Focus on the journey, not the destination., Fitness is a never ending journey...
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Vidhi Shah - June 01, 2021
Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. “Fitness is a never-ending journey, not a destination. You can never reach a point and say, now I've achieved my goal and can stop my workout routine and can eat whatever I want to, in whatever quantity I want because You will be back to where you started.”
Our body is capable of anything that our mind feeds it with, you feed your mind with positivity, your mind would just follow. It’s easy to want things. We always want. The latest and greatest shiny object is what we lust after. But why is it that after we’ve attained said object, we don’t want it anymore? That’s because it’s human nature to want what we cannot have. We’ve always wanted what we couldn’t have. For whatever reason, that’s just the fact of the matter. However, if you’re serious about focusing on the journey, you have to be grateful for what you have right now. Because the truth is that what you have in your life right now was once something you wanted. Even if it’s not what you want today. In the past, it was something you sought out.
Exercise and breathe: Exercise is crucial in life. If you’re not exercising, you need to create the habit immediately. Exercise is one of the most beneficial habits that you can have. It gets the entire blood pumping and oxygen flowing into all your cells. It keeps your heart healthy and releases all sorts of good hormones like dopamine and serotonin into your system.
You should also breathe. There are plenty of exercises that help you focus on your breath. Yoga is one such example. Use Yoga to exercise if you’re looking for something less strenuous, but be sure to concentrate on your breathing. Simply getting out there into the world and staying active is a very important element to any person’s life, so don’t ignore it. Exercise will also help you with eliminating toxins from your body and mind. It will help you concentrate and focus your mind on the task at hand. It will give you the strength and the ammunition to stop dwelling on the destination and start obsessing over the journey.
Manage your time effectively: It’s easy to get dissuaded and lose sight of the journey when we squander our time. Then, when we’re scrambling to get stuff done we wonder why we’re so stressed out. If this defines your day for the most part then you need to institute an effective time management system so that you can stop worrying and start focusing. Time is the most precious commodity that we all have. It’s also the greatest equalizer. No one person has more time than the other. It doesn’t matter what you do or who you are or how much money you have, we all have the same amount of time. Just 24 hours in a given day. That’s it. Nothing more. However, how you manage the precious little time you do have says a lot about you. If you’re wasting it away on mindless pursuits, then you can’t expect to get ahead. I know this feeling very well because it’s very hard to stay supremely focused for an extended period. It’s very easy to lose focus. That’s especially true when you don’t have something meaningful driving you and fueling you forward every single day. But it’s important to do it if you’re serious about instilling discipline into your life. With self-discipline comes an understanding that things will not happen overnight. Rather, it’s about the simple little secrets that you practice every single day that helps to inch you closer and closer to your goals without having to obsess over them or lose sight of the journey along the way. hence, fitness is a never-ending journey...