The idea is to finish the last three months of the year the way most of us like to start it: working toward becoming a better version of ourselves.
Thankfully, we're not left up to our own devices on "resolutions" in these last 90 days of the year, but we're invited to join in committing to five preferred habits each morning. They call it Five to Thrive, and since I already *should* be doing most of them anyway, they're not terrible to follow.
So the Five to Thrive daily recommendations are:- Get up an hour earlier than you usually do and use the time for yourself.
- Work out for at least thirty minutes.
- Drink half of your body weight in ounces of water each day.
- Give up one food category you know you shouldn't be eating.
- Write down ten things you're grateful for every single day.
Admittedly, I was doing a few of these already -- namely the water and getting up an hour earlier (most days) -- and I had been working out pretty regularly, so it wasn't like jumping five hurdles at once. But having a prompt, a commitment to these five items has certainly been a game-changer.
Have I done all five things every single day?
Nope.
Do I ever go off the rails?
Obviously.
Do I feel better when I am doing these things?
Dadgummit, I DO.
And I hate to admit that. I really do. Because please for the love of all that's good and holy believe me when I say that I want nothing.more than to lay on the couch in my PJs and eat chocolate 24/7.
But sadly, that just doesn't offer the results...endorphins...accomplishments that these blasted Five to Thrive do.
So I'll keep trucking on, here on this first day of November, and see if I can make it through the next 60-ish days (which incidentally include the holidays. Convenient, eh?).
Also, great news -- if you're interested, you can totally start today. None of us need to wait for a Monday or the first of the month or even tomorrow to start ANYthing.
Jump in! Thrive with me.
