I think people have forgotten about whats important in life. They'd rather slave away behind a desk to make someone else rich than take proper care of their mind and body, which is oddly enough the only thing that can't be stolen from them in a minute (barring death of course). Our reward system is ****ed.

This same mentality carries over to a lot of other aspects in life, but I'll limit my thoughts to health.

 

If people did some sweating cardio for a good 20-30 minutes then that would work. Not just sweating while ur sitting on the couch when it's 80degrees and up. I don't hear enough about people doing cardio. It should be everyday in the morning. Or at least everyday =P

Even buff guys are croaking at 25-35 with heart attacks because of their insane diets and no cardio.

 

Why are Americans unhealthy? Let's ask Krinkov

The "thisiswhyIMfat...." Thread"

 

I agree, especially about this pattern being reflected in nearly every other aspect of life and peoples' activities, but I do not believe it's a conscious choice to slave away and waste their lives. This could be even worse than if it were conscious. It's more like the phrase "life is what happens when you are busy making other plans." There are many examples of this in my own life. We get so caught up in the hamster wheel of life that we forget to live it. Some people realize this when they are much older, and that has got to be hard. Like myself - I have many dreams, things I would like to do for work and for fun, but when it comes to actually doing the work or taking the steps to do something (for example, have my own auto repair shop or be an aviation mechanic) it's almost as if I feel like it's too risky, I will fail, and I know how to do this IT stuff so I will just do that. Well, it's been 12 hollow years and it's time to grab the wheel, just haven't found it yet. So it's not like I chose to be a corporate drone rather than gather the experience needed to hold my own as a mechanic, it's that it was cushy and easy and I am probably lazy. I've worked really hard, but never really done hard work, the kind that can make or break you. I've been working for pay in one way or another since I was a small kid doing masking and installing trim for a body shop (child labor haha). I did my own thing doing mechanic work out of my pop's shop when in high school for local people and always had work and money. I did landscaping and had my own business installing cat5 networks in Hawaii schools. Then, I came here to the Bay Area @ age 20, worked in a mechanic shop in Belmont for a few months, got a corporate IT job and have not done anything great, unique or that is even worth mentioning here since. It's like, I came here and have been in a state of atrophe. I look around at how other people live their lives, drive their cars, handle themselves in public situations and yeah, everyone else is too. How many times a day do you see someone doing their own thing, oblivious to others, and simultaneously impacting several people adversely at once, even to a small degree, in just about every single aspect of life? A day full of this, then coping with responsibilities and obligations whilst having this overwhelming lack of control over life (seemingly manufactured) and BAM you have Americans today.

There are companies with departments who's sole purpose is to work out ways to make peoples' life worse for the profit of the company. There are so many things similar to this - it's no wonder to me why people don't get off their asses and do things. I catch myself staring off into space when I should be outside manipulating a vegetable, making beer, going for a walk, building something, cooking something new, seeing a place I haven't seen, learning about something I want to do, fixing something, working on one of the many tasks on my "to-do" list, taking the dog for a walk, ANYFOOKINGTHING but wasting time and life. I feel I am not alone. It's hard work changing this, well for me anyway, but it's worth it.

You take all this and boil it down - as you say "the same mentality carries over..." and I see EXACTLY why people are up in arms about current changes in our land. I ask questions and disagree openly because I want people to get fired up - not in the use of e-thuggery or words that become asterisks, but in whatever makes them tick - whatever might inspire a direction. So many of us are standing in a meadow, looking around, wondering which way to go, but the clock is ticking. Can't sit there forever - gotta make a choice or eventually, one will be made for us. It's just... Sometimes sitting there is so much easier than standing up and possibly getting punched/fired/rodgered/divorced/arrested that people do it all their lives.

"Live it like you want to remember it." Yeah. That about sums it up. I hope all this turns into inspiration at some point. I'm out for a bike ride, and later I will make more beer.

 

this is kind of funny to me because on my TnT team is a girl who has currently done 7 full and 10 half marathons, runs 5-6 days a week, and is still 5'6" 175lbs and has a lot of extra padding. We went out to eat the other morning and she got 4 eggs, toast, pancakes, an english muffin, orange juice, coffee, and a glass of water. she ate all of it in about 5 minutes, plus 2 pieces of bacon.

over-indulgence should have been one of the options as well.

 

Once again, balance is key