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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is becoming a much more frequent topic of conversation in the media and likely with people in our own lives.
Instead of the report cards of our youth listing all of the subjects we have in school, an adult report card can include our top four or five priority areas. For example, perhaps your career is at an all-time successful high (A+), but your eating habits have taken a big hit working late hours and relying on drive-thru windows twice a day as your primary meal source. (Diet: D-)
We don’t need any Ghost of Christmas future to scare us straight. All we need is a calendar, a plan for holiday schedule management and the self-commitment to ensure that we finish the year the way we started it: fully focused on getting things done in 2021!
While having friends makes us healthier, studies have also shown that loneliness and isolation can be harmful to our health. Having people in your life who inspire you, elevate your thinking and motivate you to pursue your best self is an approach that is sure to keep you on the path of continuous progress.
Perhaps the best part about early fall is the cool and crisp weather that can make this one of the most appealing times of the year for outdoor exercise, which is why it’s a perfect time to visit local rail trails.
The BAR40 4-Day Challenge is designed to provide you with a laser focus on one particular goal or priority in your life and locks in time each week dedicated to your pursuit of it. Specifically, the time is 40 minutes per day, 4 days per week.
Give some thought to activities you enjoyed in the past but have, over time, stopped doing. If you find yourself wanting to live a more active lifestyle but less than enthused about traditional workout options, try making a list of your favorite physical activities from when you were a kid on summer vacation.
Many people who now work from home or in a hybrid model are missing the mental downtime they enjoyed during their morning and evening commutes, pre-pandemic. BAR40 author and Saucon Source columnist Eric Bartosz explains that you can still enjoy that mental space with a little planning.
Having everything figured out should not be the goal in life. This mindset runs contrary to much of what we are taught in the classroom, and it’s not a theme that ends in high school.
Would you rather be an ‘old 40’ or a ‘young 70?’ A new study shows how regular exercise can actually help slow down the biological aging process, and in effect, turn back time.