1) What's Important? Goals What is most important to you? Keeping your house spotless? Knitting afghans for your best friends' babies? Running every morning? Volunteering at your kids' school? Your goals are the basis of your routines. 2) What's Urgent? Priorities What are the tasks that you can't put off or delegate to someone else? Driving morning carpool? Working your 9-to-5 job? Taking your mother-in-law to weekly medical appointments? Your priorities are an important part of your routines. |
9. Stretch it out in the office. If you work in an office all day, that doesn't mean you can't fit in some exercise. Get up and stretch often. Rather than walking to the vending machine, walk a few laps around the office. 10. Don't stop when you shop. That is, before you begin shopping at larger department stores, supermarkets, ware houses, malls, etc., walk at a brisk pace aisle to aisle a number of times around the store. You'll be able to scope out what you need, and keep your body moving at the same time.
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7. Clean and groove. Put on some rockin' tunes and deep clean your home. Scrubbin, mopping, vacuuming, dusting and the like, can all burn lots of calories. 8. Do something fun. In the winter, you can go outside and rake leaves. In the summer, run around in the sprinkler with your kids. Use the opportunities of the season to have fun and exercise at the same time. |
5. Skip the escalator. Whenever you have the opportunity to do so, take the stairs instead of the escalator. While escalators are a great modern convenience in many cases, stairs are a wonderful exercising tool! 6. Make your lunchbreak productive. Use that 30 minutes or hour you get for lunch each day to go for a walk or play a game of racquetball.
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