MaXIMIze - Physical Health

This month's focus is on Physical Health, and as I was brainstorming ideas to write on this month, I realized this is a huge topic that covers more than just diet and exercise. We'll touch on things from, yes, diet and exercise to dealing with stress to meditation to journaling to energy flow. Our physical health is the foundation for our being in so many ways, and it is also a barometer, a gauge if you will, of what is going on in the other areas of our lives.

Somewhere along the line I picked up this list of seven things successful people do on a daily basis.

1. Get enough sleep

2. Eat breakfast

3. Exercise

4. Floss

5. Read

6. Save money

7. Eat more fruits and vegetables.

Did you notice that five of the seven items on the list are directly related to physical health? I could write a post on each of those alone - that's how important our physical health, our physical well-being, is.

This is definitely one area where we need to practice extreme self-care, because no one else will do it for us. Others may encourage us to take better care of ourselves, but it is truly up to us to choose to follow that encouragement and commit to taking the best care of ourselves as possible.

To do that, we must stop thinking of paying attention to what we put into our bodies - diet - and how we use our bodies - exercise, or the lack thereof - as four-letter words, bad, or even truly work. Giving ourselves the right kind of nutrition is like putting the best gas and oil in our cars, and getting enough exercise is like getting our cars tuned up on a regular basis. If we can care for our cars - our things - this well, we should give at least that much care and attention to ourselves, right?

So, my first challenge to you this month is to keep track of what you eat and drink, and what kind of physical activity you engage in. Awareness is key in knowing what you are doing right now and discovering what needs to be adjusted.

This may well be a month where bonus posts come up during the week, since there is so much to cover on this topic! So until the next post, namaste!