In today’s day and age where “busy” is boastable and time crunches are praised, many people are left feeling like they simply do not have any time, or any time for themselves, or that all they do is work, or some combination of all of these things. Have you been there?
Many people who come to me for help with personal training or nutrient dense eating cite this as one of their top excuses: “I just don’t have time.” Or, my favorite, “I don’t look like you because I don’t workout for three hours a day and cook for an hour each evening.” My response, “Sheesh! Neither do I!”
And while this whole blog is built around the fact that you really don’t need all day to do high quality workouts and enjoy delicious, nutrient dense food, I do think it is a high quality exercise to investigate how much time we are actually spending on various activities throughout our days so that we can make time for what’s most important to us. [Read more…]