Being an Active Participant in Life – Active April.

Are you an Active Participant in Life?

Are you Living Well and Enjoying Life?

Welcome to Active April 2024 – Be An Active Participant in Life

When I first saw that the Action for Happiness Theme Calendar was ‘Active April’ I thought about the physical aspect of challenging myself to exercise every day for 30 days. In the past I had implemented Active April and written blog posts around exercise. This time I wanted it to be different!

On reflection I decided to implement Active April in my own way by taking up the challenge to be an Active Participant in Life in some way each day. I’m would love you to join me in the daily challenge, helping and encouraging each other throughout April.

It’s about more than exercise. It is about getting the most out of life. Keeping physically active is vital as we age but so too is keeping our brain active. I want the Active April – Being an active Participant Challenge to enrich our lives – physically, mentally and spiritually.

We are now into the second quarter of the year but we can START GETTING MORE ACTIVITY INTO OUR DAY on ANY DAY OF THE WEEK OR YEAR! It’s just a matter of starting.

Whilst part of the focus of Active April will be around moving our bodies, I also encourage you to be an ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN LIFE! That means making time to get out and about, enjoying what life has to offer. It’s about keeping your Mind active as well as your body.

Perhaps you might like to try something new – Active April is the time.

I’m sharing this post on the Women Living Well After 50 Podcast if you would prefer to listen rather than read

What does being an Active Participant in Life mean?

Being an active participant in life means engaging fully in the various aspects of life rather than being a passive bystander. It involves taking initiative, making choices, and actively pursuing goals and experiences that align with one’s values, interests, and aspirations.

Active participation in life can manifest in many ways, including:

1. Setting goals: Actively identifying what you want to achieve and working towards those objectives.
2. Taking action: Rather than waiting for things to happen, actively seeking out opportunities and taking proactive steps to make things happen.
3. Being present: Fully engaging in the present moment, whether it’s in conversations, activities, or experiences, rather than being preoccupied with the past or future.
4. Embracing challenges: Viewing challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, and actively seeking ways to overcome obstacles.
5. Seeking fulfillment: Actively pursuing activities, relationships, and experiences that bring joy, satisfaction, and meaning to life.
6. Making decisions: Taking responsibility for one’s choices and actions, and actively making decisions that align with personal values and goals.
7. Continuous learning: Remaining curious and open to new experiences, ideas, and perspectives, and actively seeking opportunities for personal and professional development.

Overall, being an active participant in life involves taking ownership of one’s experiences and actively shaping one’s own path rather than passively letting life happen. It’s about being engaged, proactive, and intentional in how one lives and experiences life.

Why 30 days of Activity?

• A great way to kickstart a healthy habit or challenge yourself to try something new.
• Establishes a Habit
• Builds Consistency
• Sets Achievable Goals
• Improves Physical Health
• Boosts Mental Well-being
• Explores New Activities
• Builds Self-discipline

What does the WLWA50 Being an Active Participant in Life Challenge look like?

• It is simple really. I want to keep it as simple as possible so there won’t be any daily emails clogging your box. Just a daily social media post for you to check in (if you would like to). You may want to do the challenge but not check in – that’s fine it’s a FREE challenge so you can make your own rules. Personally, checking in helps me to stay on track.
• We commit to being active and being an active participant in life each day of April. – You can do this three different ways. You can choose to use the calendar below for the prompts which has a variety of ways we can be more active in life. Some ideas are very creative and some are certainly part of our daily lives. You have the option of doing what I’m doing or you can do your own thing. Just move and be active in life – you decide how.
• No, it doesn’t mean full on workouts each day, although I’m going to encourage you to do some form of exercise for heart health, strong bones and increased muscle mass.
• Yes, it means being active in life in some way each day – it could be exercising or it could be keeping your mind active or catch up with friends, seeing a show, doing something different. No, it doesn’t mean sitting all day every day and not enjoying life and participating in what life has to offer.
• I’ll be posting daily on social media with encouragement and what I’m planning or have done to be active. I might even share some photos of my husband, Mike as well. If you aren’t on social media you can still take part and I will do a weekly check-in post every Sunday, so you can check in each week by leaving a comment on the post.
• You check in with what you’ve done by leaving a comment on the social media post.

How can I participate?

• Commit to being active in some way for 30 days of April at your level
• Join me via Instagram Sue Loncaric (@womenlivingwellafter50) or the Women Living Well After 50 Facebook Group. (2) Women Living Well After 50 | Facebook
• Not on social media? Subscribe to the Women Living Well After 50 blog for the weekly check in post published each Sunday.
• Check in on either platform with what you did for the day
• Encourage each other to stay active, healthy and happy
• Provide ideas of different ways to be active

WLWA50 Active April Challenge Daily Calendar

Download the WLWA50 Active April Challenge Calendar so you can tick off and record your activity each day. You will be surprised how motivating this is when you start seeing all those ✅✅✅✅

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Action for Happiness Active April Calendar

Click to access ACTIVE-APRIL-ACTION-FOR-HAPPINESS.pdf

Will you join me? Let’s try to be Active Participants in Life during April together so we can Live Well and Enjoy Life?

Are you in? Leave me a comment and let’s get started.

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