Twenty-Three and a Half Hours

In preparation for the September, I ended up on the Ted Talks.  I have watched a few of these videos but never made the next step of using them in a lesson at school.  While browsing the health videos I stumbled across the following video which in a word is Awesome!  I will definitely be using this with my classes this semester.

Twenty-three and a half hours is clear, concise and right on the mark with respect to exercise and healthy active living.  Dr. Mike Evans refers to good science while putting a new spin on just how easy it is improve all areas of your health with a small dose of regular activity.  Sometimes 30 or 60 minutes of daily exercise seems like a lot when your attending meetings, marking, coaching, driving the kids to practise and running errands.   Throw in some Facebook, Twitter and Youtube and it becomes easy to say ahhh, it's just one day, I'll be ok if I just sit.   However, when Dr. Mike says "Can you limit your sleeping and sitting to 23 1/2 hours per day," it makes us think differently about how little time it really takes to improve our health.

Fresh Start with Help from an Old Acquaintance

Well, after almost a year, I've found my way back here writing. To say that the first year of maintaining this blog was quiet would be a massive understatement. It's amazing how quickly ideas and high hopes can fade away to after-thoughts once September rolls around.

 My return to this space is partially seasonal and partially due to being inspired by reading another blog while on vaction in PEI. The author is a former friend from Queen's University who runs a successful advertising agency in Peterborough (BrandHealth). He has a book with his first 100 blog posts in which he shares his thoughts about personal life and making his business one that is both enjoyable and productive. With Labour Day fast approaching, my thoughtss have started to move away from vacationing and relaxing and more towards preparing for the storm that we all refer to as school. My energy levels start to ramp up at this time of the year and I literally have energy to burn. My challenge is to focus this productively. My aim is to offer some of my thoughts on teaching PE using technology, coaching, parenting, and living well.

 Thanks for the inspiration Paul!
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