My 10 Day Holistic Challenge

Today I started a 10 Day Challenge. I think Paul started it with me, but I'm not 100% certain with that. It started off with us talking about going vegetarian for 10 days (not that difficult of a task for me since I'm not much of a fan of meat anyway) and what it's turned into is a 10 Day Holistic Health Challenge. That sounds kind of new-agey. It's not.

Holistic Challenge Focus: Mental, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Emotional

Breakdown:

MENTAL -> To focus, set goals and achieve them. For me, this is the first and foremost focus during this challenge, mostly because I am made of what I process in my head. If I can control my mental thoughts and where I allow them to be and not allow myself to get distracted from my goal, I can do the rest of these with ease. This also means telling myself "no", which will be one of the most difficult tasks for my hedonistic nature.

PHYSICAL -> To engage myself in at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day. This has been easier for me lately than in the recent months, but doing it EVERY day is what will be a challenge. Although I am allowing myself the capacity to loosely define "physical activity" (*cough*), it will be physical activity nonetheless...Hey! I'm married! I have the right to enjoy the simple pleasures of married life!!! Also with this physical challenge includes the proper eating of fruits and vegetables. I am focusing 10 days on drinking a fat-burning coffee twice a day (that I also sell...shameless plug), fruits and veggies and yes, no meat. That means no McDonalds. No Coke.

SOCIAL -> Oh, dear. Yeah....so this one comes very easy and naturally for me. However, I am not socially holistic when it comes to phone conversations and activity. During the next 10 days, I am going to focus on actually answering my phone when someone calls and not neglecting call-backs and conversation initiation.

SPIRITUAL -> I love to read, but part of my problem is that I read too many books and not enough Bible. I'm not sure yet where I am going to focus my attention there, but I'm committing to read more of it than inspirational books.

EMOTIONAL -> Last but certainly not least, emotional health. I am a pretty steady person as far as emotions go. I don't feel like I get too up or too down so I'm not sure how this one is going to play out. I associate a part of this with inclination to listen to negativity and not address it....and then I start to become negative. Even though most people see me as an eternal optimist and I certainly try to be, I am really going to focus on positive emotional energy (gee, I feel like I should be sitting cross-legged on a floor with my fingertips in some yoga formation.

So, there you have it. Challenge presented, challenge initiated. I'll post each day to let you know how it's rollin' out! So, until tomorrow, VOMINOS!!!!!