A thriver's guide to physical health and wellness
World-class tips, tactics, strategies and serious motivation
will we have the same challenges across all our core life areas
Wondering what will be the biggest obstacle to lifelong wellness…
Will it be belief that it’s possible?
Will it be belief that it’s worth the effort?
Will it be belief that it could remain fun, interesting, and motivating?
Will we have the same challenge with our faith relationship with whomever or whatever we worship?
We’ve covered mental and physical, now scoot over to emotional (spiritual), click go.
Gold, but not Gold’s Gym…
Mercedes Benz Superdome
jeff noel likes the “I was there” photos, mostly for context
What do we do when one opportunity to exercise is taken away or reduced? Quit? No! Find another opportunity somewhere else. Stopped at Gold’s Gym on the way home from the Orlando airport.
Motivation is like a fire. It’ll go out unless we add fuel to it. Period. We know this. Figure it out.
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This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It’s a breeze to go from this physical health blog to the spiritual health blog, just click -> go to Next Blog
between the snowflake pillow and the fireplace lies a highly motivated Pet
Time to start ramping up the motivation. We are not motivated to build a fire when it’s warm outside. Cold motivates us to action.
Nor are we likely to exercise regularly when life is crazy busy. But we must find our motivation to do it anyway. And motivation is like a fire. Unless we add fuel to it, it will go out.
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This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It’s a breeze to go from this physical health blog to the spiritual health blog, just click -> go to Next Blog
rekindle – not Starbucks and Christmas, Masters Track Spring competition
The Spring Masters Track & Field season is 60 days away. Was reminded of that while jogging this morning.
Time to figure out a doable, accelerated plan for the drop down to 800 meters. All of you are giving thought to your unending methods to stay motivated. Right?
Good. I’m not alone then.
Can’t imagine staying motivated without a decent goal. Can you?
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competition is simply a motivational tactic, not an end goal
The one motivational secret you never hear people talking about?
The ebb and flow of motivation. It is part of the journey.
When in the dip, don’t quit.
When on top, don’t get hurt.
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Itching to get back on top. It’s been six years. Finished next to last at Nationals. Loved it!
you should watch your motivation like a hawk, lest you become a victim
Floundering is easy without a serious goal and a deadline. As someone who’s struggled like everyone else and constantly tempted by the same worn out excuses… experience reveals a harsh reality:
Without a clear, concise, and compelling wellness goal, we will flounder, and most likely fail.
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PS. Photo taken yesterday in our drive, returning from errands.
Some watch the Olympics, some compete, and some do both… these two baby Boomers did both… at the 2012 Masters Track & Field National Championships at Benedictine University this past summer. (left to right: jeff noel, Pat Dunigan)
Two reasons why Gold’s Gym was packed last night:
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getting healthy is one thing, the real mountain is staying there... better have an excellent reason to
Are you addicted to excellence?
What if you were?
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the road to good health has no finish line, contrary to the finish line mentality
What do you do when you’ve not exercised for four straight days? It’s really simple, I think…. You make sure you don’t make it five days in a row.
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yes, your excuse is invalid (photo from Internet)
Yesterday’s question has a simple answer. So simple in fact, most people ignore it because they believe their problems challenges “can’t be that simple to solve“.
The exercise answer to the most important first step……… is staying motivated. Fail this and you will fail. Conquer this and you conquer failure.
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Mind, body, spirit, money, and hq...
You see four of them below. The fifth is the "box" the holds the other four...
America's unheralded work life balance expert. jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.