I am a mother of 3 children ages 15, 12, and 8. I take them to school, I pick them up from school, I take them to friends’ houses, I drive them to practices. I attend their events. I listen to their problems and help them with their homework.
I also take care of the household. I buy groceries and make meals. I do loads of laundry and wash dishes and do some sort of cleaning every day. I feed the dog, walk him every day, groom him, and clean up after him.
I also own a gym. The amount of daily things that go on is often times overwhelming. Being a business owner is tough. Helping people is amazing. But it takes a lot of work every day. Answering emails, coaching classes and personal training clients, keeping the gym clean (do you know how many times each day I change the toilet paper rolls?), managing staff, keeping track of inventory, all of the accounting, the list just goes on and on…
I admit that when we first opened, I would be at the gym for 15 or more hours a day. And I was too busy to work out each day. But the thing that I finally realized is that is wasn’t that I was too busy, it was that I hadn’t made myself and my health a priority. It wasn’t that I didn’t HAVE time, it was that I wasn’t MAKING time.
When you are taking care of yourself, you are so much better able to take care of those around you. You can be a better friend, spouse, parent, co-worker.
You deserve to take care of yourself. You deserve to have something that makes you feel good. You deserve to take time to take care of you. You and your health are valuable. Taking care of yourself now will actually give you more time later. You will be happier and healthier and live a better, longer life (according to science.)
How much time each day do we spend mindlessly on social media? How much time do we waste trying to find the end of the internet? A few minutes here and there throughout the day can easily add up to the hour you need to get to the gym.
You have the time each day, you just have to make sure you use it.