Why do we focus more on our careers than on our health/fitness?
I once overheard a fitness trainer say to a gym member that she was sad he was quitting his gym membership as a means to cut back on expenses because “it’s sad that health is often the first thing they abandon.”
The upside for keeping healthy and fit is significant – we have more life, and enjoy life more. The downside for not keeping healthy and fit is obvious. Without our health, we have nothing – we can’t even begin to pursue a career or enjoy life. Ironic, that our fitness well-being is the first thing to be ditched. Not that a gym membership is the only way to stay fit, but in most cases, when that membership is dropped, so too are the fitness goals.
Oddly enough, I was told by one of my doctors that as people age, we need almost exponentially more exercise to keep fit. Most people think that older people need to relax and take it easy. Apparently, that’s not the case. I don’t know how true this is, but I recall that nugget of information from the doctor surprised me.
If health and fitness are the foundations of life, without which we have no career…wouldn’t it make sense for us to devote as much time, if not more, to improving our health and fitness as compared to developing our careers? When we are healthy, it is easy to take it for granted. I don’t know what the right ratio of time spent on one’s fitness is compared to work, but it does seem that most of us could do some good with a few additional hours each week focused on health & fitness.
The upside for keeping healthy and fit is significant – we have more life, and enjoy life more. The downside for not keeping healthy and fit is obvious. Without our health, we have nothing – we can’t even begin to pursue a career or enjoy life. Ironic, that our fitness well-being is the first thing to be ditched. Not that a gym membership is the only way to stay fit, but in most cases, when that membership is dropped, so too are the fitness goals.
Oddly enough, I was told by one of my doctors that as people age, we need almost exponentially more exercise to keep fit. Most people think that older people need to relax and take it easy. Apparently, that’s not the case. I don’t know how true this is, but I recall that nugget of information from the doctor surprised me.
If health and fitness are the foundations of life, without which we have no career…wouldn’t it make sense for us to devote as much time, if not more, to improving our health and fitness as compared to developing our careers? When we are healthy, it is easy to take it for granted. I don’t know what the right ratio of time spent on one’s fitness is compared to work, but it does seem that most of us could do some good with a few additional hours each week focused on health & fitness.
Comments