The obstacles: Anxiety

A girl at work wandered around the lobby in which I sat down, seemingly too busy to even notice her. She noticed me instead and said that she didn’t know whether to go to the gym or leave it for another day. Without stopping what I was doing and in a bossy tone told her to get her butt to the gym!
Living in a society like ours, it is rare the individual who has time to come to a full standstill. It is as if we were always rushing to go somewhere or stuck in a place that we don’t want to be at; as if waiting for something to happen more than happening every chance we get. That way, we are very much like animals, driven, impetuous, almost like an unstoppable machine.
Anxiety is fear manifesting itself in nervous gestures, random actions, and uncalculated movements. It is, in many instances, inescapable. Modern life is so full of stress and unncessary drama, and unfulfilled existences tend to be immersed in an ever dreamlike state. Many of us simply function around our instability, and walk so as not to offend anyone slouching, talk without an emphatic and dominant tone, and it all boils down one way or another to how we feel. We are stressed, tired, eating in a rush, with little time left for meditation or exercise.
Now, I won’t appeal to your mind in order to get rid of the anxiety you experience. That would be childish, as it is the mind the very own artifact causing. Ways to release anxiety are not limited to any particular way of thinking. You let go of the tension and stress in life much better by stimulating your mind and maintaining an active lifestyle. Couch potatoes could sit their sickness for hours that no remedy will come to them. Get up, take a walk, or make an unexpected phone call to someone you haven’t heard from in a long time. But more importantly, exercise.
Many of us will say that there is little time to exercise. Those of us who lead very busy lives know that exercising is part of our busy routines and not a luxurious venture. We make time to work out or meditate. If you lead an active life you can find ways to exercise even on your way to work, while sitting in front of the computer in your comfy chair, or by simply taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Significant physical activity soothes our anxious selves, and anyone who takes the time exercising knows well that it is not a burden. It is a great pleasure. The thing is that we rely on our minds to take a conscious attempt to incorporate activities in our daily life. If left to the intellect, we would never get off of bed. We have to do things viscerally, and stop making excuses not to be more active. Just say to yourself that you will only exercise for five minutes and once the five minutes are up, I assure you it will be a lot easier to stay for a few minutes more. The thing is to start doing it and not to think about doing it.