This Is How Exercise Is Helping Me Become a Flexible Person

Summary

Lalitha Brahma is documenting her journey of personal growth through a 12-week home workout program, which includes writing about life lessons and the impact on her flexibility, both physically and in her approach to writing and content creation.

Abstract

Lalitha Brahma has committed to a 12-week home workout program by Heather Robertson, where she not only focuses on physical exercise but also reflects on the effects on her body, emotions, and mind. She has been sharing her experiences and lessons learned through her writing, emphasizing the development of her flexibility, both in body and mindset. Despite facing challenges in synchronizing her workout schedule with her writing, she has persevered and found inspiration in her "Medium Back Stories." This process has led her to participate in writing challenges, publish stories across various platforms, and acknowledge the work of fellow writers, which has boosted her morale and changed her once rigid approach to a more adaptable one.

Opinions

The author believes that exercise and writing are interconnected in developing personal flexibility.
She values the importance of perseverance, as evidenced by her continued commitment to completing the workout program and writing about it, despite initial setbacks.
The author expresses a shift from a rigid mindset to a more flexible one, crediting the workout program and writing process for this transformation.
She acknowledges the influence of other writers and the Medium community in inspiring her and providing support.
Lalitha Brahma encourages readers to subscribe to her stories and supports the idea that subscriptions directly benefit writers on Medium.
She sees the value in sharing her journey publicly and believes it can help others, as demonstrated by her podcast and call for connections with her audience.

Week 8 Day 1 What Do Dumbbells Do To Spark Curiosity Week 8 Day 2 Changing Intentions Can Be Like A Rocking Boat And Builds Grit Week 8 Day 3 Comfort Is Good But Getting Out Of Comfort Is Better Week 8 Day 4 Have You Been Snubbed by Your Brain

Week 8 Day 5 Memory Jogger:

Renegade Push up, Push up and push back, Crab Dance, Plank jacks, V Squeeze, Chest Press, Rear Delt fly.

Yesterday in my article This Is What Happens When a Writer Inspires You I shared how a writer helped me inspire by changing my self-talk to mindfully go over my “Medium Back Stories” and create a Round Up Story. Today I am realizing that the same Back Stories that made me feel bored and uninspired, are not only inspiring me but acting as a booster.

I scrolled through the dates of publishing the stories. Here is what I found:

I wrote my first lesson learned from Day 2 Week 1 ( A Home Workout Program That Propelled Me To Learn About Myself) of the 12-Week Heather Robertson’s Home Workout Program on May 17. While I intended to do the workout as scheduled and write the lessons learned/Takeaway on the same day, it did not happen. I did not give up.

On Sept 10, 2022, I completed the 12-Week Home Workout Program and felt so great! Yay! However, my writing part was completed only till Week 8 Day 4. I wrote an article when I was feeling snubbed by my brain and shared my feelings.

As of this writing Oct 19, 2022, I still have to edit the Drafts and publish the lessons learned/ Takeaway from Week 9 to Week 12.

Why am I saying that and how has it changed my mindset?

Initially, I was very firm to integrate my writing with an Exercising schedule to facilitate content creation and be disciplined in writing and exercising. By doing the exercises and writing the Life lessons/ takeaways, I was able to expand my horizon of reading and not only did my body become flexible, but I too started drifting from being too rigid to becoming flexible.

I used to be rigid in not participating in Writing challenges or prompts. That changed. I committed and completed the Refresh the soul’s 30-Day Writing Challenge in September 2022. To me, that means, getting out of my comfort zone, meeting new editors, and readers, and becoming flexible.

I also self-published through Medium App while I was on vacation ( not so perfect and was unable to use many features as in the website) and that is yet another demonstration of my true desire to be flexible and just do it.

I enjoy publishing in Reciprocal by giving credit to other writers.

With that said, I am pretty sure I will complete finalizing my Drafts and publish for Week 9 to Week 12 of the 12-Week Home-Workout Program

How about you? How has writing and your method of content creation boosted your morale?

Amidst so many articles I read about the decline in the capacity to make money here is one article that is truly a motivation for all the writers. Thank you, Sahil Patel:

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