Wellness Wednesday – Continuing a Focus Theme

I seem to have a theme going in my life right now. Focus. Focus on what matters and our health matters. I have chosen to focus on eating 5-6 times daily in small amounts with protein more purposefully included and sugar/white flour type stuff cut way back.  With that I am purposefully making sure to exercise at least 3-4 times weekly and most weeks am getting 4-5 times. This is mostly aerobic exercise. When I feel like this is really implanted in my way of life I know I need to add/exchange some exercise time with core strength training but that will come. I cannot do it all at once and I’m more interested in getting and staying healthy for a life time than marking something off my list.

Focusing means making choices and not being able to do everything. Our culture encourages that we try and do anything and everything we want to. For the most part it also says, “do it now!”  I’ve found that when I cram too many things in my life I don’t really get to enjoy them – I just get to do them. One simplifying blog post I read was talking about “stuff” in your home and asked if you don’t have to have it to survive and you don’t love it, why do you have it?  I thought that question could apply to a lot of things in our life.  Why don’t you ask yourself that question once a day about something for the next week? I’m challenging you. Share your stories. What are you discovering that you are doing and/or keeping in your life that you really don’t need or love? Why? Is it just because everyone else has it? Are you worried what the neighbors might think if they see you wearing the same outfit each week? What is your story?

Simplifying or focusing takes some stress out of your life and stress is the number one killer of our lives. I’m choosing to focus.