All of the advice and guidelines
Eat the rainbow
Drink 8 glasses of water per day
Get 150 minutes of exercise per week
Sleep 8 hours
What if you can't achieve all of that?
You might feel defeated.
Like, why even try
You might procrastinate
Feelings of failure could lead you to make bad choices
I know I can't drink 8 glasses of water per day.
I think my diet is good, but could be improved.
What helps me is to focus on doing the best that I can.
And taking at least small steps to improvement.
Doing at least ONE extra thing a day can give you a sense of accomplishment.
And tiny steps are a way that you can build habits.
So I have a goal now.
Do at least one extra thing per day.
Something for my physical health
Something for my mental health
I started yesterday.
The extra thing was strength training.
Probably spent less than a minute doing it
But it was something
And I was proud of myself.
Today I did ten leg lifts on each leg when I was doing my bed exercises.
Took me how long?
Thirty seconds maybe?
But I could feel the stretch.
I am one day into possibly making that part of my routine
Making it a habit
But if not
At least I did it today
Every little bit helps.
librarianintx
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