Setting our Priorities - Body & Soul

I've never really seen the need for exercising. Growing up, I had this mindset that exercises are only meant for weight loss and as I'm "petite" in size, I never gave it a second thought. Now, I know better but it's still a struggle including it in my routine.

I think most of us gained wait when this pandemic start because our daily routine changed and we are not allowed to go outside that is why the number of our step in every day decreases compare before. This pandemic made us all realized that our body our health should be the number one in our priority list because like what others said this is our investment in life, and thank you for sharing your story it will be a guide for us to remember some things that we forget in life.

I started doing stretches during the lockdown. I didn't shed pounds, but I did lose a couple inches AND my back and knee problems have greatly diminished!

Wait, I remember gaining some pounds when there was a lock dowm back then LOL. Even just a morning walk to work is like an exercise to me, that was lost when we were sent home for almost a month of no work protocol. One good thing I discovered in tht lockdown though is this platform. I remember worrying back then about lack of income because our workdays have significantly reduced, so I looked for online earning opportunities. I could say the lockdown introduced me to crypto overall.

Nice read about health. One never expected this pandemic and once it started things turned upside down. This had more of psychological effects than physical activity. As told by you most of the problems can be resolved by exercises. One such is yoga which can keep our mind relaxed and at peace. Even small exercises like a brisk walk in the open air keeps you healthy. Healthy relationships always keeps you healthy. Good friends with encouraging talks cane keep our mind always at ease.

The pandemic really affected everyone. It affected the education sector, financial sector and many other sectors. Also affected me as a student cause I lost a whole year of schooling. Many of my mates in private universities are now my seniors because of the pandemic. But it also played some positive impact in a way. During the pandemic I learnt a lot about forex and the financial market. I also engaged into crypto currency and at that time I was into a program known as Forsage and lion share. I had time to get people to join me. So I agree with you. The lockdown played a positive and at the same time negative impact to us.

I joined gym a couple of years ago but had to stop after 2020 and in 2021, we were hit with the worst surge of covid history in India... what a nightmare, and that is why I walk for at least 30 mins each day these days... :) Great post, also uplifting

I did some exercise last year but had to stop because of the start of the classes. I needed to focus on teaching my kids with their modular learning. Now that I have gained weight, I decided to be back with my routines before, spending 30 minutes exercise in the morning.

Goodmorning @Pantera !

Well spoken (or written 😸), we really need to start re-connecting with ourselves and finding ways to be healthy in body, mind and emotions.

Enjoying nature and vacation with friends is indeed a great way, so is finding ways to balance between exploring our options for profit, getting educated in everything we are interested in and working out! I find martial arts to be an awesome way of exercise too, other than really useful and enjoyable as a skill (and philosophy in many cases)! And yes, I have gotten very "lazy" too during the lockdowns and spent a lot of time with no working out at all and eating unhealthy! 😸 But eventually I got over this behavior!

On the positive side (there is always one), during the lockdowns I had a massive progress in discovering things about myself and re-inventing it - finding my path(s) to what I want in life! The first lockdown was like the planet stopped and I was able to get off it and rest for a while! Ok, the next ones were pretty annoying, I admit it! 😸😸😸 I am on the "lucky" ones though that not only didn't have a financial fall out from it, but found more ways to earn money.

That's extremely fortunate that you were into exploring crypto since 2017, I really wish I had the foresightedness to do so too, but I know it's never late. It's an awesome way out of financial dismay, especially on these times, if approached correctly of course (and an economical, technological and social revolution long-term, especially combined with blockchain projects).

I wish you great progress with your work out goals and to have fun while achieving them of course! And to have a great time at the island! 🌞

This pandemic affect huge impact to us. Our body is relax but our mind develop the overthink routine due to lack of essential especially when ECQ. Despite that, I still thank God of good health our my family. Pandemic makes me gained weight and laziness to do exercise is my main problem but slowing I made one step at a time I overcome it.

We all have to exercise to stay healthy as you have clarified but we are not able exercise ourselves enough due to the standing blocks that the pandemic has brought into our lives. Honestly some of us have become too lazy to exercise since we have not involved ourselves in fitness challenge for sometime now, but we could still be back on track if we push ourselves up.

Hello, my friend.

I liked the way he developed the article to explain how important it is to establish a balance between mind and body. Yes, the pandemic took us away from the supposed normality and everyone had to face the consequences of that.

Physical activity and socialization are essential for a healthy life. You also touched on the aspect of eating, but you need to add both physical and mental rest.

In general, people, even if they are on vacation, do not rest. On the contrary, he overexerts his limits to perform non-routine activities. Rest means disconnecting from the world. But when you disconnect from the world, where do you go?

In my particular case, I try to disconnect from the world one day a week and avoid everything toxic that can affect me. That does not mean that I flee from the news, only that I see it from another perspective.

I hope that you will soon regain the physical condition that you lost, and that the changes that you will implement will cause beneficial effects in your life.

For me finding this platform where it helped me financially which was the basis of all my problems was the best decision I made. It is nice to feel loved by spending a few days visiting our most loved one. It is good that you have decided to change your lifestyle and go on a diet and exercise. I wish you success.

Exercise has never been a part of my life and it's beginning to have its effect on my health. From childhood I've been an indoor person and never interacted with others. I guess that's where the major problem began. I'm in my early 20s but developed hypertension since I was 19 years or so.. now the doctor recommended exercises for me but I don't know where to begin. What advise you have for me?

Having total exercises are the best, but we household workers almost dont have time to do it,instead we treat our daily household works do our exercises 😊 we most of the time sweat on our works,sometimes we carry heavy things like boxes of water or juice,tank of our gas and even a sack of rice sometimes but soon hope to have making my exercise routine in gym too🙏

It has been a shame what has happened throughout this whole thing. In fact, I strongly believe it wasn't necessarily the virus itself, but our reaction (and perhaps overreaction) to it that had more of an impact than anything, and may even be a more lasting one in fact.

Many people are still sifting through the rubble and trying to put their lives back together, and for some that may prove to be a very difficult path.

My wife and I were fortunate that we had jobs that were not impacted by shutdowns. We worked through the whole thing and continue to work today. So, we lost no income during this time. I am also very heavily invested in the stock market, and it did very well through this period as well. So, in our case, we actually came out way ahead.

That being said, even if our jobs would have been impacted, we were already financially secure, and so we could have gone without income for a long time before it would have started to really hurt.

I feel for anyone who suffered. But I also hope anyone who DID suffer, at least financially, also learned a valuable lesson. And that is that you always have to be prepared for what comes next. If not, and if you don't, you may find yourself in a very difficult situation that is INFLUENCED by outside factors...

But ultimately your fault.

There's a lot of realization I got since the pandemic started, also I feel so unmotivated cause being at home felt like a prison, I'm an outgoing person and staying at home for a long time makes me sick, but since I want to be productive, I started to workout everyday, then watch movies every night, spend more time with my family and I also read a lot of stories of fiction online, then manga and I also learned some recipes in YouTube. I think buy doing does kind of things makes me distract to the reality of pandemic. Anyways stay safe to you and your fam, there's a lot of new variant of viruses rightnow.

Aweee. I love this topic so much. Physical and mental health are really important most especially now, there's pandemic. I do always have an early walk every morning with my 2 dogs. I have physical exercise by walking for an hour and also with mental by being with my dogs, it makes me stop thinking bad things. Thank you for this insight! Continue inspiring us!

I literally ignored my health during these lockdowns. Eat, sleep, repeat was my routine and now my belly fat gone out of control 😞 I don't know how to reverse it now 😭 I started walking and thinking to gym now.

In previous lockdown financial problems were a great challenge for everyone. Still now many families are not able to recover. I am blessed in this regard I get my passive money support from these two platforms. And also in regard I am still smart because I had a daiky routine of excercise and activities. You should control about your weight. Many diseases are linked to your body fat dear.

I do exercise and it becomes a habit. I do it 3 x a week. I need it because I feel I am having slow movements especially when I'm walking. Also stretching I do that every single day that I wake up. I wnat to learn yoga.

The lockdown took a toll on the economy, as bad as the situation was it allowed me to try to look for other means to generate passive income, that was how I first got acquainted with Crypto, from that point till now, everything has changed for the better, the opportunities that cryptocurrency provides are simply limitless.

Yeah, the pandemic took a lot of energy and motivation from me. Just waking up, then stare at the computer screen the whole day for meetings and assignments, then go to sleep. Gyms and other public places are closed, so the best thing I can do is just jogging around my neighborhood. Good reminder!