# Physical Well-being Physical Well-being is the state of the body existing well. ## Meaning Physical well-being includes the body, strength, flexibility, cardiovascular capacity, recovery, sleep, pain, mobility, and physical energy. Physical health asks whether the body has the capacity to [[Health|function, recover, and grow]]. A choice can support physical well-being, disrupt physical well-being, or create a tradeoff with another [[Dimensions Of Well-being|dimension of well-being]]. ## Source Of Meaning This note is grounded in the Joe-Codex ontology conversation from 2026-06-19 and the earlier Joe Ontology draft where Joe named physical well-being as one dimension of well-being. ## Relationship Over Time This note should mature through real choices involving sleep, exercise, food, pain, movement, rest, medical care, and physical energy. ## Links - [[Dimensions Of Well-being]] - [[Well-being]] - [[Health]] - [[Being Well]] - [[Being Unwell]] - [[Good]] - [[Bad]] - [[Unhealthy]] - [[Source Of Meaning]] ## Tensions Physical well-being can look like strength, energy, freedom from pain, recovery, or longevity; this note should keep those related without reducing the body to performance. ## Question Is the body being helped to function, recover, and grow?