Do you enjoy brushing your teeth?
How about cleaning your car?
Using the rest room?
There are things we do not because we want to. Not because we like to. But because we have to. The price you pay for not doing it is immediate, cruel and can leave you labelled unpopular or unsavoury to be around.
Your mouth smells if you don’t brush your teeth. You smell if you don’t bathe or clean yourself or your clothes thoroughly.
You can drive a dirty car that is seldom serviced. But a well
maintained car rides better and is a joy to sit in.
Where am I going with this ?
The sense of urgency or immediacy exists only when the pain, discomfort or loss is palpable and tangible. Most of us need to feel the pain of our choices to proactively do something about it.
When the pain is slow and creeping, it is easier to ignore it or not even feel it.
Losing muscle, compromised joint health, degeneration of tendons and diminishing strength are just a few things that are inevitable as you age. Unlike morning breath, most of us do not realise it is happening.
Like you brush your teeth, you need to get a minimum dose of activity. Without too much fuss or thought. You don’t worry about the right brush, right tooth paste. It almost always gets done regardless of circumstances.
The minimum dose of activity is much less than you think. But unfortunately much more than what most of us are doing. Not all of us enjoy this dose. Those of us who do go for larger servings.
If you don’t do what is necessary, you cannot blame genetics and time for the outcomes of inactivity. Ignorance and apathy were the actual killers.