'Infobesity' & Your Wellbeing Objectives

I read an interesting article on information overload yesterday in HR Magazine.

Although I have my reservations about the term 'infobesity', its definitely true that too much information can be a huge distraction and even a stressor when it comes to the ability of individuals to achieve their wellbeing goals.

When we sit down with people at work and ask them what they'd really like to achieve with their wellness, the replies are usually pretty straightforward and the responses usually come pretty quickly because the objectives have been lurking around for a while.  Lurking but often not fulfilled.

In many cases, despite the fact that the objectives are simple, the route to success can become clouded by too much information and too many options on how to achieve wellness goals, whether the goals be to lose weight, increase energy, get fitter, sleep better or balance life in a more satisfactory manner.

A search on Amazon.com for 'fitness' books yields over 200,000 results. Search 'diet' for a further 80,000+ results and 'stress' gives you another 42,000+ results.  And all this pales into insignificance when you think about all the daily articles, blogs, tweets and updates we're exposed to.  You get the picture - finding the right approach can be confusing.

So rather than continually reacting to incoming information, consider a more methodical approach to how you achieve your wellbeing goals.  Don't worry about following the latest diet plan or workout routine but instead develop your own schedule for success based on carefully considered planning combined with regular trial and error.  Designing your bespoke wellbeing plan in this way will work far better and for a lot longer as you can see by reading our recent blog detailing 3 Essential Rules to Maximise Wellbeing.