3 practices to turning my life back around in 30 days
It is never too late to reset yourself
My life was in tatters in June. There were many new chapters opening and transitional periods that all the structure in my life was unraveling as quickly as my mind was. I knew in July I had to make a change.
The start of the month is always hard for me. I always think about the challenges I didn’t finish or the goals I didn’t complete. I always think about the things that I didn’t get to do and feeling as if time was wasted rather than resetting myself on what I can do right now. And for once, I’m finally thinking of it in terms of the latter.
So here’s what I have planned:
1. Working out consistently
I was doing so well working out 5 days a week even though I began to realize that my body can’t handle that (always listen to your body). But for now, I’m going to do at least 3 days a week. That is a great starting point for someone who wasn’t doing anything for the past month. I need this, not only for my body but for my mind and spirit. While I don’t have a gym membership yet (who knows when that’ll happen) I can still move my body. I’ve already exercised 2 days this week and I look forward to another one.
2. Job Searching
I did stop for a minute. I just could not keep up. I finally applied to 10 in the last week and it has felt great just to keep putting my name out there. Even though I have a job right now and I like it, it's not what I traveled all this way to do. I have to keep pushing on.
3. Eating better/consistently
A large part was my work schedule, especially which was not only all over the place but was restricting me in ways where I literally could not even drink water. And if I don’t have water someone is getting a beating. So because I have a consistent schedule now it’s just a matter of fixing my meals before work, eating homecooked meals, and of course, finding ways to drink more water.
So much of this was what I was doing during the pandemic and to be honest, it is what kept me sane. Sane because I was fed and fueling my body with exercise and food and motivated physically to challenge myself and job hunting to mentally motivate me. It is what I personally need to push through for now.
I will let you know if putting these practices back into my life will make my overall well-being better off.
