Category: Common Sense Is Elusive

Normal is expensive, the jeff noel insight

Army Warrior Ethos
world-class status begets world-class status

 

Normal is expensive is another in a very long list of brilliant Hugh MacLeod – Gaping Void posts – business insights.

Let’s look at people who don’t exercise, eat decently, nor rest adequately.

It’s normal isn’t it?

Majority of Americans fit this description.

So my take is yes, normal is indeed expensive.

Different strokes (insights) for different folks.

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PS. Seth Godin, Hugh MacLeod, and Brian Clark are the three thought-leaders I have the utmost respect for. And if they ever watched a Masters Track & Field meet and experienced my 54-year old art, perhaps there’d be a kindred spirit (if there isn’t already).

If we ever doubted this, let’s work tirelessly to not to

90th birthday cake
Balance for an entire lifetime?

 

If we ever doubted this, let’s work tirelessly to not to. We know that picking up one end of a stick also picks up the other end.

When we neglect one area of our life, the others are negatively impacted as well.

Carrying a weak or heavy spirit, impacts our sense of self-love and diminishes our personal sense of responsibility to exercise regularly, get adequate rest, and make sensible food choices.

We know this.

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We’ve covered mental and physical, now over to emotional (spiritual), click go.

 

We are not judging you when this happens, instead we wonder

nice row home with back yard and garage
Small backyard, but huge city park across the street

 

We are not judging you when this happens, instead we wonder.

When we see others, or ourselves, living in poor health, we wonder, “Why?”

The real question is why aren’t we doing all the things necessary to live a healthy life?

And how is it that we got so comfortable – mentally and physically -with self-destructive habits.

How?

We’ve covered mental and physical, now scoot over to emotional (spiritual), click go.

 

As if Baby Boomers need a reminder for this physical BFO

The Grinch who stole Christmas
Elementary school play on a Friday night after working 6am-5pm

 

First Baptist The Singing Christmas Trees
A Christmas traditional, The Singing Trees, after working all day Saturday

 

As if Baby Boomers need a reminder for this physical BFO – blinding flash of the obvious:

Use it or lose it.

Our body houses everything that keeps us alive. It thrives on exercise, good food, and rest.

Only ran two days in the past seven. Grueling holiday schedule. Everyone has the same list of excuses.

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This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It’s a breeze to go from this physical health blog to the spiritual health blog, just click -> go to Next Blog