A few days after I wrote my post about pretending that it was summer, the weather changed and it started getting warmer. Now, I’m not saying that my post was a magic spell or anything but I think you can draw your own conclusions there. Ahem…let’s carry on with today’s post. The weather hasn’t been… Continue reading Summer Fun! Finally!
Remember last month when I knew February was real but, as far as I was concerned, March might be fictional? Good news: March is real! Note: I am reserving judgment on April though. Who knows what might come after March? Could be anything, really. It’s the very distant future, extremely Not Now. Before we dive… Continue reading It Turns Out That March *Is* Real!
I am in Alvarenga, Portugal, a small town of just over 1000 people, about an hour and a half outside of Porto. It’s in the hilly countryside, filled with vineyards and orange and almond trees. I am with 5 other women, traveling on holidays. There’s a big, award-winning tourist attraction nearby in the town of… Continue reading Sometimes downhill all the way is okay
On Sunday, I made my first entry in my fitness journal and I was surprised to find myself enjoying the process of reflection. Back in January, I was musing about what I wanted to include in my fitness journal but given the chaos of last month, I never did come to any conclusions. But, seeing… Continue reading Reflections on freewriting in my fitness journal
Until I received this month’s email and calendar from Action for Happiness, I had never heard of social fitness but I just love the idea of making a conscious habit of strengthening our relationships for our own well-being (and the well-being of those around us.) And you know I’m going to be all over any… Continue reading Social Fitness? I’m here for it!
Well, Team, like the title implies, the single most important thing I want you to have gotten out of these posts is the idea that being kind to yourself is the only way forward. When you are building a habit you are trying to teach yourself something new. Perhaps you’re learning something entirely new or… Continue reading Go Team 2023! If all else fails, please, please, please be kind to yourself.
This is my second-last post for this January series so I am continuing with my plan to reiterate the messages I hope I stressed throughout the month. Yesterday, I reminded you to check your systems. Today, I’m reminding you to focus on your efforts instead of your results. Yes, I know it is really fun… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Focus on your efforts
I only have three more posts in this January series so I wanted to reiterate three important things for you to carry with you as you forge ahead with your habit-building. First up: a systems check! Whether you are cruising happily along with your habit building, you are finding each day a struggle, or you… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Systems Check
Team, let’s be clear about something… When you are undertaking a long term project, especially one where it may take a while to see your progress, you are going to have days when you just don’t wanna do the thing. You probably have time and capacity to do it but you just feel so meh… Continue reading Go Team 2023! When you just don’t wanna
Today is a bit of an off day for me. I had a few complicated things to do and I’m not feeling particularly well and I just kind of want to climb under a blanket and take a nap. I had a reasonable amount of things on my to do list today but now it… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Choose for your own peace of mind
Sorry for the spoiler in the title, Team, but I always want you to be kind to yourself, no matter what. I think that one of the biggest obstacles in developing new habits is how hard we can be on ourselves about the challenges involved. We’re trying to layer a new habit into an already… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Err on the side of self-kindness
Finding motivation is a tricky business. Sometimes we can sail along without it, letting our systems or routines or habits just carry us into the next task. Other times we get discouraged or frustrated or bored or just off-kilter and we struggle to get moving in the first place, let alone to put in any… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Get the motivation you need – whatever it might be
I’m talking here about travelling for work, when you are on a tight schedule, and probably struggling with different time zones. Throw in security challenges too, depending on where you are going. Sam has written about her ways of fitting in fitness while travelling for work here, and Cate has written extensively about her adventurous… Continue reading Kudos to Those Who Fit in Fitness While Travelling
So, Team, back on January 10, I was inviting you to figure out what knowledge, experience, and information you had gathered about yourself and your new habit/plan at that point. That wasn’t just about noticing (although noticing is good, too), it was about assessing how well your plans and systems were developing and making the… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Check in with yourself
Years ago, I was grumbling to another coach about how much time a project was taking and, in the course of the grumbling, I said something like ‘It’s prep stuff that really annoys me. I don’t mind spending time at the ‘real’ work, I hate all the gathering of information and sorting of papers.’ After… Continue reading Go Team 2023! The pre-work work
When you are building a habit, you are constantly going back and forth between the big picture (the habit, the system, the goal) and the small picture (the task of the day, the hour, the minute.) It can be tricky to remember that the task in front of you will add up to the future… Continue reading Go Team 2023! The biggest picture
If you are old enough to be reading this, you are standing atop a stack of past victories. I know, our brains like to remind us of the times things didn’t go so well but we can also consciously choose to remind ourselves of the times that everything worked out just fine. You have sailed… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Revisit Past Victories
Today, I am inviting you to dismiss any comparison that generates negative feelings for you. If looking at your friend’s progress or some actor’s muscles makes you feel good, if it is inspiring for you or if it motivates you to do things that increase your feeling of well-being, that’s great. Forge ahead! But if… Continue reading Go Team 2023! Dare to NOT compare
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