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Wellbeing sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Wellbeing.

How to Instantly Feel Better — a visual guide pairing common feelings like anger, anxiety, or burnout with simple actions like singing, walking, or breathing to feel better, boost happiness, and improve wellbeing.How to Instantly Feel BetterEveryone's a geek about something with people geeking out on many different activitiesEveryone's a Geek About Something — Revised and ExpandedAn illustration for Kahlil Gibran’s On Marriage from The Prophet: an oak and a cypress tree with two figures holding hands, grow not in each other’s shadow.Grow not in each other's shadowOne-Buttock Playing: Benjamin Zander's term for how the music moves usOne-buttock playingSnerdle meaning in English: To wrap up snugly beneath the covers and ignore the world. 18th Century dialect. By SketchplanationsSnerdleWhat is Rückenfigur example: a person looking out at a mountain sceneRückenfigurThe 5 Gift Guide for Christmas: for a meaningful Christmas with less stuff. Showing the 5 categories "Something: I want, I need, to wear, to read, to do."The 5 Gift Guide for ChristmasBrenda Ueland quote: What is the purpose of existence but to discover truth and beauty and share it with others? showing a person finding a flower, painting it, and then enjoying seeing others experience the same emotions they didDiscovering Truth and Beauty and Sharing it with othersWhat is the paradise paradox explained with a person on a city balcony dreaming of a beach where a person is dreaming of the cityThe paradise paradoxVorfreude explanation and example: what is vorfreude? the pleasure in anticipation shown by someone looking enjoying looking forward to their upcoming holidayVorfreudeHara Hachi Bu meaning summary showing a person, perhaps in Okinawa Japan, declining food at 80% fullHara Hachi BuBox breathing illustration: a person demonstrates breathing in, holding breath, breathing out, holding breath, counting 4 each side around the sides of a box. Also called square breathing: breathe in, hold, breathe out, holdBox breathingAnchors and tugboats illustration: a swimmer thinking negative thoughts is pulled back by an anchor and thinking positive thoughts is pulled forward by a tug. Confused fish look on.Anchors and tugboatsCollective effervescence illustration: two people hold their phones up as lights with 1000s of others in a stadium concert at nightCollective effervescenceTwo people are loving soaking up the low winter rays of sun in a parkApricityA parent and child entering an immaculate living room with perfectly behaved children unwisely find themselves comparing with their own chaotic house.Front of house, back of houseSharpen the saw from Stephen Covey illustration: A woodcutter explains that they have no time to stop and sharpen the saw as they have so many trees to cutSharpen the sawWhen Drinking Tea, Just Drink Tea - Zen proverb illustration: a blue tenshi teapot, often used in Japan, sits beside two cups of steaming hot tea, next to an open window looking out onto a calm natural scene of trees, hills and a river..When drinking tea, just drink teaLanguishing illustration: an unmotivated, apathetic figure sits slumped in an armchair with a TV remote in hand, clearly fed up and demoralised - for the time being at least. LanguishingLabyrinth maze: A person lost in a maze with many choices and a person thoughtfully walking through a labyrinth following the path inexorably and peacefully towards the centre Labyrinths and mazesAn old bonsai tree with just a few green leaves in a bowl together with fallen maple leaves and a short definition of Wabi SabiWabi sabiWhat is a microadventureMicroadventureWhat is Flow: the psychology of optimal experience illustrated with climbing, clear goals, feedback and matched challengeFlowNotice when you're happy: advice from Kurt Vonnegut's Uncle Alex to stop and say "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."Notice when you're happy: If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what isFind Your Why Not model by Priya Singh - A Venn diagram of Work that feeds me, Work that feeds the world, and Work that feeds my soul. One project doesn't have to meet all these requirements.Find your why notWhy do leaves change colour in fall and Autumn and what compounds make the colours?Autumn leaves and the compounds that cause their coloursWhat are the 5 Ways to Wellbeing poster: in a busy park scene the 5 ways to wellbeing are depicted as families and friends come together to socialise and interact with their surroundings to Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give. 5 Ways to WellbeingContinuous partial attention illustration: A family spill the dinner and miss what's said while a baby paints the floor and another child has to go to yoga for some focus to remain in the presentContinuous partial attentionDoes this spark joy illustration: As they sort through their t-shirt collection to determine what stays and what needs to go, an individual holds up a shirt and is reminded how much they love it. Does this spark joy?What is The Overview Effect example explained: the classic moonrise photo from the Apollo 11 moon missions with 2 astronauts have a bit of a moment and need to sit down when taking in the majestic view of Earth from the moon and realise this is all we've got.The Overview Effect A Profound Shift in PerspectiveThe 3 day effect: A hiker sets off up a mountain, as each day goes by, thinking less about the work they were doing before they cameThe 3-day effectWhat is Tsundoku meaning and example: the act of collecting books without reading them shown by a person snoozing happily on their bed surrounded by books, books and booksTsundokuForest bathing illustration — shinrin-yokuForest bathing9-enders (nine-enders) explanation: people approaching their 30s, 40s and 50s, examining their lives for meaning and setting off skydiving, running marathons and climbing Everest9-Enders (nine-enders)Compliments are gifts - not sharing one is like keeping a gift in your pocket: with one person complimenting another and it feeling like receiving a giftCompliments are giftsI bet this'll get a lot of likesI bet this’ll get a lot of likesIf money doesn't make you happy then you probably aren't spending it right. Tips to spend better from Dunn, Gilbert, Wilson, 2011Spend betterEveryone’s a geek about something sketch featuring people enjoying activities like birdwatching, gaming, football, ballet, reading, and hiking.Everyone’s a geek about somethingLive in the presentDon’t let other people get you down
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