Can we be kinder to ourselves?

Funny how we tend to focus on the negative.  I've worked out 3 days straight and skipped today.  So when I think about my progress what comes immediately to mind?  "I didn't work out today." 

Part of being fit is resting and meeting our bodies' needs.  I've worked long hours the last few days and my body wanted an extra half hour of sleep.  I had a long day ahead of me -- drove from Spokane to Seattle to attend a meeting today -- and it's really an okay thing for me to cut myself some slack.

Maybe we worry about a day off turning into a month of doing nothing?  Maybe we just don't have enough practice cheering ourselves on?  I don't know.

I do know that if a friend told me she'd worked out 3 days in 4 I'd congratulate her.  Time to do the same for myself.  Yay me!

Here's to being kinder to ourselves.  Here's to treating ourselves with the same kindness and encouragement we would give to a friend.

Last week I joined my husband in this new decade -- my fifties!  My goal for this decade is to find balance and fitness.

My forties was the decade of work and earning.  I worked hard and traveled long.  I exercised, some.  I ate healthy, sometimes.  I slept, occasionally. 

It would be easy to blame my off-balance life on the demands of my job.  But that wouldn't be fair.  Other road warriors found time for exercise and chose to eat well.  Many more didn't, but I saw enough who did take care of themselves to know it can be done.

Now it's my turn!  I'm going to spend this decade relearning how to fit fun and health into my life.  Life is good.