{"id":192,"date":"2008-09-25T14:01:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.6waghs.net\/poojanblog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2008-09-25T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T19:01:30","slug":"a-healthy-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poojanblog.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/a-healthy-default\/","title":{"rendered":"A healthy default"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a while, I used to try to stick to a set schedule. I’d get very angry at myself when I deviated from it. If, for some reason, I didn’t get a work-out in the morning–or if I didn’t put away the laundry and the kids dispersed the formerly clean clothes throughout the house.<\/p>\n

What I recently realized is that I don’t have to do that schedule every day<\/em>–and I certainly shouldn’t agonize when I deviate (even on a regular basis) from the schedule. What’s more important is that I return to it at some point. I’ve had some pretty long fitness kicks, but usually, I end up going 6 months to a year of no excercise.<\/p>\n

It’s more important to make this daily routine a daily default rather than a rigorous discipline. What do I mean by default<\/em>? I mean that unless I have a reason not to, I am going to stick to the things that help me become healthier.<\/p>\n

Here are some of my defaults | and some reasons I might skip them:<\/p>\n