Making incremental changes in our lives—more good foods, more good habits, a little more dancing, a little more walking—can change the trajectory and get us where we want to go.
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If you find something you love doing that’s good for your health, your self-esteem, your sanity, and your spirit, you might become obsessed. You’ll be in good company. What’s the goal on which you’re working? What could you accomplish toward that goal if you gave it everything you’ve got for five days? If you decide to commit to exercising every day—or sticking to any rigorous plan of action—there will be days when you have to walk around in wet sneakers, or the moral equivalent thereof. Frequent exercise has many documented benefits. Devote some time and attention to finding a routine that works for you. Challenge yourself. Try to figure out how much is too much. Maybe it’s as simple as this: Half of what it takes to exercise is the will to begin. Let “everything counts” be your safety valve, the truce terms in your internal struggle, or the little white lie that gets you to the starting line. Words have power to create transformation. Find words or phrases that can translate your will and desire into action. The heart of eating with intentionality is evaluating every single impulse to eat by asking, “Am I really hungry?” No? Then the follow-up question is, “Why do I want to eat?” Once in a while you might have a day when nothing goes quite right. It’s your life; it’s your game. Design a game that you’re willing to play for a specified period of time. Make it about one or more aspects of your life that you’d like to enrich. |
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