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Don’t Forget to Workout Your Mind
Life is an obstacle course.
There are days when you move forward and, step by step, accomplish your goals, and there are days that involve crawling through the mud, jumping through hoops, and encountering people and challenges that constantly try to make you lose your balance and fall to the ground.
There are days that end with you standing on the podium, waiting to have a medal placed around your neck, and there are days when life feels like you are in an episode of Wipe Out.
Agility is defined as the ability to move nimbly with speed and ease. Life agility is about your body and mind being able to shift and change when it makes sense or is advantageous to do so.
We often think of agility as something that improves our physical fitness, but mental fitness is just as important and should not be neglected.
That’s why mental agility is a must-have skill set; agility with your emotions, agility with your thoughts, agility with your choices.
Here are three ways to begin boosting your mental agility today!
1. Read. I was recently having a conversation with a friend about things to do during the coronavirus lock-down. When I suggested catching up on some reading, she said, “I haven’t picked up a book in years.”
