Stop Consuming! You have what you need.
Hot Take: The More Wellness You Consume....the less healthy you become.
Can I tell you something that took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out?
Someone else doesn’t hold the “secrets” I need.
I’ve spent numerous seasons of my life thinking I just needed one more thing. I needed the secret sauce, a new protocol, a better program. Someone to tell me how to live my life. And it wasn’t just for health. It was to get more done, fix my marriage, and optimize my morning routine.
Do you know the feeling?
We live in an era of information overload with an infinite amount of content at our fingertips. There is always a new study, a new routine, a new supplement, a new trend, and a new expert telling you exactly what to do. And whether it’s their marketing or our own insecurity, we buy into it, don’t we?
It even makes us feel productive. Like we’re pursuing health just by consuming information about it.
But can I be honest?
It’s not the same as building it.
The truth is, no one really holds the secrets you need. What worked for them won’t work exactly the same for you. But the only way to know that is to take action.
Which is why this summer, I want to try something different.
What if we committed to a summer of less consuming and more doing? What if instead of adding another podcast to your queue, you laced up your shoes and went outside for even 20 minutes? What if your body became your primary source of data this summer?
What would change if you spent more time doing and less time consuming?
Here’s what I know: your body already has the information you need. It’s probably been trying to get your attention. The question is, are you paying attention? And even more, are you using it to make the changes your body actually needs?
I want to help you test data like:
Do you sleep better on the days you move?
Does your mood shift after a walk?
Does that breakfast fill you up?
Do you respond better to a high-carb or high-fat day?
What removes your anxiety?
That’s real-time, personalized, completely free data you need. And it also happens to be 1000% more relevant to you than any study you could read.
But the only way to access it is to take action.
I’m not asking you to run a marathon or overhaul your diet or life. I’m talking about going back to the basic things we’ve stopped doing because we’ve put our energy into consuming. We’re going back to the things you need to build capacity.
We’re moving to a summer of choosing to show up, shifting your energy from consuming to doing.
What do you say? Are you in?
Would you make this commitment?
To start with, let’s get moving.
I know this might be controversial, but I think movement is more important than what you eat (I said what I said).
To start with, take the 20 Minutes a Day in May Challenge. Commit to 20 minutes of movement every day. It doesn’t have to be fast. It doesn’t even have to be a walk. Just do something for your body each day.
(Follow along here for more inspiration)
Let’s be real, it’s also less time than you lie in bed scrolling in the morning ;)
This challenge is also a great warm-up for The Summer Walking Club, where we go all-in on action together. Registration is open now. Use it as your verbal commitment that you’re going to show up for yourself this summer.
And imagine where you could be on September 1st if you committed?
As you start the 20-minute-a-day in May movement challenge, notice:
What happens to your energy?
Your sleep?
The low-grade anxiety that has taken up space in your mind?
How do you respond to the chaos of your day?
And can I be honest about one more thing?
God designed us to move through the world on our own two feet. There’s something deeply right about it. Something that reconnects us to ourselves and to God in a way that sitting and scrolling never will.
So here’s the invitation.
Set down the content for the next few months. And invest that time and energy into doing something!
Let me know you’re in by leaving a comment below!
xx,
