My Journey With Health And Fitness – Time Management

It was a glorious walk along the beachfront this morning. I left the house at 5am just as the sun was coming up. By time I got down to the beach it was fairly light out (note, I of course had on my hi-vis vest) and the tide was fully in. It was one of my favourite type of days in that the water was calm and the temperature was perfect for a well paced walk. Whenever we have days like this I just find walking to be so peaceful and today was no exception. It truly is a great way to start the day.

I once again am experiencing a period of being very busy. From working out every day, helping to manage a political campaign, doing extra work for a volunteer organization and in general managing family life, there is not a lot of time left. I saw all of this coming up and realized I needed to start working on my time management skills. I started by prioritizing what is most important. I decided it was getting in my walks and fitness classes and I set a goal (though with a pretty high bar) of how many hours at minimum I needed to get in each day. After that I worked in the time for when I would do everything. I even at one point asked that a meeting start slightly later on Thursday this week so that I could meet my goals.

So far I have been managing to pull it off. Ok, I get that it is only Tuesday but still I’m already up to walking 32km in 2 days. Now I did have to adjust things a bit. Somehow I seem to have ticked off muscles in my upper back, you know like I slept in a funny position or something. It’s not debilitating, just a bit sore. I decided pushing myself with weights may not be the best idea until the irritation stops so canceleI d my fitness classes yesterday and today. Not to worry, walking doesn’t hurt so I just add an extra hour of walking to make up for it.

Today is my busiest with 2.5 hours of volunteering and then a campaign meeting in the afternoon. In order to fit it all in by 9am this morning I had already done 3 hours (15km) of walking. I need to sneak in an hour walk after my volunteer gig and in a perfect world will be able to walk home after the meeting. Again, this takes a bit of strategizing as sometimes I need to bring along materials and I have to figure out the best way to carry them. Regardless, I’ll get it done.

And so, my time management just involves a bunch of planning and sticking to it. Ultimately I think by the end of the week I’ll feel good about getting it all done.