165 Prioritising your Health for a Happier Life

<p><!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --></p> <h3 id="heading">What would happen if you couldn't do your job?</h3> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Your job might be to cook the meals, you might be the breadwinner. You might be the one that makes sure the family has fun at the weekends. Whatever your job is within your family unit it's important, and if you weren't able to do it, for whatever reason, your family would suffer as a result.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --></p> <h3 id="heading">Get support</h3> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>You are not a machine, and you cannot do this all alone. So if the reason you are not taking care of yourself is because you don't have time, you need to find a way to make that time.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Are you putting to high expectations on yourself? Are you able to delegate or get the rest of the family involved?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Make a list of the jobs that you do, is there any way that you could get outside help? There are people that love to do the things you hate so ask around, if finances are tight could you do an exchange?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --></p> <h3>Make a health plan</h3> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Make a list of positive actions that you can take to improve your health right now, call it your 'healthy me' list and start to tick them off.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Could you go to bed earlier so you are less tired?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Could you stop eating junk food and make yourself a nice meal so that your digestion improves?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>If you love to walk then can you take the family to the countryside at the weekend?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --></p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">What do you