This morning for me was about making choices. I work out usually 5-6 days a week. I get up early in the morning to make sure that I get my workout in first thing.  Then I get dressed and ready for work and get started on my day. Today I got up with the intention of doing the workout as usual, but I was having a hard time getting started.  I was feeling overwhelmed with everything else that needed to be done.  So I had to stop and ask myself where my priority was for this morning. That was a hard decision to make because Friday morning workouts are my favorite. But was my priority going to be my workout or the things that have been causing me stress all week?

Sometimes making the choice take a mental health movement or a mental health day is what is needed for us to continue to move forward and continue to get our work done. I am definitely not good at taking mental health time off. Truth be told, I’m not good at taking time off at all. But every now and then we need to make the choice about what is most important in that moment, And while I know that my workouts are good for my mental health commas sometimes other things are more important to my mental health.

So this morning I made the hard choice to not do my workout and to take care of a few other little things instead. Maybe I’ll get my workout in later today and maybe I won’t, but I am very happy with the tasks that I did accomplish. That joy is, in some ways, better than accomplishing my workout. Now I have removed a stress that has been weighing on my shoulders for the last week and I feel better equipped to handle the rest of my day.

Maybe there’s a task or two you could do today that will help you feel better going into the weekend as well? Maybe we can all get something off our plate and lighten our load a bit.

See you next week!