Starting a business and living a healthy life? Those two go together like apple lasagna - i.e., they don't. New York is known as the money capital of America, but 2021 has proven that money is secondary to good health. So how do small business owners strike a balance between chasing after business ventures and caring for their physical, emotional, and mental well-being?
Tips to Improve Your Health
Running a business in New York requires you to be on top of your game, all the time. Prioritizing your health as an entrepreneur will reap rewarding results. Here are five tricks for business owners to work hard and stay active:
Fill the gaps in your daily routine with healthy activities. Owning a business means you're always working, leaving you little time for anything else. The daily hustle can be physically and mentally taxing for entrepreneurs. But you can squeeze in a little early morning exercise and meditation to wake yourself up and enhance your overall fitness - two birds with one stone! So make exercise a part of your daily morning routine, have your gym clothes ready the night before, and your shoes beside your bed. You'll be in good physical and mental shape - all before 11 am!
Treat your "you-time" like an appointment with a client. Put your workout and quiet time into your calendar - just like any other appointment. Scheduling time for your wellness, officially, is a great reminder to keep this appointment with yourself with as much consideration and commitment as you would a client.
Plank! One of the best things about this exercise is that you can do it anywhere, without gym clothes or equipment, and it only takes a minute or two to do. Planks are the breakfast smoothie version of a full-body workout. By forcing you to focus on nothing but your core, planks also help calm your mind and silence your racing thoughts.
Make time for fun. As an adult and a business owner, you probably think you're too grown-up or busy for fun. But, as the saying goes, all work and no play does indeed make you dull. Find at least 15 minutes in your day to do something fun. It could be lunch with your pals, listening to a wellness podcast, reading a fun book, or just laughing with someone over nothing specifically. Fun is fitness too!
Remember, exercise and work are related. Most busy people don't exercise because it seems like a distraction. The reality is that exercise only increases your productivity. That morning run will not only improve your attitude but give you that extra shot of energy and focus you'll need to get stuff done later on in the day.
Taking care of your health now prevents you from spending all your wealth on huge medical bills later in life. But for those inevitable sick days, consider enrolling your business in a small business health insurance plan.
New York has an extensive (and expensive) network of health insurance providers. So, New York Small Health has perfected the art of matching companies (like yours) with affordable health insurance plans that meets all their healthcare needs. NY Small Health works with companies like Cigna to offer you inexpensive health insurance that supports you and your employees when you need it to.
Find out more at nysmallhealth.com or contact an insurance professional today.