It seems like every day we have more to do and more to see and more places to go. Yet, we don’t add any hours to our day, each day is just 24 hours in length and most of us need to spend at least 7 to 8 of those hours sleeping. That leaves 16 hours to get stuff done in. You spend 8 hours at work and that’s 8 hours gone. An hour to get there and an hour to get back, yep, there are 2 more hours that are out of there. Meals take an average of 1 to 2 hours in total each day, so that’s another 2 hours. That leaves just 4 hours for errands, housework, kids and any hobbies you might want to do and of course exercise. This is also only true if you don’t work overtime and don’t spend more time in transit.
So What Do You Do?
I like to exercise and to work out, but my schedule, like everyone else’s has been growing. Most of us throw our workouts out the window first. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, it’s just what happens. We don’t have time, we have too much work, we’re running late – there are a million excuses and they are all very valid. But when we throw our exercise out, we may have more trouble sleeping, we may have more trouble with stress, we may struggle to get things done in a timely manner. In other words – we may have trouble.
So losing those 30 minutes may seem like a good plan in theory, but if it makes the other 23.5 hours less productive, less satisfying, less anything – then that 30 minutes is something we all need.
Recently, I’ve been so busy that I’ve been skipping my morning workout every other morning. I didn’t plan to do it, it just started happening. The days I got my morning workout in were far more productive. I was less restless when sitting down to write, I didn’t constantly feel like I had fifty other things I needed to do. I was more focused, I was more on my game and to be honest, I was a lot more productive than I was on the days when I skipped the work out.
So tell me, do you think it’s worth those 30 minutes? I do. Take back your 30 minutes and develop a whole new appreciation for the phrase of “Just Do It.”