I worked out every day for a month

If you have been wanting to work out, start now… as in right now!! Stand up and do 50 jumping jacks, or 10 if 50 is too intense or try 10 pushups if you need a low impact exercise. You got this!

Well.. How do you feel now?

Accomplished? Energised? Happy?

Sometimes exercise is as simple as doing a few lunges as you walk to the bathroom or stepping up and down on your tippytoes while waiting for the kettle to work those calf muscles.

I can tell you that after just 1 month of daily intentional movement, I feel all 3 emotions mentioned above as well as healthier mentally, physically and spiritually. After all, it is an essential need of all humans and supports our other essential needs such as improving our sleep quality, increasing our desire to stay hydrated as well as aiding our digestion and appetite.

Here is what I did!

How to build healthy habits

After years of bad habits like smoking and eating sugar, addictions like drinking and taking drugs and the lack of ability to incorporate things into my life I knew I needed, such as meditation and exercise, I have reached a stage in my life I can make anything a habit. I’ll make a separate post about overcoming addiction.

In the most basic way I can explain it, here’s how:

1. MAKE A LIST. Write down the habits you want in your own life.

2. CIRCLE ONE. Choose one you really want for your life. It doesn’t need to be number one (as that is hard to choose), it just needs to be one of the important ones.

3. START TODAY! Not Monday, not tomorrow. Today!

4. SET A TINY GOAL. You will do this goal every day. It can be for 5 minutes or even 120 seconds or perhaps it is reading one line or a paragraph. This habit is to be for every day. Let yourself do more/go for longer whenever you feel like it, but you must do at least that one line or 120 seconds.