I wanted to get my yoga teacher certificate – so I went and did it!
What would life be like if we never procrastinated? Where do you think you might be now if, instead of putting things off, you had simply done what needed to be done without making a big deal about it?
Procrastination takes a lot of effort and doesn’t make us feel good about ourselves. So why do we do it?
If you are honest with yourself, there are a couple of reasons why it seems better to put something off than to just do it. One is fear, and the other is because the project isn’t something you actually want to do.
Why do we do things we don’t want to do? It could be to save money, or to try to make someone else happy, or out of a sense of obligation. When a project excites us we jump ahead and would never think of putting it off. If it holds no interest for us, then we approach it with a sense of resentment and avoidance.
Yoga – a commitment to body, mind and soul and the union of the three
It’s so difficult to motivate others. It can be difficult enough to motivate ourselves.
Being in the health field as a Holistic Health Coach, I have spent most of my life educating myself and following research on what different diets and lifestyles can do for our health.
One of the most interesting books I have read on the subject is The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner. It’s fascinating to learn that there are distinct regions in the world where not only do people live longer, they remain healthy and active until very late in life.
It’s one thing to live a long time, but quite another if you aren’t really living.
What has always struck me as the most fascinating thing is that once the Western diet begins to encroach on these regions, as in when fast food restaurants start to take up residence, life expectancy drops to match the rest of the world.
This is the first time in modern history that life expectancy in the civilized world is declining. Today’s children aren’t going to live as long as their parents did.
For the sake of convenience, we are sacrificing our health.
But even with all of the research out there, and the knowledge we now have of how our lifestyles directly affect our lifespan and life quality, the majority of people aren’t doing anything about it.
There is a lot of conflicting information out there, with a great deal of studies published that are paid for by the industries that have a vested interest in the results. Clarity and honesty is becoming more difficult to find.
But when I look around and see how many young people are overweight, on medication, dealing with serious health issues and mental issues, I wonder where things went so wrong.
I’m not here to change the world. I like to share what I have learned, and those who are interested in feeling a little better and taking control of their own health can do what they like with the information.
If even one person benefits from what I am doing, then that is enough.
