We are constantly reminded that in order to be successful you have to be proactive. Day by day, I find myself prioritizing on what is more important to get accomplished. For instance, I am constantly running around trying to complete so many tasks for work and school that I hardly have time or energy left to take care of my personal health.
I have always enjoyed running. I once trained for a marathon but I was never able to accomplish it. There was always a reason that kept me away from doing it; I was in a car accident, I had knee surgery, I changed schools, I moved to a new grade level. I found myself being more reactive than proactive. Recently, I became inspired to get back to training by reading the comeback story of Alpine skier, Lindsey Vonn. Despite of her knee injury, she was able to return to skiing, breaking her own time World Cup record. She definitely set an example for me of taking charge of your own destiny and about having control of your own life.
I am a one hundred percent believer in the connection of where there is a healthy body there is a healthy mind. With years, I have discovered that I perform better at work and at school when I take care of my health by exercising and taking care of my body.
In order to achieve this goal, I would like to invite a colleague and someone close to me to join me in this journey. I am not really a morning person, but I have found myself performing my best when I start early in the day. My plan is to get up early every Saturday morning and go for a long run. This will set my day to get some of my schoolwork completed with a fresh clear mind. In addition to Saturday, I will be scheduling two more days of the week to work out at the gym or run and to get some of my school assignments completed.
I really want to be more proactive and find a balance, not only in my professional life, but also in my personal life.
I would like to end with this quote by Stephen Covey, “The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.”
I have always enjoyed running. I once trained for a marathon but I was never able to accomplish it. There was always a reason that kept me away from doing it; I was in a car accident, I had knee surgery, I changed schools, I moved to a new grade level. I found myself being more reactive than proactive. Recently, I became inspired to get back to training by reading the comeback story of Alpine skier, Lindsey Vonn. Despite of her knee injury, she was able to return to skiing, breaking her own time World Cup record. She definitely set an example for me of taking charge of your own destiny and about having control of your own life.
I am a one hundred percent believer in the connection of where there is a healthy body there is a healthy mind. With years, I have discovered that I perform better at work and at school when I take care of my health by exercising and taking care of my body.
In order to achieve this goal, I would like to invite a colleague and someone close to me to join me in this journey. I am not really a morning person, but I have found myself performing my best when I start early in the day. My plan is to get up early every Saturday morning and go for a long run. This will set my day to get some of my schoolwork completed with a fresh clear mind. In addition to Saturday, I will be scheduling two more days of the week to work out at the gym or run and to get some of my school assignments completed.
I really want to be more proactive and find a balance, not only in my professional life, but also in my personal life.
I would like to end with this quote by Stephen Covey, “The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.”