# Aaron Well-being Ontology One-Pager Aaron Well-being Ontology One-Pager is a shareable starter example of Joe's core well-being language for Aaron and The Brotherhood team. ## Meaning The point of this language is not to make life more abstract. The point is to make meaning clear enough that it can guide attention, conversation, relationship, and action. For The Brotherhood team, this is a seed rather than a standard to memorize. The larger goal is for the team to align on the language needed to accomplish the mission. The core chain: - [[Being]] is the state of existing. - [[Well-being]] is the state of existing well. - [[Being Well]] is existing in a way that is good for the being. - [[Being Unwell]] is existing in a way that is bad for the being. - [[Health]] is the capacity to function, recover, and grow. - [[Good]] is that which promotes the health of a being. - [[Bad]] is that which disrupts the health of a being. - [[Unhealthy]] is that which reduces the capacity to function, recover, or grow. The current [[Dimensions Of Well-being|dimensions of well-being]] are: | Dimension | Working meaning | |---|---| | [[Physical Well-being]] | The state of the body existing well. | | [[Emotional Well-being]] | The state of the emotional life existing well. | | [[Mental Well-being]] | The state of the mind existing well. | | [[Spiritual Well-being]] | The state of the spirit existing well. | | [[Social Well-being]] | The state of a being's relationships existing well. | | [[Financial Well-being]] | The state of a being's finances existing well. | | [[Occupational Well-being]] | The state of a being's work existing well. | | [[Environmental Well-being]] | The state of a being's environment existing well. | The practical test: 1. Name the [[Action|action]], habit, relationship moment, or system. 2. Ask which dimensions of well-being it affects. 3. Mark each affected dimension as promoting health, disrupting health, neutral, or tradeoff. 4. Ask whether it increases or decreases the capacity to function, recover, and grow. 5. Choose the next action that most moves the being toward [[Being Well|being well]]. The language-alignment test: - [[Meaning]] is what something means. - [[Understanding]] is knowing what something means. - [[Clarity]] is meaning being clear. - [[Shared Meaning]] is meaning that two or more people understand in the same enough way to communicate, coordinate, or relate more well. - [[Alignment]] is parts working together in the same [[Direction|direction]]. The simplest question is: Do we mean the same thing by this word, or do we not align yet? The hope: Clearer language leads to clearer attention, clearer attention leads to better decisions, better decisions lead to healthier action, and healthier action leads to greater well-being. ## Source Of Meaning This guide is grounded in Joe's Mynd notes on [[Being]], [[Well-being]], [[Being Well]], [[Being Unwell]], [[Health]], [[Good]], [[Bad]], [[Unhealthy]], [[Dimensions Of Well-being]], [[Well-being Decision Check]], [[Meaning]], [[Understanding]], [[Clarity]], [[Shared Meaning]], [[Alignment]], [[Direction]], and [[Action]]. It was prepared as a private-safe, shareable starter guide for a conversation with Aaron and The Brotherhood team. ## Relationship Over Time This note should be revised after Aaron or The Brotherhood team uses it, especially if one word feels unclear, too abstract, too clinical, too spiritual, or immediately useful. ## Links - [[Being]] - [[Well-being]] - [[Being Well]] - [[Being Unwell]] - [[Health]] - [[Good]] - [[Bad]] - [[Unhealthy]] - [[Dimensions Of Well-being]] - [[Well-being Decision Check]] - [[Physical Well-being]] - [[Emotional Well-being]] - [[Mental Well-being]] - [[Spiritual Well-being]] - [[Social Well-being]] - [[Financial Well-being]] - [[Occupational Well-being]] - [[Environmental Well-being]] - [[Meaning]] - [[Understanding]] - [[Clarity]] - [[Shared Meaning]] - [[Alignment]] - [[Direction]] - [[Action]] - [[Language Alignment Game]] ## Tensions A one-pager simplifies a living ontology. It should invite shared meaning, not pretend the whole system is finished. ## Question Which word would help Aaron and The Brotherhood team accomplish the mission if its meaning became shared?