You recover quickly from colds. And when you slip, you catch yourself before you fall. You don’t realize it, but you have all-day-long energy many of your peers don’t and a better baseline mood. When your friend asks you to run a charity 10K or join their pick-up soccer league, you can say
This reminds me of a guy named Jeffrey Gitomer I used to follow who said, "most people are unwilling to do the hard work that makes sales easy." same idea, and as you convey it here regarding health, a very important one.
I am a new subscriber and as a former newsletter/blog creator and writer I am really enjoying your writing. To support your efforts I will be upgrading to paid (at least for a while - I am retired).
Jack this newsletter is bangin, dude. I agree. I got to do more tough things. Was doing some jiu-jitsu here in Mexico City for a while but life started getting in the way. Cheers man. Thanks for commenting on my post.
Thanks, Jack. I read the whole first part thinking, "I wish!" Ok, some applies to me, some I'm still working on! But I love the perspective of hard choices making an easy life. It is windy as hell outside, but I'm going for a walk.
I loved the style of this piece. I almost felt myself living that life, in those shoes, and inspired to life up to that vision you painted of a life I could have if I made difficult decisions.
Especially loved: “Infusing your days with discomfort has depleted the difficulty of your life.”
This is great! One of the main reasons I exercise. To say yes to races and challenges spontaneously. To this point, I'm running a 30km night trail run tomorrow that I found out about yesterday.
...great reminders abound...the easy path, if even available, is not necessarily the correct one...compounded good choices opens doors you won't see any other way...so too with bad choices, but likely a bad place as a result...we make our own trails, and can only build more if we maintain our healths...
This reminds me of a guy named Jeffrey Gitomer I used to follow who said, "most people are unwilling to do the hard work that makes sales easy." same idea, and as you convey it here regarding health, a very important one.
I am a new subscriber and as a former newsletter/blog creator and writer I am really enjoying your writing. To support your efforts I will be upgrading to paid (at least for a while - I am retired).
Jack this newsletter is bangin, dude. I agree. I got to do more tough things. Was doing some jiu-jitsu here in Mexico City for a while but life started getting in the way. Cheers man. Thanks for commenting on my post.
Thanks, Jack. I read the whole first part thinking, "I wish!" Ok, some applies to me, some I'm still working on! But I love the perspective of hard choices making an easy life. It is windy as hell outside, but I'm going for a walk.
I loved the style of this piece. I almost felt myself living that life, in those shoes, and inspired to life up to that vision you painted of a life I could have if I made difficult decisions.
Especially loved: “Infusing your days with discomfort has depleted the difficulty of your life.”
Doing hard things is a valuable skill
This is great! One of the main reasons I exercise. To say yes to races and challenges spontaneously. To this point, I'm running a 30km night trail run tomorrow that I found out about yesterday.
Thanks for sharing this Jack. Hard choices ftw!
...great reminders abound...the easy path, if even available, is not necessarily the correct one...compounded good choices opens doors you won't see any other way...so too with bad choices, but likely a bad place as a result...we make our own trails, and can only build more if we maintain our healths...
Great outlook. Great mindset. The grind ain’t a grind if you make it a daily practice.
I remember those Michigan winter blues well. Tough adjustment!