Whole Living Challenge: Make A Stress Plan

So far, I have been doing well keeping up with my resolutions. I have continued to exercise on the Wii fit, and I really look forward to it! Tuesday I start school, so I will be making that daily bike trip again (here's hoping it is not as hard as it was back in August and I have maintained some of my fitness from before the holidays).
You may be wondering what the title to this post is about. Well, there is this really cool magazine called Whole Living I have been reading lately and they have a great site you should check out www.wholeliving.com. Every day they send me a challenge by email. Today the challenge is to make a stress plan. The stress plan is basically a list of relaxing activities you can do to help relieve daily stress you may encounter. I think this is a great idea. Some of my own ideas include:

1. yoga (it really is as relaxing as they say)
2. reading a good book or magazine
3. drinking a cup of hot tea
4. taking a bubble bath
5. listening to music

Taking time for yourself really is a good way to relieve stress, and I want to do this more often. For some reason in the past I thought if I couldn't do EVERYTHING on my to-do list I was a failure. That is ridiculous I know, but it is part and parcel to my perfectionist ways. Moving on though, I heard about an awesome 10K called the Crescent City Classic that I would like to take part in. It is farther than the 5K I had originally planned on, but I think I can do it if I start training now. Roman, my boyfriend, says he would be willing to train with me so that is definitely a motivator. I really think this year can be different. I want to be a better person inside and out. Negativity needs to be pushed aside. I am ready to be happy for the sake of living and not having to rely on outside events. Well I think that is enough for now.


Britny :)