Motivation and Community Support

Choose to plan. Very very resonant and pertinent indeed. Thank you very much. And with that in mind, thinking about positive health behaviours and attitudes, are there any that feel especially relevant for you, I mean, what works for you? Would you recommend anything to others? I know you touched on some of the things but break into here. So I don't know if this has come up in other people's interviews but we have our walks for wellbeing in Bracknell. And I think during the summer months, it was always easier to try and encourage someone to come along to one of the walks for wellbeing. I'd offer to go with them obviously but I think it was always easier to kind of entice them in. summer, I feel like people don't have as many excuses that they can put forward for themselves in summer. I think it's, you know, in winter it's very easy like, oh it's dark or it's raining or it's cold, I've got to do this, I've got to do that, whereas I think in summer it's a bit like, oh go on then, you know, it can't be that bad. So I think those sorts of attitudes, I think we just, it's a bit easier to motivate people in summer, that's how I found as a social prescriber anyway, I just found, obviously then it gets too hot and then people don't want to leave their homes because it's too warm, but that kind of shoulder seasons, I think people are just a bit easier to motivate, I found, you know, especially if something's a bit earlier in the morning or later in the evening, it's like, oh well come on, you know, you've had months and months and like, you know, not really wanting to leave the house, why don't you come, why don't you just give it a go? So I think that it's a little bit easier to motivate people to kind of get outside and go for walks in summer. That's how I found as a professional anyway. But on that motivational note, have you discovered any strategies that help you stay on track with your health in the summer? I mean, what works for you and would you recommend anything to others? That's a good question. So I think for me I start to set kind of bigger goals for myself because I know, and obviously this would vary person to person, but I think for summer for me is very much like the easiest months. I feel like I have good energy and good motivation And I know that about myself. So for someone else that might be, you know, some people find summer very, very draining. I'm very aware of that. So they might sort of come alive during autumn, winter, but I think it's being aware of that. So for me, summer is very much like a vigorating season for me. And I think my strategy for that is to kind of, I can set bigger goals. I can be a bit more ambitious with myself. And I know that I'm gonna be able to maybe achieve those sorts of things a bit. I'm just gonna find it a bit easier meet those goals during summer because I have that level of energy and motivation and feeling good and you know I think stress does decrease for me a little bit because I'm happier. I think that is very cyclical you know they all have an impact on each other so I think my strategy is just to kind of be a bit more ambitious in the months that I feel like I have the energy and the kind of facilities to do that. I think that's quite an important strategy for people you know push yourself when you know that you can take it a little bit so I think the flip side of that for winter is being very gentle on myself, setting very kind of holistic health goals as opposed to during summer where I feel like I can push myself a lot more and achieve those goals.