompasses.
I came across many definitions of the term “well-being”. I decided the challenge wasn’t about finding what well-being means but instead looking at the words and definitions people were using to explain well-being.
What is Wellbeing?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) doesn’t actually define wellbeing. Instead, it uses the term as a keyword to describe it: “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Google tells me that the Oxford English Dictionary defines well-being as “the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy”. And when you do a google search, you come across digital well-being, physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, student wellbeing, workplace wellbeing, health wellbeing… the list goes on.
