So Predictable, Isn’t It?

Frozen, Complacent Souls?
Frozen, Complacent Souls?

We wake up.

We do our morning routine.

We go to work.

We come home.

We do our evening routine.

We go to bed.

When does healthy eating and adequate exercise hit our radar screen?

Waiting

Curious Answer
Curious Answer

Sitting here on the floor, waiting for Quest Diagnostics to open. Kinda like camping out for Springsteen concert tickets.  Lots of people trying to get in.

Do you get an annual physical?

Do you like getting your blood drawn?

Do you like knowing the truth?

The guy in front of me comes every three months, to establish which cholesterol medicine works best.

Told him I wish I could come every three months.

He looked surprised.

Life is funny sometimes.

Not knowing your health stats is not.

James Brown Track Star?

Track & Field?
Track & Field?

Remember James Brown, American singer and nicknamed “The Godfather of Soul”?

His most popular song, “I Feel Good”, has been used repeatedly through history to summarize how we feel when good things happen in our lives.

Hope you get to use this “feel good anthem” today.

Looks like I’m going to try for a local Central Florida 5k run on April 10 – the Windermere Run Among the Lakes 5k.

Foot pain, plantar fasciitis, is still a challenge, but it does appear to be (dreadfully slowly) getting better.

“I feel good!”

What Motivates People?

Motivation Isn't Invisible
Motivation Isn't Invisible

A million things probably.

What motivates you?

What many people waste time doing is focusing on what doesn’t motivate them.  Ya with me?

It’s the complete opposite of where people should spend their “emotional labor”.

Here’s an overlooked tip:  One of the best ways to get and stay motivated is to find a way to alleviate, or eliminate, those things that demotivate.

Good luck today.