🎥 MATT'S BLUE ZONE VLOG
Join Matt for a traditional Costa Rican work day starting with a special gift from a chicken before diving into the ancient corn-making rituals for the local market!
👁 TODAY'S INTENTION
Today, let's cultivate more inspired energy to work hard towards our healthy intentions with a balanced approach.
Our purpose, when paired with diligence, transforms work into a joyous pursuit. Recognize the power in your effort today. This effort is what builds a life of health and fulfillment. Every bit of constructive energy we pour into our tasks resonates with others, creating a ripple effect of inspiration and dedication. The healthy life we strive to achieve begins with the diligent steps we take today.
Ready to let diligence guide your steps towards a healthier life?
🌎 BLUE ZONE INSPIRATION
In all Blue Zones, a shared trait among centenarians is their lifelong dedication to physical work. They find joy in daily chores and maintain a sense of purpose through hard work. Emulating this mindset can bring us closer to a balanced, healthy life. Let’s embrace every task with enthusiasm, just as the longest-living people on Earth do.
Last year, when she turned 100, Marge Jetton renewed her driver's license for another five years. She still pumps iron on the regular.
💬 QUOTE
“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.“
– Mahatma Gandhi, a leader known for his nonviolent resistance, believed deeply in the value of effort and perseverance. His philosophy encourages us to find fulfillment in our diligent work, rather than focusing solely on outcomes.
🧬 SCIENCE
Research shows that greatness comes more from consistent, deliberate practice than from innate talent. This type of practice involves targeted efforts to improve, reaching beyond current capabilities, and involves high repetition. Elite performers practice consistently, even on weekends, demonstrating that diligence is key to success.
The difference between those who achieve their performance goals and those who don’t is a consistent period of deliberate effort to improve performance in that specific domain.
🧘 HEALTHY HABIT
Double Down on Your Health Goal.
Reflect on your 30-day Health Goal from Day 2:
- Is it still relevant? If not, revise it to something exciting.
- Reflect on your progress. Celebrate every step forward.
💡 Questions to reflect on:
- What has been the biggest barrier to your progress?
- What has helped you the most to work hard?
- What have you learned about yourself during this journey?
- What have you enjoyed the most?
⚕️ MEDICINAL MOTTO
Work hard so you can relax harder.
Our diligence extends beyond our career to all aspects of life, including rest. Engage in activities like yoga, nature walks, or feeding birds with the same focus as work. By practicing mindfulness and directing our attention, we naturally become diligent in everything we do.
✍🏼 JOURNAL PROMPTS
- Recall an activity you are consistent with daily.
- What inspires your consistency and diligence with this activity?
📣 AFFIRMATION
I am diligent, creating health and inspiration.
🙌 KUDOS
Bravo on completing today's session! Your dedication today is a testament to your commitment to health. Keep nurturing this intention throughout the day, and let your diligent efforts shine.
💬 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
What daily tasks bring you joy and a sense of purpose?
Share in the comments and inspire others to find joy in their diligence.
I am very consistent with the logical games on my phone such as the app called lumiousity which I do everyday.
Every day I am doing this program! This is the second one I will be completing. I did “30 days of love” before this one.
What has helped me achieve my goals these weeks is the support and example of my husband. We don’t talk about my issues because he knows it still upsets me and may cause relapse but being with him 24/7 on vacation has brought us closer and it calms me knowing I have his support.
I love the music
I love the Journey
Keeping a journal. I just love writing. And it seems to get my mind perked up and ready when I do it in the morning. Plus it’s a great way to keep track of my workouts and progress.
I really cannot say other than pray. I do that daily and I make a habit of it, now it is like taking a breath. There are so many parts of my life that I want to change, improve, move away from or toward. I’m not sure why I am finding most things difficult to do. Maybe today is just a day in which so much good has come out of it, and so many blessing, yet I know I need to make changes that I run away from. Stamping my feet like a little girl seems to be right about now.
Bring to mind something that you have become very consistent with spending daily time working on.
… For me, everything has come back to the power of just bring present. Focusing on the present moment, and letting go of everything else.
What is it about that activity which has inspired you to be consistent and diligent with it? It’s hard to answer this, but I’ve found that when I’m not in the moment… I’m getting in my own way. I allow myself to get stressed, to worry about unnecessary things, to not just be. What’s inspired me to be consistent is the way that I feel when I let all of that stupid sh*t go and just focus on being right here, right now.
For me, it’s backwards: a slip in consistency is my best inspiration at this point. For 20 days, I made good headway at creating consistency toward my goals from Week 2. They remain firm re food choices, quantities, and activity goals. …Yet at the 3-week mark, I notice some less healthy habits sneaking back in.
My BARRIER has been a combo of ‘forgetting’ and ‘delaying’. Tracking helped, but even that has slacked off a bit the past few days. Daily accountability has been the most help.
I have re-learned that I do well when I am accountable to myself in a shared community, and less well when seeking to change on my own.
My BEST consistency is on being aware of my goals and of noticing all effects of my efforts, though, so that the rewards are as psychologically valuable as they are physically beneficial.
This Day 22 review and re:assessment inspires me to return to careful tracking and habit-creating after a couple of days of little slips. Luckily, these are easy to catch and correct, and rebooting is my guiding Intention for this upcoming final week of our course!
I have enjoyed Matt’s videos, the colourful design and wise webpages, and the excellent questions posed for us to journal upon and share.
It’s also great to read the posts of fellow travellers!
Exercise! It started first with my doctor telling me I needed to do it everyday. I couldn’t even do one push-up! I’m so grateful that this has become a habit now. I love running, XC skiing pretty much everything now. It brings such a sense of well being and joy!
Currently I am doing two different health challenges and an online mandala class. I also meditate at least once a day.
My health is important to me (physical, emotional and spiritual).