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Grassroots with passion
Recall that the Air element involves logical steps and procedures. We can set goals, but we also neeed to follow through by outlining the steps to take to reach our goals. Perhaps it involves getting enough rest – what steps do we need to get enough rest per day? We can list a series of steps that relates to winding down our day earlier to get enough rest and ensuring that the rest we get is good and adequate. Perhaps it involves getting enough exercise – what steps do we need to get enough exercise per day? We can schedule a set time in our day for exercise and get our exercise gear ready ahead of time. We can plan progressive steps to achieve our exercise goals. For instance, we can target to run one kilometre for three separate days for the first week, and then add 500 metres for every subsequent week until we are able to run five kilometres without much problems. The Water element involves building relationships and rapport. Building a good relationship with our doctor and scheduling a periodical health screening is a logical thing to do when it comes to taking the lead in keeping ourselves healthy. Finding the motivation to exercise might be hard if we go at it alone. Perhaps we can get friends or family members to tag along and encourage one another to pick up the healthy habit of exercising regularly. This way we not only keep healthy but get to build bonds with the ones who matter to us by fostering the habit of being healthy together. Finally, the Fire element works on ideas and possibilities. Whatever we do, it must be sustainable and easily kept up. Once we find it a formidable task, in all likelihood we will not continue to build it into a habit. Find ways to ensure that our healthy habits are cultivated by our current lifestyle. If we aspire to make our own healthy food, which part of our lifestyle can make that work? Maybe we go groceries shopping weekly – we can make the time to plan out and purchase all the required ingredients necessary to make our healthy meals. We can join a gym with classes that will motivate us to exercises regularly. Nowadays there are gyms that are open 24 hours a day to fit our busy schedules. In short, the possibilities are endless. Be creative and think of ideas to integrate keeping healthy into our daily routine. Remember nobody will take charge of our health if not ourselves. Set goals to achieve our health targets, outline steps to achieve them, work with people around us to get to our targets and think of possibilities of how we can integrate healthy habits into our busy life.
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