How Your Friends Make It Easy to be Healthy: Sleep & Swim
This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month. Since it takes 21-30 days to develop a new habit, making a goal for the month ahead is an effective strategy.
The buddy system is one of the main ways to get motivated. I’ve always found that if I say out loud to someone what I plan on doing, I’m more likely to do it. Because if I say I will, I feel responsible to follow through.
Age doesn’t matter. It’s never too late. You can always make progress and even reverse the signs of aging!
Last month, Chris’s goal was to catch up on sleep and take a vacation to a sunny place. My goal was to swim once a week, and if the weather got in the way, I was to swim indoors or on an extra day when it was sunny again. Here’s how we did: Continue Reading
