Personal Responsibility: The Key to a Successful Life Journey

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Personal responsibility and accountability are highly valued traits for one to possess. Although it could never be said that life is an easy pursuit, things can be made more simple when people take accountability for his or her behaviors. Often, people engage in behavior that they sometimes are unaware is unhealthy, or unfavorable for them. Personal health covers a wide range of topics. Knowledge of these topics can be used to assist a person in a successful life journey. Accordingly, in the ongoing pursuit of honest accountability with oneself, it is necessary to occasionally submit to self-evaluation. During this process, all of one’s past behaviors should be compared to his or her current activity, while acknowledging, and correcting, …show more content…

It currently is also not one of my strong suits, but first I’d like to reflect on the history of my fitness activity or lack thereof. The extent of my fitness experience spans the activity issued during state-mandated school exercises. Generally, my personal fitness has not been a concern of mine. Appropriately, as a youth, I was much more round in my physical appearance. As such, my ratio of muscle to body fat was particularly low. The results of this lifestyle will invariably produce negative effects on one’s health, as it did with mine. Furthermore, this lowered state of fitness originated from a lack of goal setting and exercise in general. When attempting to maintain an exercise routine, certain necessary steps should be taken to ensure success. Consequently, exercising successfully requires implementation of continual small goals.The main reason for the lack of a fitness routine in my life came from a lack of fitness goals. Achieving a high level of functional fitness requires continual work. Because this work has never been an interest to me, I, unfortunately, have squandered the opportunity to set fitness goals for …show more content…

However, physical fitness is a minor concern on my personal scale. I would much rather focus on the development of positive mental health over the years. Although it would be ideal to gain a statuesque body, the amount of time and dedication to achieving those results are immense. So immense, in fact, that one’s entire lifestyle would become influenced by such a pursuit. Accordingly, my goals include maintaining a comfortable degree of functional fitness while carefully monitoring changes in mental health. They say that a mind is a terrible thing to waste, but physical beauty does not last

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