It seems like every few months I need to be reminded about healthy rhythms and routines. Fortunately I do have a few things built into my life that remind me. One is subscribing to various blogs — one of which is The Energy Project. It was The Energy Project author, Tony Schwartz, that inspired me to create my daily, weekly, monthly, and annual routines. Of course, I have the tendency to put the effort into the plan and then think the execution will just happen. Ha. That never works. I told an entrepreneur the other day that if it wasn’t hard work then he probably wasn’t going down the right road. Now I just have to be reminded about that daily. It takes hard work. Hard work doesn’t mean there isn’t joy. In fact, hard work can produce more joy. Hard work doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. It just means that nearly everything the world has to offer is going to take hard work.
And that principle goes for maintaining healthy rhythms in life. So I’m off to revisit my daily, weekly, monthly and annual routines.
PS Below is a link and some excerpts to the blog post that recently spurred me on.
How to Recover Your Core Rhythm – The Energy Project
Exercise also positively influences our cognitive functioning, and our mood. We ought to be exercising nearly every day, ideally for at least 45 minutes, including strength training at least twice a week. Less than half of Americans exercise even three times a week for as much as 30 minutes….
The secret to optimal well-being and effectiveness is to make more rhythmic waves in your life. To build the highest level of fitness, for example, it’s critical to challenge the heart at high intensity for short periods of time, and then to recover deeply….
Paradoxically, the most effective way to operate at work is like a sprinter, working with single-minded focus for periods of no longer than 90 minutes, and then taking a break. That way when you’re working, you’re really working, and when you’re recovering, you’re truly refueling the tank.
