Walking is underrated.

It has great health benefits such as geting your blood circulating better, keeping you "regular" and working your muscles... But did you know it has psychological benefits as well? 

Walking and looking out at your surroundings (not on a treadmill) stimulates your mind. It can be the extra oxygen to your brain or maybe just being out "in the world" like we were intended - either way, if you ever feel stagnate, a little blue - or need to find a solution to a problem --- take a walk!

Walking is underrated.

It has great health benefits such as geting your blood circulating better, keeping you "regular" and working your muscles... But did you know it has psychological benefits as well? 

Walking and looking out at your surroundings (not on a treadmill) stimulates your mind. It can be the extra oxygen to your brain or maybe just being out "in the world" like we were intended - either way, if you ever feel stagnate, a little blue - or need to find a solution to a problem --- take a walk!

New Year Resolutions are a weird thing... 

On the one hand, it is a tradition of setting goals for yourself for the new year. On the other, it is a recipe for setting yourself up for failure if you don't achieve those goals.  Then there is always the option of not making any resolutions. How many times have we said to ourselves: "My resolution is to not make any resolutions"?  It seems like we already accepted that we are such failures that we can't even commit to something, because we already KNOW we are going to fail.

"If you see me on the road, slay me"

I'm paraphrasing because I have a horrible memory, but I'm pretty sure Buddah said it to his followers... It means that if you are concentrating to hard on being a buddist you are missing the point.   Sometimes I feel that if we concentrate too much on whether or not we will meet our resolutions, we miss the point...  The point is that it gives us a chance to reflect and "steer the ship of our lives"... I look at resolutions now as a guide post - not something to achieve or fail at... It makes the whole thing a lot more pleasant.

I'm the king of putting stuff off.

There was a time, in the not so distant past, when I was great at getting things done.  One book I read that really helped back then was "Getting Things Done" and "First Things First"...

The first talks about clearing out as many small things as you can immediately - to leave your mind clear for the bigger projects... then it goes on to demonstrate good methods for actually getting stuff done by setting specific actionable goals like "call financial advisor at 818-555-1212" instead of vague ones like "do finances".

The second talks about defining what's important to you and only doing the truly important things first.

They both are helpful books... I need to read them again --- someday... ;)

en·zyme –noun Biochemistry:
any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion.

Did you know that the negative side of pasteurization is that most of the enzymes in the food are destroyed?

It's no wonder we are getting fatter and sicker as a nation, we don't properly digest our food!  Our bodies produce some enzymes, but we need assistance from the food we eat to break it down further... So, if there aren't any enzymes in the food - what does that leave us? 

I've been taking digestive enzyme pills for a week now and I notice a difference after I eat. I don't feel as stuffed or bloated.  I can go on about the health benefits - but since I'm not a doctor, you wouldn't believe me anyway.

All I can say is that just the few things I noticed make it worth a try. If you feel it has no effect then save your money - if you feel it helps - then that's one more victory for the "Self Improvement Blog"!!