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My Addiction To 10K Steps Per Day

A recent client of mine said to me , Well, shoot, that's an expensive way to track steps.  And my response (not out loud) to her was , M mmhmm. Totally worth it.   Recently, I made the decision to get an Apple Watch to track my steps, as I had developed the habit of aiming for 10,000 steps per day.  I'd bought a regular pedometer, a BellaBeat, and some other wristwatch tracker that, while all good, weren't exactly what I was looking for to track my steps accurately.  Enter the Apple Watch, a $500 purchase that essentially allows me to do one main thing (and other cool things): to track my steps precisely and accurately.   My addiction to 10K steps began in March of this year - a few short months ago, when I decided to join the local YMCA to get my body back into shape.  Initially, I took extra steps on the treadmill.  Then, I started taking  extra walks outside with my dogs.  Next, I began tracking the number of steps I took during my workday...

Daily Wellness: Building Better Habits for Life

Here's something to incorporate into your world.  Please take something positive away from checking this out.  And please share.   Daily Wellness: Building Better Habits for Life    

Overcome Procrastination

You've  all been there.  Procrastination is a challenge, and you struggle with: Making decisions.  Delaying, ignoring, or avoiding actions.  Taking the initiative or completing tasks.  Practicing proper time management. Procrastination can lead to and often results in daily burnout. It can negatively impact your self-talk, self-esteem, worth, emotions, and your state of mental health. Even short spurts of procrastination can leave you feeling overwhelmed, insecure, lacking motivation, and wanting to avoid everyone and everything around you; in short, you feel like crawling into a hole and never coming out.  Procrastinators can be energetically withdrawn from people, preferring to be by themselves, are time wasters and avoiders, often blaming others and themselves, and generally have a noncommittal attitude towards projects, goals, or anything long-term, usually feeling ' why bother? ' Procrastination rarely, if ever, leaves you in a better position . Read o...