HAWMC

Daily Maintainence

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“Begin at the beginning….and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

I was grading papers for my college dance class earlier today and one paragraph in particular stuck out to me.  One of my students, a young women with type 1 diabetes, wrote that the strongest focus in her life was reaching a healthy place; a healthy weight, healthy habits, a healthy diet, regular exercise.

First of all, I love that she sees her physical health as paramount to her well-being.  Second of all, I had to refrain from writing a novel on her paper in my red grading pen.  What I wanted to say was “oh honey, health isn’t a destination, it’s a journey”.

Is it ever really possible to reach health?  I understand that making dietary changes, losing/gaining weight, or increasing/decreasing exercise can make you healthier but then we must maintain this newly achieved health.

I just congratulated an acquaintance on buying his first house.  He said that he just wanted it to be over.  I replied, “it’s never over!”.  Home ownership is a bit like health, it takes consistent maintenance, TLC, and there are always ways to make improvements.

HAWMC Day 18!

Pinning

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Today’s Health Activist Writer’s Challenge Month assignment is to pin three items that relate to my health path.

Like many things related to technology, I’m late to the party; I just joined Pinterest last week!!  (Still holding out for a smart phone but it’s only a matter of time…)

We are about to move our kitchen into what is currently the downstairs guestroom.  I quickly became obsessed with researching kitchen layouts and designs and suddenly it clicked, “I need Pinterest!”.   What a fun timesuck.  My kitchen is totally (virtually) awesome, now we just need to bust out a few walls.

You can check out my HAWMC board here but I decided not to post the pins here directly because it’s really difficult to find the original source for some items on Pinterest (#fail).

I did find the credits for the following two quotes, which I love for their simplicity and good sense.

“I have decided to be happy because it’s good for my health.” ~Voltaire

Eat more kale. <3

What simple statement do you relate to about health?  My personal motto is “if you know what’s good for you, do it”.  We all have an innate understanding about what is good for us; if we’re tired we need to sleep, if we’re hungry we need to eat but not to excess, exercise is healthy but we must practice body awareness to avoid injury.