Currently I am preparing to open
my own practice for Exercise Physiology and allied health. Off course this has
taken me a lot of time as I am undertaking a small business course while working. I am hoping to have a bricks and
mortar practice open soon but I also hope to do some online programming. If
anyone out there is interested please contact me. Now this brings me to my next
point which is health and fitness goals are similar to business goals.
I know a lot of you out there a skeptical but the one thing connecting both business and our health goals is
time. Society as a whole is becoming more time poor each and every day. We are
all struggling with work long hours,
having families and sometimes it seems hard just to keep our heads above the
preverbal water. Which leads me to my
next point, by far the biggest excuse I hear from people is, “I just don`t have
the time to exercise”. This is often followed up with,” I don’t have time to
eat healthy I just grab whatever”. Sometimes in life this can be true. I am
sure you all expected me to get on my high horse but life can get in the way of
our goals. What I am truly worried about is do people really know what is
taking up their time?
Even while being time poor there a many options for those
trying to improve health. The first option is as simple as keeping a food
dairy. Often when people ask me about food dairies I ask “do you check your
bank account?” Almost always yes is the
answer. So off course then I ask why don’t you track your food? This may lead
to various excuses many which fall into apathy and lack of knowledge. For me it
is simple, if you track your bank account why don`t you track your food. Aren’t
both these aspects equally important to you? For well and truly over a year now
I have been keeping a food diary. With all the advances in technology it has
become a lot easier than most people think. If you have enough time to watch TV at night then you have enough time to do this.
And to those few who say I don’t even
have a few minutes each day to keep a food dairy, I say start a time dairy.
Built of the same premise as a food dairy a time dairy can help expose the
everyday activities that is sucking up your time and stopping you from reaching
your goals. TV is just one example of a time thief you may discover if you keep
a time diary. I am interested to know what things come up for you. You may even
find you have great time usage, or that certain things can be increased. Like
in business “if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it”. Our time is precious
if we can achieve our goals and dreams by using our time better shouldn’t we?
Post in the comments below your biggest time thief.
