9/20 Whole Life Wednesday

Allison is doing her very first Whole Life Challenge!
It's Whole Life Wednesday and we are on day 5 of our Whole Life Challenge. Nearly a third of us at the gym are participating in this Whole Life Challenge. I'm so proud of all of us who have decided to make profound and important lifestyle changes. The Whole Life Challenge is more than just a nutrition challenge. It's an opportunity for us to try out different healthy lifestyle practices to see which ones fit us best. This week we are challenged to put down our electronic devices. The instructions are simple. 

1. Think about the places or times in your life where you use your phone or mobile devices just because you are bored. Some examples: sitting in the bathroom, waiting in line, walking down street, on the subway, or sitting in traffic.
2. Pick the scenario that is most common in your life. Each time you are in that situation this week, intentionally leave your device (face down) on your desk or in your bag or pocket.
3. You do not have to do this practice in all areas, just the one you choose as most prevalent for you.

The folks at the Whole Life Challenge this is practice is important because:

"In our modern life, we participate in two worlds — the one in front of us and the one online. The slicker and more attractive technology becomes, the easier it gets to slip into our online life without thinking. Sure, there are things only a digital existence can offer, but the ease with which we enter that digital world can erode our connection with the world right in front of us.

Many of us have grown up in or grown used to a world where we never need to be bored. Because boredom is so easy to relieve, we forget that it can be a good thing.

Boredom is the space in which your imagination thrives, it’s the place where your thoughts and feelings make themselves known to you, and it’s where you notice things about the world that you didn’t already know.
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For this week’s Lifestyle Practice, we ask you to find the places in your life where you routinely turn to devices to alleviate boredom and instead practice staying in the world in front of you.
This practice can help reconnect you with yourself, your thoughts and feelings, and everything around you. This week, check in with your own internal news feed, see what’s trending, and what some of the “comments” are. That’s some of the most important “media” you can consume any day."

Tell us in the comments where and when you've noticed you pick up a device out of simple boredom. 

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