WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 AT 11:50AM
A husband and wife went on a lovely vacation for 1 week. There was a nice, warm lake at the vacation spot and they decided to race each other from one side of the lake to the other side. “Ready, set, go”, called out the husband and they both jumped into the water. Counting on his strength, the husband vigorously swam and swam. His wife also swam and somehow arrived at the other side of the lake before he did. Astonished by this, the husband asked, “how did you get here before I did? I am a better swimmer than you and I have more stamina”, he further stated. “I picked a tree as my focal point and I looked up from time to time to make sure I was swimming towards it. That’s all I did to get here,” she finished.
I know that many people make resolutions, set goals and sometimes don’t accomplish them. There may be plethora of reasons why the goals never get achieved; one of it may be not having a plan to achieve the goals. I often counsel our clients on tracking and the clients who use the tracking journals we provide them show more success and feel happier about their results than those who set the tracking tool aside and say they can mentally track.
Personally, I like to see and know, at any given time, where I am, what I am doing and how I am doing. So, I track. I have several trackers for various uses because I can measure my successes and see my “missed takes” which in and of themselves are super gems I use to get better.
“I know, I know, one more thing to keep track of, sheesh”, you’re probably thinking. However, if you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there? When you track your goals and intentions, you get your roadmap to success and you can easily get back on track for those times when life curveballs swing you off course. Because I track, I have made strides in accomplishing my health goals. As a result, I know definitively, how my health and wellbeing are doing and I can keep moving on my everlasting journey to optimal health.
Like the wife who picked a tree as her focal point, tracking my health and other areas of my life give me focus and also my daily to do action items so I can get to my destination.
As 2016 is rolling in, how are you going to track your better health resolutions?