Don't live for tomorrow, but don't ruin the future
This will be a post with the intention of making the people reading this think some things through. I don't say that anything is backed up with specific scientific data. I am simply raising awareness surrounding this.
It might sound like I am some kind of doomsday prophet, saying that life will suck and growing old will make us weak.
Please read this text with the mindset of how small changes in your everyday life will allow you to avoid these problems.
It might sound like I am some kind of doomsday prophet, saying that life will suck and growing old will make us weak.
Please read this text with the mindset of how small changes in your everyday life will allow you to avoid these problems.
One thing bothers me. Some people argue saying things like they want to live their life now. Saying that it might end at any time.
Fine. I understand that they don't want to put all their money into their pension and not spend any money at all having fun.
The thing about these people is that they often use these arguments to just eat fast food, party and drink alcohol every weekend and smoking etc while not taking care of their bodies at all.
It will be fine for some time, a few years even. I mean, your body will recover from a lot of abuse. Some people get stuck in that behavior though and still comes with the same arguments.
And it is not as if I attack their way of living when talking to them. They just defend it spontainously. Like they feel the need to defend their own behavior.
And it is not as if I attack their way of living when talking to them. They just defend it spontainously. Like they feel the need to defend their own behavior.
School is a great example in some ways. When young you don't realize how easy life really is. You basically just have school and you won't lose money over a sick day.
For me, it was like this. I had no motivation to learn certain things. I had not decided what I wanted to do with my grades. I had no dream about what school I wanted to apply to or which job I wanted in the future.
So my motivation was not there. Motivation is key, and to get that - a goal is great to have. It helps you through meaningless classes since you can see them as a step on the way to your dream.
To sum the school example up. It can be hard to understand why not to just have fun instead of taking the time to study. Since you don't see the importance of it and rather have fun right now.
What does it mean by living in the now?
Seriously. The simple thing to be able to walk around being at full health is something most of us don't appreciate fully. If breaking both of your legs, being stuck in a wheelchair for weeks. Then people gets that "Wow feeling". They had no idea how great it is to just be normal.
So the people saying that we might die at any time as an excuse, they often forget to value their normal life as something special.
Being forced to wake up at 7 a.m five times a week is a wet dream for a lot of people. People who had accidents and got hurt badly, not being able to work anymore.
Even people that are healthy but unemployed would trade their week days with you without hesitation.
Some part of this is about appreciating life itself. And by appreciating it, you will be more prone to take care of it. Making sure that you will still be healthy like you are now.
You go to work even though you don't feel like it on monday morning.
Why?
Because you want to preserve your lifestyle. Without the income from work, you would not be able to pay for the fun moments in your life. You have a reason for behaving at work, that motivates you!
By finding what would motivate you to do some exercise or changing your diet - it will be easier to do. Because of motivation!
Do I mean that you have to workout 5 times a week?
No, I certainly do not. I am just saying respect yourself, take care of the things you have!
As we grow older, our body will pay the bar tab we built up over the years. And I know that everything is not because of our choices. There are some luck with the genetic lottery involved as well.
Everyone with lungcancer has not smoked cigarettes for 20 years.
You can get problems with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases without eating poorly.
There are in fact though people that are old but their biological age is basically 20 years younger. And on the other side, there are people in their mid thirties that are forced to eat more medicine than the average 80-year olds.
In my experience, (not facts I have dug out from statistics or anything, this is just to give you a wake up call) when asked about their activity. The healthy elder people have often been living an active lifestyle. Not necessarily going to the gym. It can be things like other hobbies.
For example walking a dog, tending the garden a lot and stuff like that.
For example walking a dog, tending the garden a lot and stuff like that.
Having an active lifestyle is always a good investment. You just need to find something that gives you a higher quality of life.
If you hate dogs, I don't think getting a dog will make you feel better and have more fun in everyday life. But something that you enjoy, will make you live in the present and enjoying yourself - while doing something that will benefit you in the long run as well.
Don't you get to eat any foods that you like?
This post will not be a nutritional guide in any way. I am simply saying that by doing it completely wrong you will risk medical conditions like diabetes and cardio vascular diseases.
Some sort of multivitamin is a good way to start. That will give you a good base to avoid any unbalance in your body.
There is a lot of chemistry in our bodies and most of the time it will take care of it all by itself. But a little help is not a bad idea.
In most cases you will notice if you eat too wrong. You will gain a lot of weight. But not everyone is gaining a lot of weight by eating poorly. That does not mean that their bodies aren't affected by the diet.
They can still be affected in their veins with plaque and such that will increase the risk of having heart problems in the future.
And the most obvious reasons is that if you become too heavy your body will have to work hard to complete your daily routines. Walking around is hard on your knees for example.
And when growing older and become weaker or suffering some kind of injury making you unable to use your legs for example - you will have a hard time moving around if you are not strong in the rest of your body.
Using crutches is not easy if you lack strength in your upper body for example. And being overweight, that extra weight will have to be carried by your arms.
Growing older should be fantastic. The people now that are 65 are not like 65 year olds were 50 years ago. They tend to be more like 50 year olds were back then, healthier. With our medical advancements and some common sense, we have the potential to be healthy and capable of doing fun stuff a long time after retirement.
I think that most people reading this will already be on a good path in life. And if you read this and feel that you lack knowledge about certain parts. Look it up, it might give you some motivation to easier achieve some ultimate goal you have.
Some sort of multivitamin is a good way to start. That will give you a good base to avoid any unbalance in your body.
There is a lot of chemistry in our bodies and most of the time it will take care of it all by itself. But a little help is not a bad idea.
In most cases you will notice if you eat too wrong. You will gain a lot of weight. But not everyone is gaining a lot of weight by eating poorly. That does not mean that their bodies aren't affected by the diet.
They can still be affected in their veins with plaque and such that will increase the risk of having heart problems in the future.
And the most obvious reasons is that if you become too heavy your body will have to work hard to complete your daily routines. Walking around is hard on your knees for example.
And when growing older and become weaker or suffering some kind of injury making you unable to use your legs for example - you will have a hard time moving around if you are not strong in the rest of your body.
Using crutches is not easy if you lack strength in your upper body for example. And being overweight, that extra weight will have to be carried by your arms.
Growing older should be fantastic. The people now that are 65 are not like 65 year olds were 50 years ago. They tend to be more like 50 year olds were back then, healthier. With our medical advancements and some common sense, we have the potential to be healthy and capable of doing fun stuff a long time after retirement.
I think that most people reading this will already be on a good path in life. And if you read this and feel that you lack knowledge about certain parts. Look it up, it might give you some motivation to easier achieve some ultimate goal you have.
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