Here at The Dad Habit we are all about creating an active lifestyle so it becomes part of your routine. But it’s natural to let your good habits go cold in the winter. Even if you were getting 10,000 steps in the spring and summer sometimes those steps can fall off in autumn, but they don’t have to. Here are some tips to help you keep moving.
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It’s not true of all sharks, but some must swim constantly to keep oxygen-rich water flowing over their gills. At first it sounds like such a terrible thing, never being able to stay still. The thing is, when you watch sharks they seem so peaceful while they’re swimming. They’re not thrashing or over exerting themselves unless they’re about to feast. Maybe we should follow their lead.
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You’re probably having a vision of one child locking eyes with you to get your attention while another ambushes you from the side. But “they both hunt in packs” is not the top answer on the board.
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Here’s the thing about golf: you can play terrible for 18 holes, but if you hit one good shot it was all worth it.
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Let me know if this sounds familiar. You come home from work ready to be active, get in a workout, or go for a run. You’re determined. The only problem is the second you walk in the door your bombarded with, “Daddy!”. Your child, or children, run to give you a hug. Before you even have time to take off your jacket they’re pulling you to the couch or floor, imploring you to play or show you something they made. Playtime quickly becomes dinnertime, which quickly becomes bath-time, then bedtime, which quickly becomes collapse-on-the-couch-with-your-wife-time. By this point you’re exhausted, your motivation is shot, and it’s time to go to bed and start the day over again.
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You don’t need to break the bank and join some fancy gym to get a great workout. Besides, who has time to get to the gym most days? For $100 you can get all the equipment you need to get a great workout at home anytime you want. Here’s the equipment we recommend to get you started.
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So you're setting goals now. That's awesome! Hopefully you're using the stretch and smart goals to actually make some progress. But as you do, I issue a warning: at some point you're probably going to feel like an imposter. It's okay. We've all been there, suffering with imposter syndrome. It's kind of how you feel when it sets in that you're going to be a Dad. Who the hell let that happen?
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Read MoreToo often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
-Leo Buscaglia
Somewhere along the line many of us become afraid to learn. We feel insecure admitting that we don't know something (think about your parents refusing to learn how to work the VCR). Maybe we think we're supposed to know everything already. Maybe we're afraid we won't be able to comprehend something new.
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Walk in a room and you've already told people a lot about what they want to know about you. Fair or unfair people will make assumptions about your trustworthiness, success level, intelligence, and confidence all before you say a word. But the crazy thing is, we make assumptions about ourselves based on our own posture.
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I recently went skydiving for the first time. I'm a bit of an adrenaline junky so, I was excited, but, I was also terrified. Never have I felt more vulnerable in my life then when I was free falling from two-miles above the earth. But something crazy happens on the other side of that fear: peace.
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Often when our children act out we ask them why it happened. Why did they hit another person? Why are they throwing a tantrum? But the answer is simple: those things are easy and instinctual. Our default is what comes easiest to us. The question should not be why do we act out, but rather how do we not?
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We all have egos. There's no getting around it. While the ego usually gets a bad wrap because it's associated with a feeling of superiority, it can also make us feel inferior. The ego is the part of us that tells us how we view ourselves. It is the self between our instincts, or id, and our morality, or superego.
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If you want to be healthy, you need to balance exercise and nutrition. The easiest way to eat healthy is to win at the grocery store. So, next time you find yourself reaching for the junk food, take a deep breath and consult our Dad Hab approved grocery list. You can supplement with things here and there, but this will provide a solid base for your healthy home.
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Vince Lombardi's Dad Enrico had the words WORK and PLAY tattooed across his knuckles. It's good to remember we need a balance of both in our lives, but something is missing: REST. We all need to recharge our batteries every once in a while. If you've spent three days in Vegas you know play can be just as exhausting as work sometimes. Too often work or play end up dominating our lives. What makes it worse, most of the time it's work that takes up most of the time.
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Time is the most valuable thing we have in our lives, but we squander it away without giving it a second thought. Maybe you've done some light accounting late at night thinking to yourself, "where did that day go?". But that's like thinking about where your money is going after it's spent. By viewing our time as currency we're more likely to assign it more value. That's why it's important to account for your time. The same way you budget your money you should budget your time.
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Have you ever searched the entire house for your keys or glasses only to find they were in your hand or on your head? Ever logged onto your computer or phone with a specific task in mind only to find yourself scrolling through Facebook or Instagram 15 or 20 minutes later having forgotten your initial task?
If either of these scenarios sound familiar than you already know what it's like to struggle with mindfulness.
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Let's face it, the world needs better leaders. Whether it's in your house, at your job, in school, or in sports we need to become the leaders we long for. The good news is everything you need to know to be a great leader you learn from being a Dad.
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This month here at the DadHab we're all about goal setting. But sometimes we don't want to set large goals because they seem too challenging and we don't know how to get started. With this exercise we show you how to take larger goals and break them down into more manageable tasks.
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Although it may seem like it, it's not a choice we make once. Commitment is a choice we make over and over again.
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