Are you just too busy?
Summer is an excellent time for self-improvement projects and trying new things. And boy do I have a laundry list when it comes to self-improvement…
But what is a busy girl to do? Especially one who relishes her free time.
Being determined to succeed this year, I’ve devised a plan:
1) Getting healthy – key is actually starting a regimen that is very easy to follow. You feel good doing it, and if you skip it the guilt will get to you! The easier the activity is, the harder it is to find excuses not to do it.
A personal favourit of mine is The Lazy Girl's Guide to a Fabulous Body. Gotta love the title. There is also the popular Walk your way thin and Walking for Fitness.
Did you know you can get loan out a pedometer at many local branches? You may also want to check out the Health and Wellness Blog for some great tips and resources.
2) Eating healthier – Using my slow cooker has solved my lack of healthy eating. Pop the ingredients in the pot and forget about it. I come home and dinner is done. It’s magic! I now have no excuse to be eating toast n’ KD for 5 nights in a row. And who doesn’t like homemade shepherd's pie?
Albeit if I’m really looking for healthy, maybe I should pick up Dick Logue’s cookbook one of these days…
3) Being perpetually busy can have its negative effects. Looking for a solution to constantly feeling warn-out, I stumbled upon the Buddhist concept of mindfulness. Mindfulness is an attentive and calm awareness of the reality of the present moment that results in clear comprehension of whatever is taking place in one’s day-to-day life. One's sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions, and consciousness are all considered. It is increasingly being used in Western psychology to alleviate a variety of mental and physical conditions, including anxiety, depression, OCD, and the prevention of addiction relapses.
But I have no time to be mindful! And so I’m pretty sure Mindfulness to Go was written just for me. Thanks Mr. Harp!
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