Day 32 of 2021-Wellness week day 1

 Good Monday morning my friends! Happy February!!!

How are you feeling today? Did you manage to get a good amount of sleep? How is the weather where you are? We had abut 5 inches of snow and it was just so beautiful!!!

So at my kids school, they sent out a memo that this week is wellness week. They challenged the kids to a wellness activity everyday for 5 days a week.

In an effort to upgrade overall health, I created a wellness week challenge for this week. See below:

As you know, I have been writing minute tips with the hopes of providing you with inspiration to pursue your resolutions or any goals that you set for yourself. Given the pandemic and all else we have going on in our lives, taking care of your mental and physical health is so crucial during this time. A lot of us are experiencing very high levels of stress and as you know having elevated stress levels causes all kinds of health issues.

So pay attention to what you are feeling. Don't ignore your stress or numb your feelings and really try to do things that will keep the stress down. I hope that this weeks challenge gives you the motivation to keep doing the challenge not just for one week but every week. Maybe you can even create your own weekly challenge to help you reach your resolutions.

So the challenge for today is to move for 10mins every hour say from 9:00-7:00pm. I wear a Fitbit so I have a reminder set for me that goes off every hour telling me its time to move. I try to get my 250 steps in every day for 8 hours but honestly there are so many days that I don't.

So the goal for me is to hit the 250 steps every hour and I actually am going to challenge myself every day this week to achieve the goal. If you are working from home, you know how easy it is to just sit still on your screen and to keep working. Take a break every hour and move around. It helps to just get up, stretch a little and walk away from your screen. 

A lot of us are on the screen probably more than usual and with all that is going on, its easier to stay glued to the screen. Take the effort and get up and move, set a timer if you need to. It will help you to de stress a little and refresh your mind. 

I know that when I am working on a problem for a long time that I just can't solve, I just walk away from it and take a walk around the house. When I come back, I feel so much more better and it helps me to see the problem differently and to solve it. 

So walk around the house, go check the mail, take the trash our or just stand outside, but move around. Also notice you feel before and after. Its not that hard but I also know its easier to just sit around especially if you are busy at work. 

Start small if you need to and note that moving helps you improve every part of your body. If you really want to upgrade your mental and physical health, start moving. Just 10mins every hour. You can do it!!

Wishing you peace and happiness from my heart to yours!

Peace,

Monita