“Look at your 5 closest friends. Those five friends are who you are. If you don’t like who you are, then you know what you have to do…”- Will Smith
The principle goes something like you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Think about this for a moment…think about the five people closest to you (not just geographically close, but emotionally close counts as well), if you feel closely connected to them, but they live across the country, they are still considered “close”. These five people can be coworkers, other moms in your mommy group, as well as your family and friends. All of these people can affect your health, your career, your life choices…Wow! Now, obviously, some of these people we can’t get rid of….you can’t choose who your boss hires, for example, or banish crazy Aunt Edna, but you can choose to make closer connections to the people you DO want to be more like. Enter today’s challenge…
Make a date!! Let’s all make a weekly date with the healthiest person (or people) we know. Or maybe it’s someone who isn’t in your immediate circle of friends, but you’d like them to be (especially now that you know they can positively impact your life). They say to never be the smartest person in the room, but I’d like to take that a step further and say never be the healthiest person in the room. Go and make a date with that person so you can get some of what they’re putting out! This date doesn’t have to be in person if they live far away…make use of all this technology and have a FaceTime date or use a web conferencing platform (like Zoom) to get several of your friends together at once. Make a date with a friend to take a walk every week (this is what I’m currently doing…which means I’m connecting AND I’m getting Day 10 taken care of at the same time). {yesssss!}. Maybe go to a friend’s church with them if you’re wanting to expand your spiritual practice. The options are endless.
The point is to spend some time every week with people who are living the way you want to live. Your health, your finances, your everything is impacted by those you spend time and connection with. I stumbled on this recent article where the author says it’s even BIGGER than the 5…it expands to people we don’t even know…that a friend of a friend of a friend’s choices can impact us. {woah, what?!} I’m going to take a moment to wrap my head around that…while you go and make that date!
Light and Love,
♥k