First there was a Flip Video camera, given to someone like me who loves gadgets, has an idea a minute and some time off for the holidays. Second there is the resulting video. In less than two minutes I will list seven things that Galvanize My Mind. When you galvanize your mind it becomes fun and easy to create new habits. Here’s my list for the past week:
1. Strolling the streets of Bluff Park with my iPod
2. Going to the farmer’s market
3. Snuggling with my cat
4. Working out on the bluff with Your Next Victory
5. Visualizing my ideal 2010 and beyond
6. Reading good Tweets
7. Watching Hello Ross on YouTube
This and more captured in my “not quite 2 minute” video. If you can’t see the video here, watch it on You Tube.
You’ll see me doing push-ups at the beach with a pink wig on and you’ll meet Fenix, my persian tabby cat. One of my favorite clips is “Boys on Bikes.” I was out strolling the sidewalks of Bluff Park in Long Beach with my Flip Video in hand and a group of about 10 young men on skateboards and bicycles rode by, it was pretty exciting. Some of us screamed in joy. Including me. It’s on video.
Commuters in Odenplan, Stockholm were consistently taking the escalator instead of the stairs at the public transportation station. As part of an experiment, a crew of workers transformed the stairs into a piano keyboard, complete with sound. The result, 66% more people took the stairs instead of the escalator. The overall concept is that when you make change fun, people are more likely to embrace it.
Today I was listening to 50’s on 5 on XM/Sirius Radio and the Hula Hoop Song by Georgia Gibbs came on. I never remember hearing it even though I was practically raised listening to 50’s music and hula hooping.
However, as soon as I heard it, I thought of how much I love to Hula Hoop and how even though it’s technically “exercise”, it’s so much fun that it seems more like playing.
Just wanted to have the video here for a happy reminder of a fun way to be fit and have fun. Like the song says, “Anyone can play from 3 to 110!” The more ways you can make exercise fun instead of a chore, the more likely you’ll be to make it a habit. Happy Hooping.
I practiced with using audio clips in the video. I sampled Galvanize by the Chemical Brothers, and Express Yourself By The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band. Songs like these and more can be found on the latest “Songs to Galvanize Your Mind” PDF. Free to all new blog subscribers today. Get it here.
