Cheat in September!

Good Evening Everyone!

      In any contest or race, it helps if you can get a head start.  Setting personal or health goals can be considered a race or contest against others with similar goals.  So instead of making your goals an internal competition, make them a competition against others.   For example, many people can only maintain their exercise throughout the year if they participate in athletic competitions.  They need the competition as a way to motivate them to exercise. 
       This year, I'm asking you to consider all of your personal/health goals to be a quiet competition against others.  By "quiet," I mean that others don't need to know that you are competing against them.  And since they won't know you are competing against them, they won't mind if you get a head start either.  Most of your "competition" will be setting their goals on New Years, but you can get a jump on them by setting/starting your goals in September!  So as others are just starting on their goals, you can have a quiet celebration for yourself since you are already 4 months into your goal year! 

*And don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you got a head start :)

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeff



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