I had a disheartening conversation with a martial arts student yesterday.
She asked if we could cancel her membership because Med School was becoming too much for her to handle.
The classwork and labs and studying had become so much that she couldn’t devote the two hours per week required for training.
I spoke to her about the benefits formal exercise can have in the studying/learning process—of which there are numerous!
I spoke to her about time management and we talked about how two hours per week is only 1-2% of her available weekly waking hours (24 hours per day – 8 hours for sleep = 16 waking hours per day; 16 waking hours x 7 days per week = 112 hours; 2 hours of exercise / 112 hours = .017 or 1.7%)
I even spoke to her about the importance of leading by example and keeping exercise as a priority even when she was busy so that when she was a medical professional telling busy people to prioritize exercise—she had a foundation of experience she could reference.
And she politely smiled and nodded throughout, listening carefully to each of my points.
And then said she agreed and thanked me for what I said, but that she still needed to cancel because it just wasn’t possible with Med School.
And that was that.