I am good at getting
stuff done. What I’m not good at is
getting it done with a sense of calm. I
think I am not alone in this and that it is an issue for our fitness.
Not everything we do has
to be accomplished with gritted teeth at Threat Level 500. We need simple, guilt-free rubrics to
encourage us to do enough and then let go.
I am always coming up
with a new system to track what I need to do without making myself feel
overwhelmed and hopeless. Here’s what I’m
trying right now. I have a post-it note
on my computer with four words on it (well, plus a couple of other notes that I
jotted there). They are: body, mind, creation, connection. If I do one thing for each of those
categories every day, I win.
So maybe I do a weight
workout, take some notes for my nutrition class, work on a quilt, and trade
jokes with my kid. Or maybe I walk with a
friend (hey! That works for two
things!), knit, and read a book with my lunch.
Some days the emphasis will be more on the body part, some days more on
something else, but if I do something in every category, it’s enough.
What is working for you
right now?
