[Method]Constructive Living Exercise getdisciplined

This is taken from David K Reynolds book, "Constructive Living":

Exercise II The second exercise hardly seems worthy of being called an exercise at all. I would like you to try eating, exercising, and sleeping regularly for a week. By regularly, I mean setting up a daily schedule that you follow for the whole week. Prepare balanced meals for yourself. Don’t eat out. Don’t let someone else cook for you. Don’t make do with merely something cold from the refrigerator or something instant. If you are going to be away from home during the noon hour prepare a sack lunch that morning—thoughtfully. Put time and attention into food preparation. Then eat slowly without television or radio to distract you. And clean up the dishes if there are any immediately after eating. See if your mind creates excuses for not sticking to your regimen. Notice the drifting currents of motivation just as you noticed your drifting thoughts in the first exercise. Feel like it or not, keep on preparing and eating on schedule. Similarly, set aside at least thirty minutes for exercise each day. A thirty-minute stroll may be your limit. Add a few pushups if you’re capable. Then add skating, or weightlifting with chairs from the dining room set, or jogging, tennis, dancing, whatever gets your body moving and your blood flowing. Don’t overexert yourself, don’t ignore medical advice, but move about as best you can at a predetermined time and place. Finally, set a reasonable schedule for sleep. Go to bed only when it’s time to sleep. Don’t read in bed. Get up as soon as the alarm goes off whether you feel like it or not. Even if you seem to lie awake all night, don’t nap the next day. What’s the point of all this scheduled living for a week? There are several purposes. Eating, exercise, and sleeping are basic anchor points of living. Many of the troubled people I know have neglected these fundamental aspects of daily life. A lot of moodiness, depression, nervousness, and even craziness improves when these simple needs are met in regular fashion. Erratic uncontrolled lifestyles produce erratic uncontrolled people.

Submitted March 13, 2015 at 07:44PM by DisciplineDisciple http://ift.tt/1Ehzzcu getdisciplined