BE FLEXIBLE

You’re on your way and the one thing you plan on doing is exercising for 30 minutes three times a week after work. You have it in your calendar, you’ve done it two weeks in a row and are feeling pretty good about how consistent you have been. Then, a client schedules a dinner meeting and you don’t get home until 8, exhausted and frustrated about having dessert and missing your workout. What are your options?

1.   You still have time to do an easy workout or take a walk to help you unwind before bed.

2.   You can exercise for 15 minutes today and add a 15-minute workout to tomorrow’s schedule.

3.   You can reschedule today’s workout for a different day.

When things don’t go as planned (and they won’t), it doesn’t mean the plan has to be scrapped, just adapted. Life is not a series of either-or-choices and you always have an option, if you are willing to see it. When you are able to step into the moment and improvise, you allow yourself to enjoy the opportunities, which arise everyday. You can’t change the nature of life, but you can be flexible in your approach.