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How to Break Out of the Exhaustion-Unhealthy Habits Doom Cycle
Some people probably spent the pandemic using the extra time at home to get into CrossFit or learn how to cook healthy vegan meals. But most of us barely managed to hold onto our sanity by our fingernails. After we finally wrestled the kids into bed, we either squeezed in some extra work or collapsed on the couch to drink wine and binge-watch Bridgerton.
After two years of that, unsurprisingly, plenty of people are thoroughly and completely exhausted. The solution to getting back to fitness isn’t a mystery: Move more and, in Michael Pollan’s immortal phrase, “eat food, mostly plants, not too much.”
Are you caught in the exhaustion-unhealthy habits doom cycle?
But while the essentials of building a healthy lifestyle that gives you the energy to build your business and enjoy your life are straightforward, implementing them when you’re exhausted isn’t. You know you need to exercise, but when you’re bone tired that’s the last thing you want to do. Then not exercising leaves you with even less energy. The same goes with meditation, meal planning, or any other healthy habit. You need to do it to be less tired but you’re too tired to get started.
How do you break out of this exhaustion-unhealthy lifestyle doom loop?
