Goals: Give Yourself a Day Off

Last year, I wrote a book on goal setting.  I also taught a four week course on the process of goal setting.  Here are those classes:

 
I am now in the process of editing the book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter four:

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Give yourself a day off

If you do what I am suggesting, I strongly suggest you take a day off.

Years ago, I read Body For Life, by Bill Phillips.  It remains one of the best workout books I have ever read.  

Mr. Phillips brilliantly recognized we all need a day off.  He calls this day off a “cheat day.”

The idea is simple.  Work hard all week.  Work out.  Drink water.  Eat healthy foods.  Avoid sugar.  

Once a week, do not work out.  Do not watch your diet.  Give yourself a day off.  Enjoy yourself. 

I am not suggesting you lose your mind on your cheat day and eat yourself into a stupor.  I am, however, suggesting you drop the rules.  

Personally, I take Sundays off.  I do not go to the gym on Sundays.  I do not watch what I eat on Sundays.  

The next day I get right back to work, back to working out, back to drinking water, back to skipping meals, and back to avoiding sugar.  

This is an old, old concept, a concept we have forgotten as a culture.  This idea shows up in the Biblical book of Exodus, written thousands of years ago.  

“Six days shall you labor and do all your work.  But, the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.  In it you shall not do any work.”  – Exodus 20:9-10

Some people do not like this idea.  That seems odd to me. 

When our bosses give us a day off, we all think, “Wow. What a great boss!”

When God gives us a day off, we protest, “Hey.  Stop telling us what to do!”

I don’t get it. 

Take a day off. This is a really good idea.  You will reach your goals faster if you take a break one day a week.

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