Disney Employee Engagement Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
“We don’t stop doing things because we get old. We get old because we stop doing things”. — unknown
There is good reason for staying active. It’s so we don’t get “old”.
Our mind has an instrument that measures our belief system. It’s pass or fail – it’s the quote above.
It’s up to you and I to make our choice. Always has been. Always will be. Carpe diem! 🙂
Want the secret to staying motivated?
We already know most people can find reason to get motivated.
The real secret is staying motivated. Did you hear that? Did it sink in? STAYING motivated!
You must, repeat must, find a reason bigger than yourself to do what’s common sense.
Exercise, nutrition, and rest are key health strategies. They are common sense. They are not common practice.
Why? Because there is always an easier choice to make. And, you already know what it is. You don’t need anyone to remind you.
Hope everyone knows the goal at Lane 8 isn’t to get people running. You know that, right?
The goal is to challenge, motivate, inspire and excite you to do something physical, and do something healthy like proper nutrition, adequate rest, regular checkups.
It doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you are doing something active. Hey, it’s obvious that you don’t have to do anything -that’s a great choice isn’t it, do nothing.
Lane 8 is really about having a place to go to get better. It’s written by me, for me (and my Family). Daily motivation and focus is mandatory, or I’ll fail.
I know this about myself. Writing for you everyday probably helps me more than it helps you.
While it’s not expected that you completely understand this, it is humbling to know that it does or will help you.
Did you go for a walk (or exercise) yesterday?
Did you eat sensibly?
Did you read anything that inspired or motivated you?
Did you think about anything that inspired or motivated you?
Did you take some sort of action, different from your usual?
Did you get adequate rest (way under-rated) yesterday?
Did you consider how you’ll stay committed until you die?
Did you have fun yesterday?
Did you do at least one thing that scared you?
Nine yes answers means you lived in the moment. Less than that is, well, less than that.
I only got eight. Adequate rest has been elusive. Which reminds me, nap time.
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned”. — Peter Marshall
Whatever your health goals are, nothing really matters except that you get started and never quit.
Sow your health seeds. Nourish them. Water them. Watch them grow.
If all you do is walk away from your residence for three minutes and then return, you’ve walked six minutes. That six minutes, by itself, is nothing really.
But what if you did it four or five days in one week? What if each week, you added 30 seconds each way – or one minute roundtrip? In four short weeks, you’d be walking ten minutes per day.
What if you built on this success, slowly, and continued this habit for ten more weeks (now three months total)? You’d be walking 20 minutes per day, four or five days per week.
What if you walked 20 minutes, 4-5 days per week, for a year?
What if? What if doesn’t matter if you don’t get started. “Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned”.