2012 YEARLY Resolutions or Setting DAILY Intentions?

Well, another year is here and the question of “What are your resolutions this year” seems to be coming at me from all directions.

There are always the typical, easy ones to state, though difficult, or IMPOSSIBLE, to keep such as, “I am going to never eat sugar again” or “My desk will be organized and tidy at the end of each day” (that is one I make every year and fail miserably on about day 4) or, of course, the typical and popular, “I am going to lose 10 lbs and work out for an hour ever day.”  Hmmm, for those with a determined list in hand, these seem to last about a week and then it’s straight back to a messy desk and the hidden stash of chocolate for late afternoons.

I am one of the lucky ones, in terms of fitness, that has always been an athletic and a fitness junkie addicted to endorphins.  I genuinely have sympathy for those who truly believe they are “allergic to sweat”.  However, I would like to urge my friends and colleagues who are afflicted with said physical fitness phobias that there is a plethora of good reasons for working out other than the obvious.  Exercise has been shown to improve mental clarity and memory.  Those who exercise are more productive at work (even with messy desks). Exercise increases the strength of your heart and exercise reduces stress. I am not even talking about a full blown hour a day here folks.   Why not begin with parking farther away from grocery store, or your work place, take the stairs, do a couple laps around the office (I jest here) but you get the idea.

Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Alzheimer’s Research Center at the Mayo Clinic, said on ABC: “Regular physical exercise is probably the best means we have of preventing Alzheimer’s disease today, better than medications, better than intellectual activity, better than supplements and diet.”  All that is required is raising your heart rate for 30 minutes several times a week.  I believe this benefit in itself is well worth the effort and time invested.

The main point I am trying to emphasize is let’s cease making those YEARLY resolutions that seem to set us up for failure and commit to making Daily resolutions.

I, for one, am going to set DAILY intentions for both my work goals and my fitness/health plan.  One day at a time and before we know it, no more hidden chocolate stash, we have more energy, we are sharper,  we are accomplishing more, and hey, not many people have to look at my messy desk anyway!

By: Bonnie Fish – Account Executive at Imprimis Group, Inc.

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