GETTING THE SIMPLE STUFF RIGHT (eat, sleep, excercise, drink water)

 GETTING THE SIMPLE STUFF RIGHT

A great talk today by a good line-up of speakers. For those that could not attend the 11am session here is what I recollect from the talks which may be useful practical advice.

Sleep

Set yourself with good sleep with plenty of fresh air an exercise in the day and no stimulants (coffee, alcohol, smart-phone) late in the evening. Got to bed early and sleep for 7-9 hours (depending on age and circumstances). Good sleep means memomies and lessons are learned and filed from right-brain to left-brain. If you don't sleep you don't learn and you make bad decisions.

Nutrition

You are what you eat. Eat garbage and you are not doing yourself much good. But life is meant to be fun. There are around 21  meals in the week (more if you eat little and often) so its ok to have 'fun food' but just make sure that it is the minority and the majority is fruit, veg and roughage.  Eat right for your age and circumstances (bodybuilders have different requirements from book collectors).

Exercise

Try and so 20mins x 3 times per week. A bike ride or walk to the shops or work count. Of course higher performance is better for the body, brain, wellbeing but burn-out and exhaustion is going too far!

See the list of speakers for professional advice
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-habits-for-the-new-working-world-tickets-150162450933#

This reminds me of something I shared in Jan 2020 BC (before covid!)

BE A BETTER YOU – 6 STEPS AND 3 QUOTES TO BE THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP

Step 1>> Don’t start worrying about the stress on your mind until you have sorted out the foundations like: Have you drunk enough water; had enough sleep; ate the right foods; done some exercise etc.

Step 2>> Find the time, some time for just you. It may be at dawn, lunchtime, dusk, when caught in a queue or a traffic jam, but find some time to “check-in” with yourself.

Step 3>> Have routine tasks and get these done so that your chores are done and you are free to think about important things rather than urgent things.

Step 4>> Meditate. If you have done all the above you are in a good state to be mindful, reflective, meditative.

Step 5>> Relationships. Make time to spend time with the right and important people.

Step 6>> Life. Get all the above more or less right, an repeat each day, for the rest of your life making tiny improvements each day.

Read more here
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/better-you-6-steps-3-quotes-captain-your-ship-tim-hj-rogers/