ME TIME AWARENESS AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE WELLBEING IN WOMAN

Shreya Nandi; Soma Nandi

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v13.i8.2025.6327

Authors

Shreya Nandi Special Educator, The Newtown School, Kolkata, India
Dr. Soma Nandi Associate Professor, Department of Education, East Calcutta Girls’ College, Lake Town, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v13.i8.2025.6327

Keywords:

Awareness, Wellbeing, Me Time, Strategies

Abstract [English]

Human civilisation has been striving for excellence for as long as it can be remembered. They have soared for higher potential to improve the state of being as an individual, in family, group, depending on geographical, socio-economic, and cultural diversities. Experiences across circumstances and situations help man and woman as well to adapt and respond to changes to achieve this state of wellbeing. Woman plays a very dynamic role in such a developing scenario of the society. She cultivates a balance between responsibility and challenge at home and beyond. Me time is a tool, when used, can make a marked difference in the quality of life. It is the time when you can do what you want to do for enjoyment, which differs from person to person. Awareness is the ability to know or be conscious of something. It is a relative concept which depends on the internal state of individuals, influenced by external events or stimuli. Wellbeing is a state of happiness of an individual or group relating to diverse dimensions of satisfaction in physical, mental, social and personal arenas of life. The objective of this paper is to discuss about how self-awareness and its dimensions can influence wellbeing, the various strategies which can be followed to achieve well-being of woman with reference to me time.

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