Thank you to our wonderful member Diana for sharing this in our New Life Promise Family Facebook group a while back.
I saved it as soon as I saw it, because I absolutely LOVE this. I really do strive to accomplish something in each of these categories every single day.
Sometimes we think getting healthy just means eating the right foods and exercising, and we forget about the mental component or the spiritual component.
I like these 3 guidelines because it helps you touch on all the vital aspects of health every single day.
Here’s how I get each of these in…
A Physical Win
At the beginning of each week, I take a look at my calendar and schedule my workouts. I then take a look at my schedule each day and make sure the scheduled time still works on that particular day (since things can change quickly when you have 2 kids).
This scheduling piece is pretty important as I can’t just let my workouts happen by chance. When I do that, they just don’t happen. Life is so busy and workouts can quickly get derailed by so many other things.
For my workouts, right now I am enjoying using an app for strength training and then ending with some walking on the treadmill. On the days I don’t strength train, I will do a pretty lengthy stretching workout and take one of the dogs on a long walk.
If you don’t know where to start with your workouts, our BodyFIT Foundations program is a great strength training program for any beginner exerciser, or anyone who may be getting started again after not working out for a while.
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A Mental Win
Just like we need to exercise our muscles, we also need to exercise our brains every day. This becomes even more important as we get older.
I find that in the age of technology, people’s attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and one of the best ways to prevent that from happening is to spend some time reading every day.
Now, I’m a bookworm, so no one needs to convince me to pick up a book each day, but if you’re not, giving yourself little mini reading goals can help.
Of course, I recommend reading your Bible every day and if you can do that not on your phone, that would be great (although any way you read the Bible is a win). You can then spend some time journaling about what you read… again, preferably not on a computer or phone but using good ol’ pen and paper.
If you want to add to that, give yourself the goal of reading 5 pages of a book you know you will enjoy each day. You will be surprised by how many books you will finish each year by just reading a few pages a day.
Just this simple practice will help you use your brain well each day.
A Spiritual Win
I know you probably already know how powerful prayer is, but are you incorporating it into your day as much as you should?
The answer for you may be yes, but I know for me, until I started making a real effort to incorporate specific prayer times into my day, my prayer list would get long and my prayer time was short.
Now, I have specific times in my day when I pray, and I even have an alarm set on my phone for the afternoon prayer time.
In the morning, after I have completed my morning work time and my Bible reading, I spend time in prayer asking the Lord to guide my day. Sometimes I will listen to a worship song during this time (right now, my favorite song is "Here As In Heaven" by Elevation Worship) and spend some time in worship.
Later in the day, at 3pm, I have an alarm set on my phone that reminds me to stop everything and pray. This actually started when my best friend put together a small prayer group that had nine girls, all in different states and different countries, all praying at the same time. I absolutely loved it so much that I decided to continue praying at that time every day even when our group ended.
How about you? What is the best way for you to get a win in each category each day?
Spend some time today thinking about each category and what small changes you may need to make to get these 3 valuable wins in each day.