I am reminded of a Wheel of Life diagram where you rate on a scale of 1 to 10 your satisfaction in each of these areas of your life: Career, money, health/fitness, friends/family, significant other/romance/intimacy, personal growth/spirituality, fun/recreation, physical environment. At the moment, when I complete this exercise, I score the lowest in health/fitness, fun/recreation, and significant other/romance/intimacy. So I've thought about what I can do to improve how I feel about these aspects of my life.
Here is the list of things I've come up with to get things back on track:
- Create some systems around eating, cooking, and being healthy to make this easier to stick to.
- When I'm down or overwhelmed, I have a tendency toward the path of least resistance (i.e. cereal for dinner because it takes 30 seconds to make, letting laundry/cleaning/tidying/chores build up rather than addressing them as needed). So maybe I can jumpstart a mindset of things being back on track by putting in the time and simply acting like things are on track. Take the time to prep food for healthy meals. Do one chore per day. I'll be busy enough that I won't have so much time to dwell on the negative!
- Date for fun for the next couple of months. FUN ONLY. Nothing serious. And in that vein...
- Join a singles social club. (Not a dating service! Just fun activities planned for members, all of whom are single).
- Take a culinary class with Dirty Apron Culinary School.
- Yoga, twice a week, every week. Exceptions only if my disc flares up and makes it impossible.
- Walks or moderate hikes. My goal is to do something active at least 4 times a week. Yoga above obviously counts towards this! Use my wall calendar at home to keep track of days when I've done this.
- Try some water sports in the summer. Go kayaking at Deep Cove. Take a paddleboarding or windsurfing lesson. See if you can get out on a boat.
The food thing is so important I think. There is nothing that's more likely to make me start beating myself up than if I eat a whole bunch of stuff that's not right for me.
ReplyDeleteI love the Spring Summer months for healthy eating as there is so much fruit around and veggies and they are much cheaper.
I think when I'm eating right then everything else seems to just slot in somehow. And if I am exercising regularly then I want to eat better too - so the one supports the other.
So good to not just focus on what needs imporving but to actually think of how to improve it.
Sarah
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