At some stage in our lives, we all dream for a life without worry, where we can do what we want and we don’t want/need too much of a challenge in life.
We want to always read a book that is so good we can’t put down (rarely happens but great when it does), we want to eat rich food and not put weight on (rarely/never happens), we want to have one more hour or two in bed and still accomplish lots that day (rarely/never happens), and this is why we can’t always have exactly what we want or live life doing “what we feel” without it coming off the rails a bit.
We wouldn’t know happiness unless we had experienced sadness, we wouldn’t appreciate a pain free body unless we had experienced pain in our bodies through muscle strain/joint aches etc.
So the feeling of contentment, calmness, the ability to have a good night’s sleep, the absence of anxiety and stress all happens because of the WORK we put before it.
We know 100% that workouts crush stress and anxiety, we know that eating good food keeps us internally healthy and fights off disease too, along with workout out, and we know deep down that we would never achieve satisfaction, pride, and have an amazing feeling of wellbeing unless we kept ourselves fit and healthy.
Like cleaning our teeth, unless we clean them they eventually drop out!!
Our habits make us, shape us and keep a sense of reality within us just as we are pretending that doing what the heck we like over a long period of time hasn’t got consequences if we neglect our body, have declining activity levels and eat out/have takeaways way too much.
Life is a balance, have treats but make sure you workout at least 3 times a week, eat well 80% of the time, get plenty of fresh air and choose to mostly hangout with positive people who wish you well, those are the non-negotiables, and these habits give you more choices than you ever thought because when you have your health, then anything is possible again.
