Life – Work – Play – Balance = S-E-R-F!

SLEEP – EXERCISE – REST AND RECOVERY – FEEDING!

Are you one of the millions struggling to get that perfect balance?

Inevitably if the balance is not achieved something is bound to give or to get priority and other things remain to be left behind! Normally and to our own detriment, it is our health that is left behind. It is rather unnecessary that our health has to suffer. 

Below you will find only a few of a myriad of applications that have been developed to assist mankind with looking after their health. It is quite amusing that we need a smartphone to tell us what to do! We really are suckers.

Apps to check out for our Mental Well-Being

1. Insight Timer
   Meditations for sleep, anxiety, and stress, guided by mindfulness leaders as well as celebrities.
2. Meditopia
   1,000+ guided meditations to choose from based on how you’re feeling; available in multiple languages.
3. Mend
   A web-based app (no download needed) with daily support and activities for dealing with burnout and heartbreak.
4. My Possible Self
   Clinically-proven, mental well-being tools.
5. Smiling Mind
   Daily meditation and mindfulness exercises for adults, youth, and the workplace; available in multiple languages.
6. Stop, Breathe & Think
   Guided meditations for adults and children, plus a meditation timer; you can also access the app from your Amazon Echo or Dot.

Apps to check out for Your Physical Health

1. Drinkaware
   Track your alcohol consumption and spend over time so you can become more aware of your drinking habits and set goals to help you moderate your drinking.
2. Nike Training Club
   Tools, motivation, and support to help you reach your fitness goals; for all levels.
3. Smoke-Free
   30+ techniques and methods to help quit smoking along with professional advice, tracking tools, achievement badges, and more.
4. Waterminder
   Achieve your hydration goals and keep track of your water intake by simply tapping your phone.

There are 5 basics that contribute to our well-being

• Sleep. The goal is 8 hours.
• Exercise. The goal is 45 minutes 5 times per week.
• Rest and recovery. Taken care of by downtime and sleeping 8 hours every night.
• Feeding. You know that too much of anything is bad for you. 
• Repeat SERF

If any of the SERF stages are out of sync, too little sleep, too much exercise, too little food, or too much of the wrong food and no rest and recovery, your immune system and your health will take a knock! 

Currently, we are all fighting the Covid monster which gives us so much more incentive to get the balance right. 

I challenge you, let us get the balance right together, S-E-R-F!