Saturday, January 17, 2009

How Do I Find Balance in Life?

What's for breakfast? I don't have clean socks! What's for lunch? I can't find my clogging shoes! What's for supper? Can you take Nate to Taekwondo? Will you help me study for my Science test tonight? I need a pathfinder on the American Revolution by tomorrow............

This is just a small glimpse of my crazy daily life; not unlike many of my schoolmates or colleagues. However, my level of fitness and ability to maintain balance may differ. As I embark on a new career, I realize that I need to find balance in my life. My weight and blood pressure are on the rise and I find my self frowning more than I smile. I want to create fond memories for my children; ones with plenty of laughter and fun. I truly feel blessed to be alive at the age of 37; women in my family have a tendency to die young. My mother died at the age of 32 and her mother died at 52. I want to do everything possible to extend my life; along with the quality. In order to do so, I need to discover a way to relieve my stress and be more productive.

I've been overweight all of my adult life. I know that I am a stress eater and that I have emotional roots that need to be uprooted so that I can be successful in my journey. The following topics are areas that I would like to explore in order to develop a plan of action for finding balance in life.

Possible topics to explore:
Time Management
Diet-Nutritional Balance
Varieties of Exercise- Especially Yoga
Spiritual Growth- Positive Thinking

Do I explore all of these venues or focus on one?

"You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology." " - Deepak Chopra

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -Thomas Jefferson

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