There is no way you don't have enough time...

No time...No time...No time. Likely the most common complaint we hear. No time to exercise, no time to make healthy eating choices, no time to relax. No time...No time...No time.

How is that possible? Take a good look around. We have blackberries and iPhones, email and web-conferencing, we have tele-commuting and pre-packaged everything.

How is that we never seem to have enough time? How is that we always feel rushed and frenetic? Take a good look around. We have jobs and kids, mortgages and car payments, sleep and family. Now take a closer look...do we also have dozens of after school activities for the kids? Do we work days that are far too long? Do we view exercise as a solitary activity that can't be done with family?

These stressors, these time pressures...many of them are self-inflicted. We race around day in day out trying to keep some semblance of order in an ever-increasingly demanding schedule. Our kids spend hours and hours practicing sports, instruments, and myriad other structured activities. We spend more time at work, watching our productivity plummet with our late afternoon energy levels. We race to the corner store for a cheeseburger or pizza instead of taking 10 minutes to think ahead in the morning. We have no problem forcing ourselves to work harder and longer, convincing ourselves that our children will be the next great superstar, and ignoring our true existence entirely.

I often wonder what keeps us all working at such a pace. Is it that we're trying to hide from ourselves; trying to distract ourselves from the realities in which we live? Is it that we're in constant competition with each other; competing for the biggest, or the best, or the most? What is it, I mean really...what is it? I'm asking because I'm in the weeds. I can't seem to figure it out...as I'm equally guilty as most everyone else.

Life is hard, sure. We need to work, we need to pay our bills, and provide comfort for our families. But take a step back, really examine the damage you're doing to the actual health of your family and yourself, in pursuit of this nebulous grandeur we all tend to seek.

All I'm looking for is 30 minutes each day. That's it. Email me (info@fit2youfitness.com), I'll tell you exactly how to spend those 30 minutes. I'll tell you how much better you'll feel, how grounded, how energized. All I ask is that you try it. Try it and see.

No time...no time...no time. Not true. You have the time...you just need to know how to use it.

--BA

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