Sometimes a picture is really worth a thousand words as the old adage goes. This image by J. Howard Miller for one of many 1940's employee motivational posters for Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company has served to inspire many and brings to my mind the expressions "Yes, We Can!" "Si, Se Puede!" that politicians love to boast. Politics aside (I know some of your are thinking, yes please way aside!), and corporate propaganda as well, they all speak to our innate human desire to achieve, to succeed, no matter the challenges that get in our way.
At some point in their lives, even the best of the best of us, has to face an upward battle to rise to success; sometimes the challenges are external, monetary, social, environmental, others internal, mental, physical, emotional health, well being and lack of knowlege.
We have come a long way as women, from 1943 when this poster was released to today, 59 years later. Though we still have a way to go, we have crossed many barriers women before us could not in education, employment and economic opportunities. We live in the age of instant electronic knowledge exchange, faster than superman's ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
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In a previous post we shared a cartoon by Randy Glasbergen in which a doctor gives a man a choice exercise for one hour a day or be dead for 24. The choice seems obvious but how often do we not make the choice until we are faced with the dreaded "It's too late," "It's almost too late," health issues only to do a 360-degree turn on our health & wellness lifestyles because we want a second chance at LIFE?
Let's not wait for the second chance card to come up before we get motivated to engage ourselves in regular physical activity. Live LIFE don't play it!
Not everyone has an hour a day to exercise. I know that to be a fact. My daughter like many women is up and about for 16 to 18 hours a day! Which leaves her with just the weekend to workout and catch up with other things. We will walk instead of taking the bus to and from running errands for a total distance of 4 miles and she will jog/run or walk at least 4 miles with J.K.O. Running or use the bicycle at the gym for an hour followed by the rowing machine and other equipment. Until the if or when her schedule changes this is her reality and she has to make the best of it.
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| Salvador Dali (1904-1989), The Persistence of Memory (1931) |
First, don't think to much about the time you do not have, instead focus on the time you do have!
Next, figure out what fitness activity you can do regularly and consistently during that time and stick to it!
Finally, have a couple of alternatives in the event that you can free up a little more time during the week.
Holidays are excellent examples and if you are a student there may be days you have off in addition to Winter, Spring and Summer breaks. Use these opportunities to max out workout times so when your time is cut short due to other events you can at least maintain your current condition with a weekly workout and healthy diet.
Surround yourself with individuals who extend positive reinforcement and motivation. In moments of doubts, and struggles, when the light at the end of the tunnel looks like a flicker of a candle's flame ready to dim, bring to your mind every slogan and mantra you have in your motivational arsenal and remember:
You CAN do it!
YES, You can!
Si , se puede!
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