A person's mental health is one of the important aspects one should look out for. Considering that mental health consists of a person's mind, emotions, perspectives, etc. Having good mental health allows a person to look out for themselves more and worry less. Many college students tend to not have mental health due to school work or even being away from their families. This can cause many problems in the future such as separation anxiety. I believe my mental health is important because it allows me to not overwhelm myself, make good choices, and it maintains my happiness. Primarily, mental health is important to me due to allowing me to not overwhelm myself. Meaning it allows me to watch out for how much I stress about things. Stressing too much can lead to many issues in the mind. Though stressing a bit or none at all will allow a better mentality. Such as, I tend to not stress a lot in school, so my mentality is in good stable condition. Since I know that if I stress I won’t get ahead in life making me fall behind and not reach my goals. In addition, good mental health allows me to make good choices. Making good choices all starts in the mind of a person. Good choices will allow a person to get ahead in life and accomplish their goals. It will also allow a person to give their full potential in meeting their goals. Without a stable mind, one won’t make good choices, instead, they will be very confused and only make choices their peers make. Furthermore, mental health is very important to me because it allows me to maintain my happiness. I am quite the happiest and I am very optimistic. In worse cases, I always try to maintain positivity when I can. This helps my mental health considering that I would like to be a very positive person. This also falls into one of my goals on how I should be positive in life. This is also why I care for my mentality and the health of my brain. To conclude, maintaining great mental health benefits the human body. I maintain my mental wellness by being positive in worse situations. Since, if I think negatively I will just be stuck and repeat what happens in my mind. Causing potential problems that I may not know are possible. I also tend to take breaks in between my school work to decrease my stress. Stressing too much can cause health problems such as headaches. Where it can soon develop into a bigger matter. Overall having great mental health has an impact on individuals and it should be a person’s number one priority.

The dream version of my future self would consist of me being a pediatrician, helping children in need, being financially stable, and being happy that I did it and got to the top where I imagine myself at.

Many children don’t know how to take care of themselves since they haven’t learned that skill yet. It is an essential skill a child should know since they will be living on this. This would include proper hygiene, washing their fruits before eating or cooking, going for check-ups, etc. Considering that there are many ways a person can fall ill if not doing the necessary things to prevent it. The contributions I can make to improve the health of others are by teaching children and adults the importance of health. To begin with, giving lessons at recreation centers really will inform many people in society about the importance of hygiene and taking care of themselves. Another contribution I would do is to create posters to promote health. Especially putting them up in schools such as elementary schools. Many children tend to not wash their hands before eating food or even sanitize it. I would come into schools to notify the children about health and how they can improve it. I would also help out organizations that are improving society's health. In addition, I can also pick up trash from around the neighborhood to limit bacterial germs. Much trash that is thrown on the streets contains many germs that people tend to pick up with their bare hands. Especially children due to not knowing that it contains germs or diseases. Giving lessons to them by teachers or even just showing them can benefit society. Since children will soon be adults and will be in the real world. Not only that but I will also inform them about what they should be eating. Furthermore, making sure that people eat well really affects their health. Not eating well increases the chance of getting sick or having some complications in one’s health. In schools, I would also imply a presentation on healthy eating. Many students don’t have a lot of knowledge about what they should or should not eat. Due to the sales of junk food and not a lot of promotion on healthy foods. Promoting salads or fruits can increase the healthy population. Since many healthy foods and fruits are rich in nutrients. For example, bananas contain potassium, oranges provide vitamin D, and milk is full of calcium. These nutrients are a few of the main nutrients a person should have to live healthily. To conclude, the health of society is really important and my contribution will greatly benefit society, especially children. Many people should take into consideration of health since that’s one of the ways we all live. Having a healthy body system benefits others around us more than we notice. If a person gets sick they can potentially pass it on to other people and cause a pandemic. This pandemic has shown me the importance of health. Considering that COVID-19 has increased the toll of death. Health all comes down to basic hygiene to be healthy.