Do Not Let Yourself Go Soft Mentally or Physically

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Have you read a book or participated in a physical activity

lately? I had no idea how soft I was getting mentally and

physically. Stop and Look at yourself, you see what I'm talking

about, but do not want to believe what you see. I am right on

point concerning this matter for most of us, think about it and

be honest with yourself.

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Have you read a book or participated in a physical activity

lately? I had no idea how soft I was getting mentally and

physically. Stop and Look at yourself, you see what I'm talking

about, but do not want to believe what you see. I am right on

point concerning this matter for most of us, think about it and

be honest with yourself. I want you to stop here and take a

minute to assess you mental and physical state on a scale of 1 to

10. Times up, anything less than an honest 5, you need to make a

mental note to yourself as I have done. My mental note was

simply to remind myself, as I get older do not stop challenging

the mind and keep the body physically active. For those of you

who are physically and mentally fit, you may opt out at this

point or possibly learn something, even feel free to move on to

another article or just stick around.

What I mean by soft is the lack of mental or physical endurance I

used to have, is just not there. I'm no talking about running a

5K race or studying for your CPA Exam, just an improvement in the

frequency of engagement in a mental and physically challenging

activity. This will require a few basic preparation steps

because you are the only one that can change you current behavior

that allowed the softness to prevail.

You have already started by simply getting this far in the

article, next step is to breakdown your day and select times for

simple mental and physical activity. I started on the mental

part first by creating a brainstormed list of subject matter I

wanted to read about or research. The brainstorm list for mental

activity was all over the place and included improving my

Internet business skills., professional education, learn a new

language, mystery and science fiction books and self improvement

websites and forums (insert). My commitment was to read for at

least 15 minutes each day on one of the chosen items on my list.

I found at the beginning I read books of interest such as Birds

of Prey by Wilbur , Sahara by Clive Cussler. After a while

15 minutes was nothing, and I actually found my vocabulary was

growing. Another part of the reading effort was to write down

words I did not understand or know the meaning of. I kept these

in a notebook that I regularly refer to and make myself find out

the definition. Usually I have the word, and book it was from

referenced, not always for some people this may be a little much.

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2006/05/10 .

Here is my latest word: Turgid html

I have been in the mental activity groove regularly for 6 months

now and can definitely tell a difference in my mental sharpness

and attention span, not to mention I am actually learning new

words and using them.

Onto physical activity...this will be up to you to get out of the

chair, off the couch and computer. Get outside and do something

besides trim and mow the lawn. You know your physical limitations

and I do not want to attempt to promote something beyond your

capabilities. Just some level of physical activity engagement.

There are chair aerobics, go for a walk, ride a bike, go visit a

neighbor, play basketball with the kids or even join the local

health club. Again brainstorm and create a list of physical

activities you can perform, start slow, check with your doctor

and begin. I started 3 weeks ago committing to a local health

club, 3 times a week to do treadmill and machine resistance work.

Guess what, I'm actually looking forward to going, soon you will

also.

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