3 Easy Ways to Keep Happy and Healthy This School Year

By: Sylva Sivzattian

Time flies when you’re having fun and summer always seems to fly by too fast! Many of us mark September as a new starting point for making changes in our lives- like getting your act together and pulling your grades up, coming back to school with a new style, or trying to make more time for your hobbies. Do you ever feel like you make a huge list of things to do and never really get around to them? Why not use this fresh new September to make it all happen?

As our Healthcare students at Brighton College would tell you, health and can be broken down into physical health, mental health and social health. Setting one goal for each of those areas would help you stay happy and healthy in more than one way. Choose one thing to do to take care of your physical health like joining an intramural team, or making jogging part of your daily routine. Then pick something to do that will challenge you mentally outside of class, like writing, playing an instrument or solving Sudoku puzzles once a week. Social health is really the fun one to take care of; that could mean meeting new people by joining campus clubs, deciding to hit the dance clubs more often, or reminding yourself to make time for old friends you haven’t seen in a while – there’s lots you can do with that one!

So take a shot at it and set 3 goals for yourself this September and join the conversation. Remember to keep yourself healthy and happy physically, mentally and socially and you’re in for a fantastic year!