Unexpected things happen every day. Someone doesn’t show up for work. A client forgets to call and cancel the appointment. Your special ingredient is sold out at both locations. There is absolutely no parking space anywhere at your favorite gym.
How do you handle these things? Life is frustrating. Plans don’t work out the way we expected–or hoped.
When coworkers don’t show, we generally have to get creative and figure out how to either get both jobs done or connect with others to see that the other person’s workload is divvied up or cancelled.
When someone no-shows for a meeting? We can use that time to rework our plans, study something we are learning, or go for a walk for the remainder of the original meeting time.
The missing ingredient. Ugh! Irritating beyond rational thinking sometimes. Reasonable people likely find a similar replacement. I’m more likely to scrap the whole planned meal and try something completely different.
The “no place to park” happens more often than I imagined it would. Fortunately, my gym membership is with a chain gym, so I just go to a different location. If I didn’t belong to a chain gym, I do have equipment at home to use.
Working out at home requires you have a workout plan. Winging it may keep you active, but that doesn’t necessarily help you meet your training goals. Have a few written workouts for home–total body strength, conditioning, and upper/lower body options.
You don’t need to have Plan B where you settle for less than your goal, but you do need to have flexible options in place for those days when life happens. Because it does happen. In fact, sometimes those obstacles can actually cause us to expand our goals.
Our outlook needs to be as flexible as our schedules and our bodies so we can be …
Fit for FUN + Fit for LIFE
Fit for FUN + Fit for LIFE 