How to Change Your Life in 15 Minutes.

I just spent the last 15 minutes deciding what my first sentence might be.

The 15 minutes before that scrolling through Instagram.

And the 15 before that faffing around making a cup of tea.

That’s 45 minutes of F*ck all right there my friends.

I am not prone to boasting, but it’s safe to say I do ‘not much’ exceedingly well. I am fairly reliable when it comes to time wasting. And I have a pretty sweet line of excuses as to why tomorrow might be a more prudent time, for what can sensibly be put off today.

For this reason, I am always on the look out for short cuts.

Ways we can do less but get more.

Be a bit of a lazy cow, but not actually look like one.

Which brings me to St. Ninian’s Primary School in Scotland. Six years ago, in a bid to improve the overall fitness of their students, the school decided to make a 15 minute run part of every student’s daily schedule. Like all clever shifts in routine, it was gloriously simple. No set up or equipment needed and no staff training required. Just get up, go outside and run. For 15 minutes.  Unlike a lot of stuff at school it was fully inclusive, non competitive and fun.

The Daily Mile, as this little 15 minute game-changer became known as, now takes place in 3,600 primary schools each day, in 35 countries around the world. As well as reducing the rates of obesity in schools, the kids are reportedly fitter, happier and more focused in class.

In the time it took me to faff around with my English Breakfast, lives are being changed my friend.

So – long story, short. I am moving to Bondi next month and I am going to commit to 15 minutes of soft sand running every morning. Not only because I want to get a bit fitter, but because there are some insanely, good looking people who run in the sand every morning. And, quite frankly, I could do with the distraction (from the running – obviously!)

It doesn’t have to be running. It might be as simple as learning to do a handstand. Or committing a quarter of an hour a day to reading a book, or nailing your backhand or improving your Spanish. So, what do you reckon? What’s the one thing  you wish you were better at?  What are you always telling yourself you will do one day? Between the one-days and the-next-weeks and the not-enough-times, we often forget the immense power of incremental growth.  Those little kids in Scotland are a great reminder that we can make a difference in no time at all.

There are 1440 minutes in a day – I am only asking you to re-consider 15 of them.

This GET HEALTHIER post is brought to you by someone who is not totally against the idea of having to be rescued. #bondirescue #helpmeimtired