Health & Fitness

Last week, I ran across a quote that made me smile because it resonated with me. It was from Teddy Roosevelt, who was known to call it like it is. Here are his words of wisdom: “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” The harsh reality is that we make choices, we make excuses and we make the life that we have. And if it’s not the life that we want, we have only one place to look to find the culprit – the mirror. So, let’s do a reality check. Do you find yourself caught in some of these limiting patterns that keep you trapped in a life or a situation that is not in your best interest? Putting Off Happiness The first set of excuses fall in what I call the deferral of happiness...

The pressure mounts all day long to go faster and faster. Little phrases become all too familiar, crank that report out before 8:30, spend less time talking, spend more time doing, get to that meeting early, have those numbers on my desk by yesterday, can you get to the store before it closes. As you frantically walk in the door, don’t forget to get that power walk in before you eat dinner.  GO-GO GOOOOOOOOOOO!  All the while there is that little voice inside your head saying “Hey buddy, don’t you want to slow down a bit?”  Unfortunately for some of us (myself included), that little voice gets told to shut up because we have important stuff to do! Working hard, being efficient, and having a very productive day might make you feel like you are getting...

Here’s my theory – if you’re like 93.5% of the people out there, tomorrow is screwing you up! You see, as long as you have tomorrow, you can put off all those things that you’re planning to get around to.  And you can justify why you’re not getting to the really important stuff. Your dreams will wait. Your big idea can simmer. Your fun adventure will be there one day. And you can certainly put off those things that you know would make you happier in the long run.  Why start now, when we have tomorrow? Right? You can start that diet tomorrow. You can take that class the next time around. You can have that heart-to-heart conversation with your child tomorrow. So one question for you, “How would your life change if you lived today like there were no...