Sports & Wellness
Making Time For Sports and Physical Activities
It can be hard to find time to do sporting activities with our modern busy lifestyle. Being healthy and active has become a skill you need to learn. In this article we explore, how you can organise your sports sessions to fit into your lifestyle.
Everyone wants
to be healthy and fit, but the most often sighted excuse from someone who wants
to get fit is the lack of time for physical activities.
Could it be that too many of us can't
afford the time to work out and keep ourselves healthy and fit? The short
answer is no, but the long answer is worth looking into.
While some have little to no window in
their life to engage in physical activities for myriad reasons, that is not the
case for most of us.
With adequate planning and proper time management, finding time for sports and other physical activities should not be very hard, and in this post, we will explore some of those practices.
Write down what you need to do
Before you push things onto a
calendar, it is first necessary to identify things you need to do and how to do
them. And finally, affirm those details.
So block 30-45 minutes on your
calendar and sit down with no distractions and write down the following
details:
1. What part of my health do I need to work on?
2. Is there a sport or activity that suits my body?
3. What are my goals with this exercise?
4. What time frame is realistic for my schedule?
You can take down these pointers on a
physical notebook using a method known as flow
note-taking.
This is where you start on an empty
page with the core idea in the middle, note down your thoughts, and then
connect them to the core idea.
The flow notes method will help you put your unorganized thoughts on paper so that you can start to see a pattern or get some insight to move to the next step.
Get the opinion of a professional on your plan
You know your body well and have a gut
feeling about what you need. However, you are also prone to biases, making it
necessary for a professional to vet your plan.
A professional will also tell you what
results you can expect for your effort so that your expectations are grounded
in reality.
You can choose to take either online
or in-person
private sports coaching, whichever suits your schedule the best.
Employ the Ivy Lee method
You can use productivity methods like
the Ivy Lee method to ensure that physical
activity is part of your daily priorities.
Employing the Ivy Lee method is as
simple as listing the six most important things you need to do that day. You
can choose at least one of those things to be a sports-related activity.
The Ivy Lee method focuses on
chronology quite a bit, making you not only add sports to your everyday
schedule but also where it should likely occur.
Similar to this method, several others
from the productivity realm can take advantage of such as time blocking, eating
the frog, etc.
Make sports part of your calendar
What is out of sight is often out of
mind, so it is critical to add your sports plan to your calendar so that you
constantly see and are reminded of it.
As discussed earlier, you can add
sports activity right at the beginning of your Ivy Lee method list and schedule
time early in the morning for it on your calendar.
Blocking time for activities on your
calendar gives these activities the attention they need instead of gathering
dust at the back of the closet.
Pre-plan and clear schedules the day before
If you want to get something done
effectively, planning for the day ahead is always beneficial.
You don't want to wake up trying to
figure out the first thing you need to do.
Instead, if you have the plan set the
night before, you can wake up and start executing your plan instead of
aimlessly contemplating.
It would help if you also considered
clearing out your schedule and possible hurdles you might come across while
executing your plan.
As long as physical activities and
health are high on your priority list, you should be able to clear out
distractions reasonably quickly.
Have an accountability partner
You are less likely to bail on your
workout when you have someone to hold you accountable. And this role can be
played by your friend, mentor, or sports
coach.
Ideally, this should be someone you
respect, and they should hold you to a higher standard than you do yourself.
Coaches are perfectly positioned to
help you with this since that is their job, and your improvement is a definite
incentive for them.
Start small and build on
In the book Atomic Habits - the author
argues that progress happens when you make minor incremental improvements
consistently.
If you rely on major actions to
improve your health and fitness, you will soon realize that it is not sustainable.
When you want to do something
long-term, it has to be realistic and sustainable, and improvement has to be
gradual yet challenging.
The easiest way to do this is to join
a sports program or a local sports club so that you can outsource the logistics
to them and only focus on showing up & working out.
And that is all about making time for
sports and other physical activities. Getting started is half the job, so get
those wheels in motion.
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