Wellbeing checklist

In times of uncertainty it’s normal to feel some anxiety about the world around us. It’s important that we have a level of self-awareness about our response to these circumstances and how this may present in the way we behave.

This wellbeing checklist is a guide for you to identify your current responses and behaviours and how they could be affecting your mental health and wellbeing. Importantly, it will help you work out which areas you may need to focus on to look after yourself, and ideas for how to stay well, regain balance or seek support.

Use this wellbeing checklist to help you understand how you are feeling through your own observable behaviours. Which category do you think you are currently sitting in?

STAY WELL

Moods and emotions

Normal mood and emotion fluctuations
Normal levels of anxiety

Attitude and outlook

Positive outlook and attitude
Focused on the present moment

Physical health

Eating well
Sleeping well
Exercising regularly
Appropriate consumption of alcohol or tobacco

Social networks

Staying connected to family, friends and colleagues
Engaged in interactions with social network

Workplace presentation

Performing well
Maintaining a structured routine
Positive workplace behavior

COVID-19 factors

Slightly increased anxiety
Coping with work situation
Structured home routine
Coping with family care requirements
Low levels of medical anxiety
Connecting with family and friends through technology
Healthy level of news consumption

REGAIN BALANCE

Moods and emotions

Slight difficulty managing mood and emotions
Increased levels of anxiety

Attitude and outlook

Slightly negative outlook or attitude
Predominantly future-focused

Physical health

Slight disturbance to diet
Slight disturbance to sleep routine
Exercising less often than usual
Increased consumption of alcohol, tobacco or other substances

Social networks

Social withdrawal from family, friends and colleagues
Not initiating contact with social network
Mild sense of loneliness and isolation

Workplace presentation

Decreased performance or productivity
Missed deadlines or decreased work quality
Decrease in positive workplace behavior

COVID-19 factors

Moderate levels of anxiety
Uncertain about work situation
Unstructured home routine
Challenges with family care requirements
Moderate levels of medical anxiety
Struggling to connect with family and friends through technology
Unhelpful level of news consumption

SEEK SUPPORT

Moods and emotions

Unable to manage mood or emotions
High levels of anxiety

Attitude and outlook

Bleak outlook or attitude
Worrying about the future

Physical health

Poor diet
Poor sleep routine
Substantially less exercise and activity than usual
Excessive consumption of alcohol, tobacco or other substances

Social networks

Disconnected from family, friends and colleagues
Strong sense of loneliness and isolation

Workplace presentation

Extreme difficulty performing role
Unable to function productively
Negative workplace behaviour

COVID-19 factors

Extreme levels of anxiety
Uncertain about work situation or out of work
No home routine
Unable to cope with family care requirements
High levels of medical anxiety
No connection with family and friends through technology
Excessive and unhelpful level of news consumption

Depending where you placed yourself in the wellbeing self check-in, there are a range of strategies you could try to support your mental health and wellbeing:

STAY WELL

Focus on staying well by maintaining a positive routine and proactively prioritising your mental health.

Look after yourself using the 5 Ways to Wellbeing to create a routine that prioritises your own self-care.

REGAIN BALANCE

Focus on getting the balance right by increasing the protective factors around you and prioritising access to available supports.

Use the 5 Ways to Wellbeing to determine which areas you may have lost focus of and prioritise these areas
Stay connected with your own support network and make yourself familiar with the external support available to you