Day 5

Now that I completed my goal this week, I can see how bicycling can improve your emotional and physical health. I don’t feel as stressed when I come home after a long day at work and I feel more motivated at work because my energy has increased. My sleep has also improved, which allows me to be more motivated to work out in the morning.

I did find that blogging my goal helped me stay on task. Also setting days of the week to remember to complete my goal helped. When you aren’t setting goals, it is easy to push it to the next day or the next day. You are always too tired or too busy to workout. But setting a goal and keeping track of it, helps keep you motivated.

Improving my emotional health will not only help my personal life but, it will help in my professional life as well. Emotional stability is very important in a high stressed management position. I currently managed two different medical offices and I have 20 direct reports, along with providers and nurses. Having so many different people come to you to ” fix problems” consistently throughout your day can be emotionally draining to deal with everyday. I have learned having a clear bind by reducing stress at home and taking breaks for yourself has helped improve my emotional health at work. I used to often work through lunch because there was never enough time to get the work done. I have learned that it’s important to give yourself a break too. There’s also tomorrow to get the job done. Having good emotional health throughout your day helps improve your work performance and gives you the ability to enjoy coming to work everyday.