Happy New Year! It is time to say “Goodbye” to 2020 and “Hello” to 2021. Most of us are thinking “Good riddance 2020!” Don’t let the door hit you on your way out”. And “Welcome 2021. We thought you would never get here”. All of our lives were changed in 2020 and we had to adjust our routines to work with the new normal. Now is a good time to sit back and reflect on what worked and what didn’t. As part of my business plan, I listen to Pat Flynn who writes a blog called Smart Passive Income. He recommends that we write down a list of what is working within our business and what is not. Keep the processes that are going well. Fire the processes that are not. https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/
I believe we should be doing exact same thing in the health and fitness world! What is working well for you? What is not working? We need to really assess the actions that feel good, produce great results or sit well with our soul and embrace them, keeping them in our daily lives. The flip side of this coin would be to look at those things that constantly feel hard to maintain or throw up barriers. Rather than throw them out, I suggest that you continually assess, and adjust those hard things to make them work for you, instead of against you. If you want anything to change in 2021 you need to be intentional and plan for it. Remember, we cannot control what happens to us and around us in the world. What we do have some control over are things in our own homes and within our own bodies. If lack of control was driving you crazy in 2020 you can gain back some of that feeling of control by adjusting your own behaviors.
Exercise:
Divide a piece of paper into 2 columns and label them “Working” and “Not Working”. Think about things that you have been doing to help reach or maintain your goals. Place them in the appropriate column. Start with food, exercise and health measures but don’t stop there. Let your columns trickle over into relationships, career, household or any other areas you are working on. There are no rules and no right or wrong items. Just start brainstorming. Don’t stick to your areas of comfort, think outside the box.
Example:
Working:
Wake up early every day. It sets up my whole day.
Drink hot water instead of coffee some mornings. I don’t always need caffeine.
Writing down meal ideas before grocery shopping. Going into the week with a game plan feels good.
Schedule a date night with my husband every week. It helps our relationship and keeps our life flowing.
Walk and talk dates with friends. My dog gets a walk and I get friend time.
Not Working:
Waiting until night to workout. Something always gets in the way.
Scheduling anything in the evenings. It always feels harder to make it happen
Keeping my house clean. It is too much to do all in one day.
