The Perfect Day Plan
by Jost Sauer
Allen & Unwin
There are plenty of people, myself included, that feel there is something not quite right about the way we go about our day.
Getting up just in time to wake the kids, getting a cup of coffee or tea into our system to get us going and then setting off on our busy days. For most of us a regular day consist of family commitments, work, followed by more family commitments. Keeping the modern family going is a full time job, which many of us do in addition to our full time paid work. No wonder we are exhausted at the end of the day. We try to squeeze in some exercise, healthy food and time for ourselves but so often it falls by the wayside.
But what if we could do something to stop this crazy treadmill we somehow got ourselves on? Jost Sauer’s new book
The Perfect Day Plan can help you do just that. By following principles based on Chinese medicine, which show how each organ influences your health and emotional well being, you can have more energy and feel more relaxed as you go about your day.
The book focuses on the theory that every two hours of the day is ruled by a different organ and if you begin to schedule your day in according to the plan laid out in this book you will be healthier. Not all of us will be able to follow the plan religiously and that is not really the point the author is trying to make. What becomes apparent as you read the book is that in Western society we pretty much do the opposite of what this ancient theory recommends.
Here are a couple of interesting ideas you might like to consider. By rising between five and seven am and exercising you can actually burn fat at a much faster rate than if we wait until after work like so many of us do. You will have more energy throughout the day and sleep will come easier at night. Also we are most expressive and creative between eleven in the morning and one in the afternoon. Try setting some time aside to do your creative work in these two hours or let your mind wonder to what creative things you might like to do at this time. If you have an important conversation you would like to have with your partner or someone you care about, meet them for coffee at 11 instead of a drink later in the day. This two-hour period is dedicated to the heart, your conversation may be more productive then if you talk later.
This book is well written and easy to read. The concept makes intuitive sense and it is quite easy to implement one or two at a time and see how they really do help you feel better.
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Allen & UnwinReviewed by Michele Dennis for Kindred
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