Don't Sing it - Bring it
That's one of my favorite sayings . Along the lines of ,"Don't talk it , walk it" . It's easy to say you want to do something. Can your actions attest to your wants ? Or do they rat you out ? Okay, here's another one, "There's nothin' to it but to do it". Now, something that I hear alot of is that people really do have legitimate reasons why they aren't sticking to there exercise program. Time. Other priorities and responsibilities . Believe me, I know from experience how hectic and busy our lives can get , However, I also know from experience that the majority of the time, we ourselves make things harder than they have to be. We complicate things. We add stress to our lives and end up in a big, confusing, chaotic cycle we repeat day after day. If we keep putting things on our to do list off , the stress pile will only keep building. If we jump into our exercise plan with some dedication you'll actually make that stress pile smaller.
I've got an analogy i often refer to that helps me get my mental focus aligned. It's my alarm clock story. So, I had gotten into a habit of setting my alarm clock to wake me up earlier , just so I could hit the snooze button, 2, 3 maybe even 4 times and relish that extra 10 minutes in my comfortable bed each time I did. It feels so good to be able to go back to sleep again, you have no idea, or maybe you do( you can tell I'm not the biggest morning person). Well, the thing is , giving myself those allowances made me form a habit of putting off getting my butt up as long as I could. And when it came down to the last minute , to when if I didn't get up that minute I'd blow off my first appointment , or worse, fall asleep without the alarm to go off again and sleep through 2 or 3 clients, it was even harder to get up. And I feel like the way you wake up kinda sets the pace for your entire day. Okay, how about this instead ; Set the alarm clock for a half hour later, with the knowledge that your last half hour of precious sleep will be high quality, uninterrupted. As soon as the alarm sounds, open your eyes, smile, tell yourself ,"this day holds incredible potential I cannot wait to realize and the longer I remain in this bed, as COMFORTABLE as it is, it will stop me from accomplishing the things I am GOING to accomplish", then jump out of bed, that smile still on your face. Enjoy your morning moments with yourself .Have some breakfast, your coffee, your tea. Get ready to ACHIEVE. Nothing to it but to do it.
So when we really have a heart to heart with ourselves we see it really is that simple. Even if it's only 10 , 15 minutes a day, we can fit it in somewhere. Your cycle of not exercising, putting it off till another day (hitting that snooze button) is more comfortable than getting your butt up. The longer you wait , the harder it is. The more out of shape you get. That bed is keeping you from the success that's waiting for you. Open your eyes. Smile . Get your butt up. ;) The only thing that comes from sleep is a dream. Enough dreaming. Don't sing it , bring it.
To bringin' it !
Keegan Harris
www.SymmetryAz.com
Monday, March 12, 2007
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