Have you taken the Wellness Test?

Just took the test! Tysm for posting this reminder :) it’s refreshing to see such an emphasis on drawing attention to managing our own mental health (especially for the listeners!), since no one can do everything all of the time ❤️ I felt this was a caring gesture coming directly from 7Cups management, for its users, guests, members, but especially for all their “staff” (“staff” here meaning specifically just the volunteer listener population r ). Anyhow, I think that this type of check-in is just so important, it can’t be stressed enough, and I don’t want to overlook a potential opportunity to say something about it here. I want to advocate for all users to take this test *at least* once. And doing so should become: BADGE-WORTHY!! :D Not simply another stepping stone along your own personal pathway (don’t get me wrong, that’s still a useful tool too!). I but I strongly feel that this should be even more showcased and anyone who has taken the test (bare minimum of once) can proudly display a full, shiny badge on their profiles! Maybe even creating a badge for this will drum up more interest in personal wellness. Maybe it’ll spark conversations, or maybe be remind someone that it’s time for them to retake the test again, etc, etc. I think the “simple” achievement should be celebrated, because as someone with my own overwhelming amount of mental health issues, nothing’s ever just “simple”, is it? Knowing that and how hard it can be to even function, we should praise any and all steps, big or small. And I think it’s (LUCKILY and CONVENIENTLY pretty easily for people to simply click checkboxes! You’ll never get near that root if you only ever throw more dirt at it, hoping that’ll fix things. Let praise the little steps we make, to retain our hope and encouragement. So, I hope that if any management (or admins, or whoever) happens to see this, you’ll consider this badge idea :) => Mantra to remember: any positive lifestyle changes, practices, and/or habits need to happen at the core of any problem’s roots. If you only treat and alleviate a symptom, or you trim the hedges again to make them look neat... ofc it won’t last that way forever... its just common sense, right? It’ll keep growing back until you deal with the “root,”, the source, the main contaminated stem... otherwise, the growth of bad habits will always continue spreading, nearly unchecked...but only t if we allow it. <= Let’s make this a proud habit!

@Heather225 thanks, it gave a little insight.

Thank you for sharing! It's helpful to do these check-ins on a regular basis with yourself.