Hi team We Run, Coach Alexa here.
I have had an interesting concept mentioned to me over the years by runners, sports massage patients and friends, and it has cropped up a little bit more recently. I think it might be in conjunction with the fairly wet, windy and grey weather we have been having.
It is that concept of if you have maybe had goals in mind – getting out for a run, spending time outside walking, or any type of thing that you want to do for your own mental or physical wellbeing – and maybe it has not happened on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Sometimes we can be tempted to mentally write off that whole week.
It is an interesting one. I have seen it a few times. A few runners have mentioned that to me as a pattern, as a way of thinking recently.
There Is No Real Reason We Need to Think in Weeks
Firstly, there is no real reason why we need to think in weeks. I should probably look up whether it was the Greeks or the Romans who came up with the week as a concept and there being seven days in it.
There is no particular reason physically or mentally why we think in weeks. We just do. That is the way we organise ourselves.
A week is a slightly meaningless concept from our body and brain’s perspective.
Each Day Is a New Opportunity
There is something quite delightful about seeing each day as a new opportunity. Each morning can be a little bit of a new start – the opportunity for a new beginning.
If there have been a few days where things have not happened, for whatever reason – and there is always lots of stuff going on in our lives – everyone has things they are trying to manage and work through.
But every morning is an opportunity to start afresh.
Pick up the running shoes. Get out for that training run. Spend a bit of time outdoors. Do a little bit of meditation or something else on your list of things that are going to bring you benefits physically and mentally.
Each day has that new potential, that new opportunity for you to do what it is that you want to do.
You Have More Choice Than You Think
Alongside that, sometimes we do not act because there are all sorts of really challenging things going on in life. But the majority of the time, we have a choice. We have a choice about how we prioritise our time.
I have personally been working on my relationship with my mobile phone and my relationship with television over the past few years. When I really think about it, there is other stuff I would rather be doing for fun and for my physical and mental health.
Food for thought.
Pop your thoughts in the comments – it is a funny one, is it not?
