How many times have we said to ourselves: "From Monday I change everything"?
We start a diet, decide to exercise, sleep more, drink more water or finally take care of ourselves.
Let's start full of enthusiasm.
Then, after a few days, something changes. Commitments increase, motivation decreases, and we return to old habits.
Maybe the problem is just this: too often we think of change as something big and immediate.
In fact, the benessere it is built above all through many small choices, repeated over time.
Today we are surrounded by promises: miraculous products, quick solutions, programs capable — at least on paper — of changing our lives in a short time.
But the next time the whole family's doing an salute That's not how it works.”
Diet, physical activity, sleep, stress and daily habits contribute together to our state of salute. The World Health Organization considers self-care and lifestyles to be important elements in the promotion of salute. WHO – Self-care interventions
That doesn't mean you have to live perfectly.
It means learning to do better choices, with greater awareness.
Sometimes much more simply than we imagine.
We can walk a little more.
We can include more variety in our diet.
We can dedicate ourselves regularly to physical activity.
We can pay more attention to sleep.
We can learn to recognize when we need to slow down.
Nothing extraordinary.
That's sort of the beauty of it, I think.
A single choice probably won't change our lives. A repeated choice can become a habit. And a set of good habits can change the way we live.
This is perhaps one of the most important aspects.
Taking care of yourself doesn't mean doing everything right, always.
There will be days when we eat less well, exercise less, or sleep less.
That's not the problem.
The problem arises when a day becomes a week, a week becomes a month and we stop taking care of ourselves.
This is why I think it is much more useful to look for the continuità instead of perfection.
Don’t Ask yourself
“How can I completely change my life?”
Ask yourself in advance:
“What is one thing I can improve on as of today?”
We can wait for the right time.
Or we can start.
A piece of cake.
A more balanced meal.
With training.
An extra hour of sleep.
A little less time in front of the smartphone.
A conscious choice instead of an automatic choice.
That doesn’t seem like much.
But that's how you build a path.
If there's one thing I've learned, we don't have to wait until we have a problem to start taking care of ourselves.
Its salute and benessere should not be a project to start "sooner or later".
They should enter, little by little, into our daily lives.
Because in the end it's not the big promises that make the difference.
It's the little choices we have the courage to repeat every day.
Don't think of ten things to change.
Think about one.
And start with that one.
Today.