The Importance of…Breathing: This may seem totally obvious, but because we breath all the time, we can simply take it for granted and not consider the greater benefits and signals our breathing shows us. For example, I have found when I have reached my limits, I exhale a lot. This is both a sign of my current state for me to register, but also prompt from my body to recover. This is because exhaling is linked to the ‘parasympathetic’ nervous system, which influences our body’s ability to relax and calm down. Taking your breathing more seriously. Establishing a good rhythm can help with anxiety, sleeping better, reduce stress, because you are simply, more often, bringing into your body the right things (oxygen) and getting rid of the waste products (i.e. carbon dioxide) that we create. Be Careful When…You Come Down the Mountain: 80% of deaths occur on Mount Everest coming down the mountain. This is an odd statistic because you would naturally think the majority would occur going up the mountain, right? But actually we are at our most vulnerable after we have just achieved a goal, are flushed with excitement and exhaustion and have dropped our guard & focus. We also often plan only to reach a goal, but not think through what happens after it. Consider times in your life when you have had a ‘dip’ or ‘crashed’ a little, when do these times occur? For me this has coincided in the main after a ‘success’ or “win’. So make sure you plan and consider how you ‘come down the mountain’, not just reach the top. Just because there is an App for that…Does Not Mean You Need It: There is an ‘App’ it seems for almost everything today and in my quest to be more fruitful I have tried quite a few. The trouble is we can get drawn into ‘hype’ and ‘promise’ that this magical app will change your life, giving you the extra 0.01% time saving you need. In reality we just end up with a phone full of squares to scroll through and a split focus as we divide out our time over multiple apps. So why not try less apps, delete those you really don’t use, and focus on those that serve you, more than you serving it.
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