Can you believe summer is coming to an end already. It feels like we just started enjoying the nice weather and here we are entering into a new season of schedules changing causing some us to feel uneasy about new routines.  As we start to feel like we are losing ourselves in the chaos of being a parent, significant other, a brother, sister, student, employee, boss etc... we need to make an intentional effort to focus on ourselves. Yes...YOU. It's okay to be a little selfish and make YOU a priority.

When meeting with new clients I often use the "airplane" analogy. Before take off as you sit in your seat looking forward, you get the safety talk from the flight attendants. They always say if the oxygen masks drop, secure your mask around your face before helping the person next to you.  Why? Because if you don’t help yourself first, you can’t help the person next to.

If you take care of yourself, you take care of others.

How does this translate to what we are talking about? Well sometimes its okay to focus on YOU before anyone else. If you don't take the time to be a little selfish and take care of YOU, you won't be able to help others around you. Taking care of yourself can be different for everyone. For some it is mental health, for others it may be physical and/ or for spiritual.  The cool things is below I listed 3 basic tips to help improve any of those areas.

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1. Make your bed first thing in the morning: there was a famous commencement speech given by Adm. William McRaven, a retired Navy Seal who shared his experiences going through training and how they translate into every day life (I will add the link to the video at the end). One of the first lessons he learned was to start your day by making your bed. It's a trivial and simple task. But as we start the day completing a simple, mindless task, we set ourselves up for success to start the day. It gives the feeling of being organized and accomplished before you even leave your bedroom.  This simple task provide encouragement that the day ahead is yours for the taking. Worse case… if you still have crappy day, at least you come home to a well made bed. Check out the video below!

2. Prepare your food ahead of time. Food is one of the few things we have complete control over. We can't control the traffic, your boss, the attitude of your kids, the weather , the stock market etc...but you can control what you put into your body. Food can be the best medicine or worse poison and we have 100% control over that choice. When I worked with clients and they talk about not feeling great mentally, generally a place we start to look is what they are putting into their body. When we can identify the poor choices being made more often than not and provide some guidance in better choices, the transformation is pretty astonishing.

Prep your food the night before or even over the weekend for the week. It will prevent you from eating out and you'll save a bunch of money.  Keep things simple. Don’t be complex with the new fad diets, dont worry about what others are eating and posting online. Each person is different and each person needs to find something that is sustainable and super simple to follow otherwise you will set yourself up for failure. Guess what? We can HELP YOU with that!

3. Exercise. I can get into the data about what 30-60 mins of exercise does for your mental and physical well being. I can talk about the endorphins that are naturally released into your body which if a pharmaceutical company could replicate it would bankrupt the industry...but we don’t need to cover that right now. At its simplest form, intentional exercise where we are working hard, sweating and breathing heavy is one of the most important things we should be completing daily. Our bodies are meant to move. The stronger we are the more independent we become. We need a strong heart and lungs (pretty sure COVID proved that). In addition , the time you spend exercising is an investment into your health and wellness- which you really only get one shot at.  If you read, listen or talk to most successful people in life and ask what their routines are the majority all mention that 30-60 minutes of exercise / weight training a day is a staple in their daily lives.

Here is the best part…most people will read this and thing “I don't know where to even start”. Start with us at Bionic CrossFit. This is what we do. Yes we workout. Yes, we all love CrossFit. We love it because it works. But more than working out, we help YOU dial in proper food choices, we help YOU learn how to prioritize things you can and can’t control. We have a community of people that will do nothing but support your journey to becoming a better version of yourself.

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Make your bed speech