BUS 449 Post 1

Motivation

Student life is awesome, no question about that. You enter a society of individuals who are at the same age, understanding of life and more or less away from home and do not feel the influence of their parents in the same way. Which, of course, leads to different outcomes, but here I'll concentrate more on the negative part and how little effort you need to live healthy inexpensively.

Tuesday nights are the biggest social event around here. If you have nothing to do on a Tuesday night, this is probably problematic and you should give it a though. Students, even faculty, enjoy some drinks together in their favorite clubs, eat something on their way back in the middle of the night and if they are lucky enough will sleep in with pleasure. The problem comes when you do not actually go out only on Tuesday night, but every night or at least often enough so that as time passes by you realize that money is not enough, sleep is not enough, mornings are hard to handle, time is hard to follow, professors are hard to follow and many more routines. Again, this all depends on oneself, but observation and history show these results.

To be honest I might as well have been in a similar situation and not for short, but for some time now I believe I found how exactly to feel well, be organized, be motivated and have fun when the time comes. 

Someone mentioned to me recently that you adopt new habits in 21 days. It doesn't really sound a lot and at the same time it sounds reasonable. I never thought about trying this theory, but for the last 2 weeks I managed to set up a schedule in my mind, at least, and follow it. Waking up early, which almost necessarily means going to bed early, training as often as possible, eating the right food, being positive, reminding myself what I want to do and then following it. This of course is not the first time you read someone is feeling well after all those activities put together. Same case with me. You come across those suggestions from parents, teachers, articles so often that you do not even pay attention anymore. Believe me, it works. It works, it works, it works. It is hard to be consistent, it is hard to wake up early and eat only healthy as we all know which type of food is the most delicious. 

After two weeks, now I can proudly say I feel refreshed. Even though, my type of training and food choice will not be pleasant for everyone, there is always an alternative as long as it is in that same direction and as long as you are persistent about it.

I find myself thinking fresh, being organized, I keep track of my activities easily, concentration is on a high level, motivation rises even more when I see the results and many more are the benefits I can think of at this moment. The only downside of all this might be considered the choice of food - seldom people manage to eat healthy as generally healthier products are with lesser taste qualities and let's face it - most of us are used to eating those crunchy chicken bites or that rich pizza or even the risotto which seems all fine as you think there is nothing bad about rice and some frozen vegetables, but then you find out that risotto is prepared with cooking cream and some butter. I will not urge people to eat healthy, it is enough spammed on our minds almost everywhere you look (maybe for a reason). The idea here is to find the balance between having a good sleep, having a productive training, charging your body with the best fuel and following what is on your own mind. Motivation comes along

It worked for the last 14 days and the plan is to keep it up. Sometimes it might be more time-consuming to make your own meal and train every day, but there is not a better way to spend time. And for those who do not have much of it, remember - if you do not have time, you need to make some.

Here is a little motivation:

This video was recently released on 9gag.tv. It is a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger which in combination with the visuals really brings up your spirit. It does not include all my suggestions mentioned above, but is definitely a motivator.