Is Fitness a Should or a Must?

The New Year is only about 180 days away, and usually after the summer ends, New Year resolutions began to consume the forefront of our mind.  We didn’t look how we intended this year, so we purpose in our hearts to spend more time working out, eating right, and being healthy.   Sometimes this “resolution” is spurred by a dreaded doctor visit, where we are told we have to start taking better care of ourselves.   We know we “should”, but there are a lot of things we “should” do.  We should clean the house.  We should pay our bills.  We should spend time with our significant other so they never have to wonder if they are loved and appreciated, but should is not the same thing as must.  Until we shift our thinking about fitness from “should” to “must”, we will always have excuses as to why it is not done.  We are all given 24 hours every day and how we use that 24 hours is based on our priorities. 

Take a look at how you spend your day.  Work; yes, that time is accounted for.  Sleep and hygiene; not many options there.   Taking care of the family or stuff around the house; are we using that time efficiently.   We watch television to relax, why not get in some steps or exercise while watching.   We have to eat, so why not plan ahead and choose those things that will help fuel our body to health versus drive us to an early grave.   Push-ups, squats, or just parking and walking a little further helps.  It is better to do a little something than nothing at all.  Fitness does not just address the physical aspect, but also the mental aspect.

Are you taking time to rest your mind, or like your body, are you continuously filling it with mindless things that are doing more damage than help.

We have but one body and one life.

We would not take a car and not take care of it, yet hoping it will start when we are ready to go.  Why do we fail to give the same attention to our mental and physical health?   Periodic maintenance on a car you depend on for transportation, or a house you depend on to live in is not a “should” but a “must”!  The same thing goes for fitness; if you want to live a life of purpose on purpose, then you need to make sure your body, mind and soul are operating at peak efficiency for you.  Fitness is never a “should”, but always a MUST! Are you ready to start living your life of purpose on purpose? Schedule a Free Discovery call with me today.

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